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Membership

Position on Academic BoardName
Chair Professor Bernadine Van Gramberg
(term ends 31/12/26)
Deputy Chair, TAFEDarren Gray, Deputy Chief Executive, TAFE
Deputy Chair, HE 
Ex officio members
Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor Duncan Bentley
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global and Engagement) Carolyn Chong
Chief Learner Experience Officer Samantha Bartlett
PVC Learning and Teaching and Executive Dean, Institute of Education, Arts and Community (IEAC)
Professor Birgit Loch
PVC Research and Executive Dean, Institute of Health and Wellbeing (IHW)Professor Remco Polman
PVC Innovation and Executive Dean,  Institute of Innovation, Science and Sustainability (IISS)Professor Iven Mareels
Senior TAFE representative Darren Gray
Chair, Curriculum Committee Associate Professor Linda Wight
(term ends 28/03/25)
Chair, Learning and Teaching Quality Committee
Professor Nina Fotinatos
Chair, Research Committee Distinguished Professor Shane Thomas
Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Reconciliation, or nomineeProfessor Andrew Gunstone
Elected members:
HE academic staff member (Level D - E) Professor Aziz Rahman

(term ends 30/09/26)

HE academic staff member (Level B - C) Dr Verity Archer
(term ends 30/09/26)  
TAFE Leadership Team staff member
Jason Rogers
(term ends 30/09/26)
TAFE Skills and Education Delivery Team staff memberRachael Barclay
(term ends 30/09/26) 
General/Professional staff memberAengus Bowers
(term ends 30/09/2026)
HDR studentShariq Khan

(term ends 30/09/25)

HE coursework studentYakun Pei

(term ends 30/09/25)

TAFE studentErrid Vogrinec
(term ends 30/09/25)

Contact us

Lisa Francis, Senior Executive Officer, Academic Board
Governance and Policy

Email: academic.secretariat@federation.edu.au