Dr Cathy Moloney is the Deputy Director, Defence Strategy and National Security at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). She is on the Executive Committee of Women in Nuclear (WiN) Australia, and a member of the Asia Pacific Leadership Network for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN). Cathy previously worked for the Australian Department of Defence as Director and Senior Advisor at the Centre for Defence Research, Australian Defence College, and SME to the Australian Defence Force's Joint Warfare Development Branch.

Major Cate Carter is an Intelligence Officer and Higher Degree by Research Coordinator at the Australian Defence College. She has served as the J2 on three operations, worked in the United Nations Department of Political Affairs, and was Deputy Director-Army at the Centre for Defence Leadership and Ethics. She is co-founder of the Military Organisation and Culture Studies Group and the ADF Creative Arts Association.