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Resume

Education

  • 2005: Graduate Diploma in Strategic Foresight, Swinburne University of Technology
  • 2000: Scenario Planning Certification, GBN Australia
  • 1995: Master of Educational Administration (Honours), University of New England
  • 1992: Graduate Diploma in Tertiary Education, University of New England
  • 1977: Bachelor of Arts (History and Media Studies), Griffith University

Professional Experience

2008-present

Owner and Principal, Thinking Futures

2005-2007
Victoria University

2007: Strategy Analyst

2005-2007: General Manager, Quality, Information and Planning

1991-2005
Swinburne University of Technology

2004-2005: Director, External Submissions & Reports

2001-2004: Director, Foresight, Planning and Review

1999-2000: Director, Foresight and Planning

1997-1999: Manager, Planning and Resources, Higher Education Division

1994-1997: Manager, Policy and Planning, Division of Business, Humanities & Social Sciences

1991-1994: Assistant Registrar, Faculty of Business

1987–1990
Monash University

1990: Manager, Student Administration, Caulfield Campus

1987-1990 Student Administrative Services Officer, Chisholm Institute of Technology
1979-1990

1984-1986 Special Assistant to Executive Director,
University YWCA, Berkeley, California

1981-1984 Student Records Officer
Footscray College of TAFE

1980-1981 Administrative Assistant, Academic Board Secretariat
La Trobe University

1979-1980 Graduate Clerk, School of Humanities
Griffith University

Editorial Boards

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2003-present.

Member, Editorial Board, On The Horizon, 2010-present.

Reviewer for refereed stream and co-editor of Conference Proceedings, Tertiary Education Management Conference, 2005- present.

Reviewer for Journal of Institutional Research, 2009-present.

Honours and Awards

  • Peter Karmel International Travel Fellowship, Association for Tertiary Education Management, 2007. This award is for research on “The Academic-Administrator Divide: Myth or Reality?” in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
  • Honorary Fellowship, Association for Tertiary Education Management, 1999.
  • Inaugural Australasian Institute of Tertiary Education Administrators(AITEA) President’s Award for achievement in educational administration and outstanding contribution to AITEA,1996.
  • Faculty Medal for academic excellence in Educational Administration (Honours) program, University of New England,1995.
  • AITEA NSW Prize for Best Thesis in Masters in Educational Administration (Honours) program,1995.
  • Queensland State Government Secondary Scholarship for Years 11 and 12, 1973-74.

Professional Association Membership and Activity

Coordinate the Education Strategy Group and the Australasian Foresight Group on the Foresight Network.

Member, Association of Professional Futurists, 2007-present.  Judge in the APF Student Recognition Program, 2009 to present, and member of Board from 2010.

Member, World Futures Studies Federation, 2006-2008, and 2011-present.

Professional Member, World Future Society, 2006-present.

Member, Strategic Planning Society, 2008-present.

Honorary Fellow, Association for Tertiary Education Management.  I held branch executive committee positions from 1987 to 1995.  From 1996 to 2000, I led a policy development group to develop policies and programs to professionalise ATEM’s operations.  I was elected Vice-President in 1997 and President in 2001 for a two year term.  While I was President, I led the development of a Professional Development Framework for continuing education for members, a set of professional capabilities, and re-oriented ATEM to promote the profession rather than the Association. My ATEM Honorary Fellowship was awarded in 1999 in recognition of my contribution to ATEM and to the development of the profession. I was contracted to be ATEM’s first Executive Director from 2008-2010.

Member, Joint Steering Group, Australian Universities Quality Forum, run by the Australian Universities Quality Agency, from 2001-2003, and 2006 to July 2007. I represented ATEM on this group.

Associate Member, Association of University Administrators, UK to 2010.

Member, Australasian Association for Institutional Research to 2007.  Chaired the Steering Group for the 2005 AAIR Forum, held at Victoria University, Melbourne.