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Our Staff and Board

The College is governed by a Board that is responsible for the strategic direction and policies of the College and maintaining its sound financial and operational base.
 

Our Board

Margie Tannock

Chair of the College Board

  • Partner, Squire Patton Boggs 

  • Member, State Design Review Panel

  • Attorney Generals Community Service Award, 2019

Marissa Bechta

Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee

  • Co-Founder and Director of Cooper Partners

  • "40 Under 40" award Winner, 2014

  • Board Member of Athletics WA

  • Board Member of Women’s Health and Family Services

Stephen Edwards

Chair of the Building Committee

  • Managing Partner, Black Point Consulting

  • Lean Business Improvement Methodology specialist

  • Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Ruth Taylor

  • Lecturer, School of Management, Curtin Business School

  • Former President, Graduate Women (WA)

  • Specialises in Service Operations Management, Events Management and Education Management

  • Alumna of St Catherine’s College

Ali Devellerez

  • Director, SPH Architecture + Interiors

  • Community Representative, Central Perth Planning Committee

  • Board member, Architects Board of Western Australia

  • Member Australian Institute of Company Directors

Hon Dr Elizabeth Constable MLA

  • Former Minister for Tourism, Women’s Interests and Education

  • First woman ever to be elected as an Independent in WA

  • First independent to be appointed as a Minister of the Crown in WA

Russell Barnett

Deputy Chair of the College Board

  • Partner, Australian Venture Consultants

  • Member of the Murdoch University Senate

  • Adjunct Associate Professor at the UWA Business School

Dr Sue Boyd

  • First Female President of the UWA Student Guild

  • Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

  • Former Australian Ambassador/High Commissioner in Fiji, Vietnam and Bangladesh

  • Former Consul General in Hong Kong

  • Former UN postings in New York and in the former East Germany

  • Committee Member of the Australian Institute of International Affairs (WA)

  • Recently retired member of UWA Senate

  • Alumna of St Catherine’s College

Suzanne Frame

Chair of the Governance Committee

  • Strategic advisory consultant

  • Specialist in organisational growth, economic rationalisation, commercialisation strategy and bringing products to market

  • Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

  • Former Board member of the Motor Vehicles Industry Board, former executive member of the Gas Advisory Board and the Wholesale Energy Market Advisory Committee (amongst others)

Helen Wildy

  • Winthrop Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Education at UWA

  • Director of Performance Indicators for Primary Schools (PIPS) Australia

  • Founding member of the International Study of Principal Preparation (ISPP) project

  • Alumna of St Catherine’s College

Ruth Shean

  • Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors

  • Fellow, Governance Institute of Australia

  • Chair, National Centre for Vocational Education Research

  • Former Commissioner for Public Sector Standards, WA Govt.

  • Former Pro-Chancellor, Murdoch University

 

Our Staff

Fiona Crowe

Head of College
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Ashleigh Benadretti

Deputy Head of College
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Bob Laurenson

Mandy McFarland

Business Manager
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Director of Advancement
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Jacqueline Olivier

Jo Haynes

Marketing Manager
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Director of Admissions
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Ben Lewis

Director of Dandjoo Darbalung
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Sam Conroy

Accountant
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Vikram Biala

Lu Carwright

Projects & PRISM
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Pepe Beattie

Assistant Accountant
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Niamh Matthey

House Manager
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Business Development Manager
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Peta Speakman

Ray Magor

Conferences and Guest Relations
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Maintenance Manager
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Darius Toh

Belinda Gibson

Digital Marketing Officer

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Dandjoo Darbalung Support
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Sian O'Sullivan

Vyonne Walker & Susanne Pass

Alumni Coordinator
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Reception
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Kate Strang

Chef Manager
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