Simone Lethaus
Simone has over 35 years of experience in the early childhood education and care sector, currently working as the Head of Quality and Compliance for a large early childhood organisation where she supports early childhood services across Victoria, Queensland, and South Australia. Her previous roles within the early childhood sector includes local and state government …read the full post
Monique Kennedy
Monique has lived, worked and raised her two children in Merri-bek for over 25 years. She is a qualified Speech Pathologist specialising in Early Childhood and has been a team member at Merri-Health in the Child Health Team for many years. She has also contributed to early years networks committees of management and strategic plans …read the full post
Maree James
I have worked in the Early Years sector in a range of roles for over 30 years. The most significant having been – Teaching Fellow (The University of Melbourne Master of Teaching program) mentoring and assessing students within early childhood settings, Pre-school Field Officer and Inclusion Support Facilitator all at Merri-bek City Council. Previous experiences …read the full post
Cath Williams
Cath has held Director and Senior Management roles in Human Resources and worked in the Higher Education sector for over 30 years. Cath spent 21 years at Deakin University in a variety of roles including managing the HR Business Partnering team; Principal Adviser tothe Executive Director, HR; and Director of Talent Acquisition, Remuneration and Evaluations. …read the full post
Gillian Barclay
Began early childhood career in Hobart, managing a family day care scheme and outside school hours program. Moved to City of Stonnington where I was Co ordinator of Children’s Services for seven years – kindergarten, long day care, occasional care and family day care. Then to community-based, not for profit, managing three long day care centres …read the full post
