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
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BSc(Hons,) MBBS, FRACP, MPH, Paediatrician, Royal Children's Hospital; Research Associate, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Fellow, University of Melbourne |
| Tasmania |
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| 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
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| 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
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Honorary CEO, Australian Council on Children and the Media: Barbara Biggins, OAM
About ACCM
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