Who We Are

The Institute comprises a Chair, a Quality Teaching Council (responsible for developing all advice on professional matters), and a Board of Governance (responsible for financial management and strategic planning). These are supported by the staff of the Institute

Chair

Professor Phil Foreman

Quality Teaching Council

The Quality Teaching Council comprises the Chair, 10 Elected Members and 10 Appointed Members:

Elected Members

Electoral College	Name(s)
Government school teachers	Mr Christopher Tome, Mr Christiaan Goudkamp, Ms Pamela Gregg, Mr Philip Roberts, Mr Stephen Storey
Government primary school principals	Ms Shirley Steel
Government secondary school principals	Mr Gregory McGrath
Catholic systemic school teachers	Ms Kathy Gee
Catholic systemic school principals	Mr Michael Doyle
Independent school teachers and principals	Mr Michael Turner

Appointed Members

Position	Name(s)
Chair	Professor Phil Foreman
Nominee of the NSW Teachers Federation	Mr Robert Lipscombe
Nominee of the NSW/ACT Independent Education Union	Ms Sandra White
Nominee of the Board of Studies	Mr John O’Brien
Nominee of the Director-General of Education and Training	Ms Gillian Shadwick
Nominee of the Catholic Education Commission, NSW	Ms Julie Selkirk
Nominee of the Association of Independent Schools of NSW	Ms Estelle Lewis
Nominee of the Minister representing the interests of parents of school-age children	Ms Sharryn Brownlee
Nominee of the NSW Teacher Education Council	Professor Jo Anne Reid
Two nominees of the Minister representing the interests of teachers (at least one a member of the Professional Teachers’ Council of NSW)	1. Ms Karen Buck 2. Vacant

Board Members

Jenni Neary
Ms Neary has had a distinguished career across the business and public sectors. She is a former teacher who now has specific expertise in marketing, finance and business strategy.

John Azarias
Senior Partner at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Mr Azarias has had an impressive professional career. He is past President of Australian Business in Europe.

Penny Morris
Professional Company Director, holding Directorships with Country Road, the Colonial State Bank, the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, Landcom, and Howard Smith Ltd.

Staff

The staff members are:

Mr Tom Alegounarias, Chief Executive
Mr Bruce Mowbray, Manager, Planning and Review
Ms Judith Page, Manager, Corporate Services
Mr Paul Martin, Manager, Initial Teacher Education and Professional Learning
Ms Jan Donaldson, Principal Policy Officer, Standards and Accreditation
Mr John Healey, Principal Policy Officer, Initial Teacher Education
Mr Duncan McNab, Media Advisor
Ms Ana Berger, Chief Financial Officer
Mr Stephen Wheatley, Chief Information Officer
Ms Julienne Leathart, Senior Project Officer
Ms Jill Hill, Senior Policy Officer
Ms Susan Gazis, Senior Policy Officer
Ms Rosemary King, Senior Policy Officer
Ms Kim Bow, Senior Policy Officer
Mr Leonard O'Keefe, Liaison Officer
Ms Ljubica Dobos, Office Manager, Planning, Management and Review
Ms Patsy West, Executive Assistant
Ms Phoukham Luangamath, Executive Assistant
Ms Cheryl Crossland-Baggs, Executive Assistant
Ms Jacinta Toohey, Executive Assistant
Mr Dan Hanks, Business Systems Support Officer
Mr Sean Conkey, Finance / Membership Officer