Professor Joanne Porter is the Director of the Collaborative Evaluation & Research Centre (CERC). She leads a multidisciplinary team of researchers and evaluators, over a wide range of projects working with industry partners, government departments, local government, organisations, agencies and community groups to shift thinking in evaluation research by empowering communities to grow through evidence-based innovation.

Joanne is an experienced emergency nurse having worked in metropolitan, rural and remote emergency care centres. Joanne is a Fellow with the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (CENA) and is a board member on the Victorian branch of CENA. She brings with her a career of clinical, research and leadership expertise.