Vallorie is the University Dive Officer and Safety & Wellbeing Advisor at the University of Tasmania, Australia. She has an extensive background in safety, diving instruction, and scientific diving with expertise in risk management, learning reviews/investigations, functional (fitness) testing, safety culture, and diving with captive sharks.
Her experiences span careers in law enforcement, journalism, search and rescue, occupational diving, and safety and wellbeing. Ms Hodges was inducted into the Women Diver’s Hall of Fame in 2004 and received the 2012 Divers Alert Network Member’s Choice Award for establishing a culture of dive safety within the community. She has served on the boards of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences and the Association of Dive Program Administrators and has authored and presented numerous papers and publications. Ms Hodges lives in Mountain River Tasmania and is an avid musician.