The ACARA Board was announced in May 2009 and held its first meeting on 21–22 May 2009. The ACARA Board has a Chair, Deputy Chair and 11 other members, nominated by the Australian Government and all education streams (independent, government and Catholic) across states and territories.
ACARA Board
Ms Belinda Robinson FAICD
Chair
Ms Robinson has extensive experience as a company director and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She has served on a number of not-for-profit boards and advisory committees and has familiarity with being a company director of both listed and not-for-profit entities.
Ms Robinson is a non-executive director of four boards – three of which she chairs. She has had a distinguished executive career serving as CEO of a number of peak national representative bodies including more than seven years as chief executive of Universities Australia, the peak body representing Australia’s university sector. She has worked in a variety of senior and senior executive positions in state, local and federal governments, including eight years with the Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet.
Appointment term commencement – 3 August 2018
Appointment term ending – 3 August 2021
Mr Hart is former president of the Australian Primary Principals Association (APPA), appointed to APPA in January 2011. He began his teaching career on Palm Island, Queensland, in 1975 and was appointed as a primary school principal in 1978. Over a thirty-year period, Mr Hart led small one-teacher schools through to large schools with over 700 students. He has also held the positions of the president of the Queensland Association of State School Principals and the Australian Government Primary Principals Association. Until his retirement on 31 December 2014 as APPA president, Mr Hart represented principals in government, Catholic and independent primary schools across Australia.
Appointment term commencement – 24 May 2018Appointment term ending – 24 May 2021
Board member |
Appointment commencement |
Appointment term ending |
Mr Allan Blagaich
Executive Director, School Curriculum and Standards Authority,
nominee of the Western Australia Minister for Education
|
22 May 2018 |
22 May 2021 |
Ms Meg Brighton
Deputy Director-General,
nominee of the Australian Capital Territory Minister for Education |
5 March 2020 |
5 March 2023 |
Ms Susan Cameron
Executive Director, Learning Improvement,
nominee of the South Australian Minister for Education
|
18 June 2017 |
5 August 2023 |
Ms Carolyn Grantskalns
Chief Executive Officer,
nominee of Independent Schools Australia |
5 August 2020 |
5 August 2023 |
Mr Peter Kelly
Deputy Director-General, State Schools,
nominee of the Queensland Minister for Education
|
10 April 2019 |
10 April 2022 |
Dr Sofia Kesidou
Executive Director, Assessment Standards,
NSW Education Standards Authority,
nominee of the New South Wales Minister for Education |
24 November 2019 |
24 November 2022 |
Mr Tony Luttrell
Director, Strategic Data Management,
nominee of the Tasmanian Minister for Education
|
31 March 2019 |
31 March 2022 |
Dr Neil McGoran
Director, Catholic Education South Australia,
nominee of the National Catholic Education Commission |
22 May 2018 |
22 May 2021 |
Ms Leanne Nixon
Deputy Secretary,
School Performance North, Department of Education, New South Wales
nominee of the Northern Territory Minister for Education
|
2 October 2019 |
2 October 2022 |
Mr Derek Scott
Chief Executive Officer | Principal
Haileybury, Victoria
nominee of Australian Government Minister for Education
|
21 January 2021 |
21 January 2024 |
Board members may be reappointed.
The maximum period of appointment cannot exceed six years.
There is currently a vacancy on the Board for a nominee of the Victorian Minister for Education.
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