Dr Beavis is a past president of ANZCA. In her more than 25 years of contributing to college activities, she chaired the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Committee, the Training and Accreditation Committee, the New Zealand National Committee and a former ASM officer (pre DPA days). She has been a final examiner, led the development of several professional documents, established the Leadership and Management Special Interest Group (SIG) and the Perioperative Medicine SIG. She was for 16 years (under various titles) the Director of Perioperative Services at Auckland City Hospital, before stepping down to become president of ANZCA. Her major focus now is on introducing the Perioperative Medicine (PoM) qualification and expanding it into clinical practice.