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Our board members

Patrick Forth

TFA Board Chair

Senior Adviser and former Senior Partner at the Boston Consulting Group
Ex Global leader of BCG’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice
Founding board member of BCG’s Digital Ventures
Member of the UNSW Business School Advisory Council, and of the Advisory Council of the Centre for Social Impact
Ex Vice President of Cranbrook School Council

Melodie Potts Rosevear OAM

Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member

Former Think Tank Coordinator of the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership
Former Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group

Sarah Davies AM

Board Member

CEO, Alannah & Madeline Foundation
Former CEO of Philanthropy Australia
Former CEO at The Reach Foundation and The Australian Communities Foundation
Board Member of the Centre for Social Impact and Council Member of the National Museum of Australia
ACNC Advisory Board Chair

Dr. Ben Jensen

Board Member

Founder of Learning First
Former Director School Education Program, Grattan Institute
Former OECD Analyst, Directorate for Education
Former member of groups including: Australian Government Teacher Education Ministerial Advisory Group; and OECD expert groups for Program of International Assessment (PISA) and Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS)
Former adviser to groups including: Aspen Institute’s Urban District Leadership Network; Victorian Minister’s Expert Advisory Group; NSW Education Statistics and Evaluation Advisory Committee; Independent Schools Queensland Leadership advisory group; Myer Foundation’s Education Committee

Edwina Dohle

Board Member

Leadership Development Program Alumna (Cohort 2010)
Director – Women’s Economic Security, Commonwealth Treasury
Acting Assistant Secretary, Social Policy Division, Commonwealth Treasury

Adam Ross

Board Member

Leadership Development Program Alumnus (Cohort 2012)
Manager, Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership
Cofounder of pilot program Teach Towards Excellence

Olivia Brown

Founding partner, MorrisBrown Communications Pty Ltd
Former co-COO of Mergers and Acquisitions at Goldman Sachs in Australia and New Zealand
Facilitator for the Vincent Fairfax Fellowship in Ethical Leadership
Member of the Melbourne Committee for Human Rights Watch

Past board members

Larry Kamener

Board Member 2009-2022, Chair 2016-2022

Dorothy Hisgrove

Board Member 2018 – 2021

Paul Brasher

Board Member 2016 – 2020

Rufus Black

Board Member 2009 – 2017

John Denton AO

Founding Board Member 2009 – 2017

Julian Leeser

Board Member 2014 – 2016

Susan Boucher

Board Member 2010 – 2016

Carol Schwartz

Board Member 2015

Steven Schwartz AM

Board Member 2013 – 2019

Alan Tudge

Board Member 2009 – 2013

Anthony MacKay AM

Board Member 2009 – 2017

Peter Van Onselen

Board Member 2017

Alyce Bradford

Board Member 2017-2021

Christine Christian

Board Member 2021-2022

Elana Rubin

Board Member 2019-2022

Keita Matsumoto

Board Member 2020-2023