NEW VOICE SCHOLARSHIPS
Winners / Alumni
It is with great pride that ACEL congratulates the recipients of the New Voice Scholarships which recognise forward thinking, contextually relevant and responsive educational leaders whose work has had an impact above and beyond their immediate context. The New Voice Scholarships initiative was launched in 2015 and represents ACEL’s significant commitment to encouraging and recognising the emerging voices in educational leadership from a range of perspectives.
We continue to see a high volume of outstanding candidates across the four categories open for submission, showcasing the depth of our emerging educational leaders that Australia has to offer.
Each scholarship welcomes the recipient into the ACEL network and supports the dissemination of new learning and thought. Among the suite of benefits and support of the ACEL community, recipients will also receive complimentary attendance to that year’s ACEL National Conference.
On behalf of The Australian Council for Educational Leaders, we would like to officially welcome and congratulate our wonderful New Voice Scholarship winners. The New Voice Scholarship program is a shining light within our sphere of influence providing recipients with opportunities to both learn and contribute to the profession.
2025
Emma Clemens
Siobhan Jones
Obayda Kannouj
Suren Mendis
Andrew Pennay
Matt Pitman
Nadia Walker
2024
Braydon Giles
Anam Javed
Melissa Kennedy
Steven Trotter
2023
Tom Cain
Conor Fennell
Ian Finn
Nina Jones
Dr Luke Mandouit
Oliver Oeij
Dr Jennifer Sze
2022
Maxine Galante
Michael Murphy
Jessica Chesterfield
Cathryn Stephens
Dr Matthew Hill
2020
Adam Inder
Alex Wharton
Amy Byrnes
Brooke Sweeney
Elspeth Stephenson
Meredith O’Connor
Nancy Bonfiglio-Pavisich
Ray Swann
2019
Lisa Campbell
Murray Cronin
John O’Sullivan Williams
Scott Dirix
Lauren Cook
Paul Staniscia
Ranae Graham
2018
Alice Dunlop
Bek Duyckers
Cameron Paterson
Chris Bradbury
Christopher Rayner
Louise Corrigan
Michelle Guerrero
Natalie Oddy
Rebecca Wells
Ruth Smith
2017
Simon Angus
Andrew Cornwall
Rachael Lehr
Anthony Speranza
Tamara Sullivan
Tabatha Kellett
Holly Telford
2016
Cath Apanah
Brendan Colville
Jacques Du Toit
Hayley Dureau
Katrina Harte
Mark Kong
Alexander Mason
Laura Searle
Paula Taylor
Aaron Mackinnon
2015
Merryn O’Dea
Zeina Chalich
Pablo Felipe Espinoza Alliende
Samantha Donovan
Oliver Harms
Adam James
Shungo Sawaki
Felicity Lampard
2025
Dr Tom Porta
2024
Dr Shyam Barr
Dr Andrea Stringer
2023
Dr Hugh Gundlach
Christopher Hudson
Dr Tania Leach
Dr Judi Newman
2022
Tanya Appleby
2020
Amanda Madden
Louise Wilkinson
Meghan Stacey
Pauline Thompson
2019
Bernadette Mary Mercieca
Amy Graham
Selena Fisk
Fiona Longmuir
David Cole
2018
Belinda Holmes
Caitlin Munday
Christine Haynes
Katrina MacDonald
2017
Julie Arnold
Christine Grice
Drew Mayhills
Sophie Murphy
Alison Venter
Marcela Huerta Villalobos
Julia Walsh
2016
Geoffrey Gates
Emma Goodall
Alexandre Guedes
Amanda Heffernan
Deborah Netolicky
Catherine Scott-Jones
Kirk Zwangobani
2015
Lisa Dempsey
Sean Kearney
Karen Trimmer
Rebecca Vivian
Jeff Thomas
Venesser Fernandes
Mark Fielding
2025
Mikayla King
2024
Thomas Cazaly
Lynette George
2023
Shanice Enoch
2022
Jasmine Miller
2020
Elinor Archer
Tammy Baart
2019
Kathryn Leo
Karis Hill-Mines
2019
Kathryn Leo
Karis Hill-Mines
2018
Alison Wunungmurra
Devlyn Coleman
Madeleine Pugin
Mark Heiss
2017
Theresa Ardler
Debra Kiley
2016
Kate Axten
Haydon Staines
2015
Jaimi-Lee Armstrong
Jeanette McMahon
Trish Noy
2025
Michelle Heath
2024
Emma Cross
Dr Amelia Ruscoe
2023
Amie Fabry
2022
Teagan Robertson
Jade Leak
2020
Sarah Louise Gandolfo
2019
Alexandra Harper
Bonnie Te Ara Henare
2018
Jacqui Cannon
Karthika Viknarasah