Board of Directors

The ACCM Board contains one representative of each state of Australia and two representatives from its corporate membership. There are ten Board members in all, plus an appointed Secretary and Treasurer.

The officers of the Board are:

Position Member
President Prof. Elizabeth Handsley
Vice President Assoc. Prof Wayne Warburton
Secretary Ms Kate Martin

ACCM Board members September 2020 to September 2021:

 

State Member Background information
South Australia Prof Elizabeth Handsley FAAL BA, LLB, LLM, Professor of Law, Western Sydney University, a specialist in media law as it applies to children.
Western Australia Linda Savage  BA(Hons), LLB, MA, Lawyer, Ambassador for Children and Young People in WA
New South Wales Dr Wayne Warburton PhD, MAPS, GAICD Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology, MacQuarie University; Consumer Director, Governing Council, Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (6 years); Consumer Director, Board, Energy and Water Ombudsman of NSW (6 years)
Queensland Kevan Goodworth OAM BA, M.Phil (Notts), MACEL; Education consultant; past Director ACSSO [Australian Council of State School Organisations]; past CEO P&Cs Qld; former Assistant Director General, Education Queensland
Victoria
Dr William Garvey
 BSc(Hons,) MBBS, FRACP, MPH, Paediatrician, Royal Children's Hospital; Research Associate, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Fellow, University of Melbourne
Tasmania

 

 
Australian Capital Territory Michael Nuttall
B Ed, MA
Education consultant;
Executive Officer of APPA [Australian Primary Principals Association] 2010 - 2019;
Past principal, Marist College, Canberra and St Francis of Assisi, Calwell
Northern Territory Donna Odegaard AM PhD, CEO of First Nations Broadcasting, Australia’s largest fully Indigenous-owned radio, television and production network.

 

Corporate representative Member Background information
Association of Heads of Independent Schools Australia (AHISA)
Beth Blackwood
Dip Ed, BA  
CEO AHISA
[Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia]  2016 –  current;
Past Principal, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Perth WA 1997 - 2015
Kiratech
Richard Kwan
Founder and CEO, Kiratech

 

Honorary CEO, Australian Council on Children and the Media: Barbara Biggins, OAM