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 (see below). The first QTC met 20 times, with the final meeting being held on 18 June 2009. Policies approved by the first QTC can be found here.

Elected Members

Electoral College	Name(s)
Government school teachers	Ms Pamela Gregg, Mr Stephen Storey, Mr Ben Ballard, Mr John Morris, Ms Karen Smith
Government primary school principals	Ms Janet Chan
Government secondary school principals	Ms Dianne Hennessy
Catholic systemic school teachers	Ms Elizabeth Ovens
Catholic systemic school principals	Mr Daniel Delmage
Independent school teachers and principals	Mr Michael Turner

Appointed Members

Ministerial appointments are yet to be announced.

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	Ms Carol Taylor
Nominee of the Director-General of Education and Training	Mr Des Gorman
Nominee of the Catholic Education Commission, NSW	Ms Elizabeth O'Carrigan
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 Sue Boudakin
Nominee of the NSW Teacher Education Council	Associate Professor Marea Nicholson
Two nominees of the Minister representing the interests of teachers (at least one a member of the Professional Teachers’ Council of NSW)	Ms Karen Buck TBC

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:

(Vacant), Chief Executive
Ms Judith Page, Manager, Corporate Services
Mr Patrick Lee, Manager, Initial Teacher Education and Professional Learning
Ms Robyn Mamouney, Manager, Standards & Accreditation
Ms Jan Donaldson, Senior Policy Officer, Standards & Accreditation
Mr John Healey, Principal Policy Officer, Initial Teacher Education
Mr David McGrath, Manager, Teacher Accreditation Eligibility
Mr Walter Figallo, Senior Coordinator, Teacher Accreditation Eligibility
Mr Duncan McNab, Publications 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
Mr Glenn Langford, Senior Policy Officer
Mr Leonard O'Keefe, Liaison Officer
Ms Amy Cotton, Policy Officer
Ms Ljubica Dobos, Office Manager, Planning, Management and Review
Mr Dave Cranmer, Policy Officer
Ms Meg Madden, Policy Officer
Ms Patsy West, Executive Assistant
Ms Phoukham Luangamath, Executive Assistant
Ms Cheryl Crossland-Baggs, Executive Assistant
Mr Dan Hanks, Business Systems Support Officer
Mr Sean Conkey, Finance / Membership Officer