Whether shaping inquiring minds as Griffith Business School’s Portfolio Director (Engagement) in the Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics or working tirelessly to raise funds for breast cancer research, Dr Robyn Cameron is always putting other people first.
As an organiser of the annual Pink Ribbon Cup Raceday (held in September) and committee member for Women in Super’s yearly Mother’s Day Classic fun run, Dr Cameron – a two-time breast cancer survivor herself – is well-known and well-regarded by people from myriad walks of life, routinely exemplifying Griffith’s value of positive community involvement and influence.
It’s precisely that concern for others that led the distinguished academic and lauded social activist to be nominated, and selected, as a Queen’s Baton bearer ahead of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, an honour that Dr Cameron says caught her off-guard when she found out she’d been named early last year.
“I received an email saying I’d

