 Dr David Gurr
David Gurr has a background in secondary teaching, educational psychology, school supervision, and research in educational leadership. His career in education spans nearly 30 years. He is a senior lecturer in educational leadership wihin the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne. He is a member of the International Successful School Principalship Project, which is a team of international researchers investigating successful school principalship in more than 12 countries. He has published extensively in international and local journals and was the co-editor with Professor Duignan for the ACEL/DEST book, Leading Australia’s Schools.
David is involved in consultancy work in the Victorian school system including conducting government school reviews and independent school inspections, and involvement in a range of professional learning programs for the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and the Catholic Education Office, Melbourne. David is actively involved with the Australian Council for Educational Leaders having served on both the Victorian and national committees, including several years as the national vice president (publications and research), and through publication work as the past editor of Hot Topics, Monograph and Leading and Managing. He was made a fellow of the Victorian branch of the ACEL in 1999, a national fellow of ACEL in 2006, and awarded the National Presidential Citation for 2004.
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 Professor Rehabeam Katengela Aualar
Ray is Professor of Educational Management and Administration and Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Namibia. He is an expert in educational management, quality assurance, supervision, curriculum development, strategic planning and administration, professionalism and ethical conduct. He teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Professor Auala, a son of the Namibian soil, is a Professor by scholarly research, publishing, academic merit, peer assessment and promotion. He is committed to high level of discipline and hard work.
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 Mrs Eugenia Lim
Eugenia Lim is Principal of Crescent Girls’ School, one of the premier public secondary schools in Singapore. The school has around 1,300 students and 80 teaching staff. It was one of the schools selected for the first phase of Singapore’s ICT Masterplan for Education in 1997, and 10 years later, its continued innovation in the use of ICT led to its selection as a pioneer school in the FutureSchools@Singapore programme, as well as Mentor School in Microsoft Corporation’s Innovative Schools Programme.
Eugenia started her career as a Chemistry teacher at Raffles Junior College. She later headed the Science Department of Westwood Secondary School, and served as Vice-Principal of two schools – Clementi Town Secondary School and Zhonghua Secondary School. Apart from her stints in the various schools, Eugenia has also worked with the Singapore Ministry of Education. She was involved in the formulation and review of university policies as Senior Head, Higher Education, and was later appointed Assistant Director, Corporate Communications to spearhead new communication platforms for the Ministry.
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 Professor Neil Cranston
Neil is Professor (Educational Leadership & Curriculum) in the School of Education, University of Tasmania. He is also Adjunct Professor, Department of Education, Unitec Institute, New Zealand. Neil researches, consults and lectures in the area of leadership, management and change. His particular interests include educational leadership in changing times, aspiring leaders and the preparation and learning of educational leaders. He is a Fellow of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders, Fellow of the Queensland Institute for Educational Administration, Fellow of the Australian College of Educators and received the Nganakarrawa Award from ACEL in 2009. He has recently co-edited two books with Lisa Ehrich, Australian School Leadership Today and What is this thing called leadership? Prominent Australians tell their stories. |
