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Our Staff

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Executive Leadership Team

​​​Rob O'Brien, Acting Principal
Kirk Findlay, Deputy Principal Years 9 - 10​
​Tanya Findlay, Deputy Principal Years 11 & 12
​Lurelle Hodge, Deputy Principal Years P - 8​
Fiona Candlish, Business Manager​
​​​Cathy Hay, Business Manager

Heads of Department

​Melanie Craig, HoD - Yeasrs 7 - 10 Reading & Pedagogy Innovation ​​​​
​Corey Edwards, HoD - Technologies, AI & Transformative Learning​
​Jennifer Harburn-Vicig, HoD - VET, Business & Year 11 Student Services
​Leigh Howser, HoD - Learning Systems & Induction​
​Kendall Jones, HoD - Years 4 - 6​
​Andrew Castiglio, HoD - Open Learning Campus​
​Anna Ludwigs, HoD - Languages & Pedagogy Innovation
​Amy Malsem, HoD - The Arts & Year 9 Student Services 
​Amanda Morellini, HoD - Humanities & Pedagogy Innovation
​Samantha Preston, HoD - Student Events & QCAA
​Leigh Quirk, HoD -  Prep - Year 3
​Marg Russell, HoSES Prep to Year 12
​Helen Sachlikidis, HoD - HPE & Year 7 Student Services
Theresa Denzin, HoD – English & Year 12 Student Services
Hannah Downes, HoD - Science & STEM​
Martin Saunders, HoD - Maths & Year 10 Student Services
​Yolanda Tandy, HoD Languages & Year 8 Student Services​

Student Support Services​

​Tegan Rankine-Anderson, Guidance Officer - Prep to Year 8
Trudi Cauley, Guidance Officer - Year 9 and 10​
​​Kathryn Langley, Guidance Officer - Year 11 and 12​
​​Heidi Gill, Guidance Officer - Year 11 and 12​
​Sally Blanco (W & Th alt. weeks), School Based Youth Health Nurses​
​Carola Price (Tues mornings) , School Based Youth Health Nurses​

Student Services

Student Services - Prep to Year 3
​Student Services - Years 4 to 6
Student Services - Year 7
​Student Services - Year 8
​Student Services - Year 9
​Student Services - Year 10
​Student Services - Year 11
​Student Services - Year 12
​QCAA enquiries​

Cairns SDE Staff

​Melissa Adam​
​​Audrey Aeberli​
​Tracey Agi​us
​Kerrod Agnew
​Lisa Agnew
​Belinda Allen
Kirsten Anderson
Oly​a Anderson​
​Wendy Anderson
Elizabeth Anich
Anita Anuj​​
Cate Atkins​
​Meredith Austin​
​​Elise Axam​
Jessica Bai
​Carmel Bakurski
Greg Bannister
​Susan Bates
​Troy Bates​
Maki Begley
Deanna Belbin
​Brian Berger
​​Rebecca Biddle​
​Alicia Bonda
​Sarah Bonda
​Kelly Booth
Jason Brown
Patti Burnheim
Fiona Cairns​
​​Ken Callaghan​
​​Teresa Callaghan​
​Trish Caltabiano
​Les Canfield​
Mandy Canfield
​Ann-Marie Catalano
​Karla Cazalet
​David Chang​
Elise Chappell
Nathan Christodoulides
Alicia Clark​
​Ainsley Clyde
​Debbie Cobden
​Matthew Coleman
Steve Comport​
​Renee Connolly
​Amy Coppo
​Kate Cosatto
​​Grant Craig​
​Michelle Cranwell​
Jodie Creek​
​​Christopher Croucher​
Jane Cummings
​​Paul Cuna​
​​Irene Daley Sabella​
​​​Gary Davis
​​Monique De Hass​
​​Corey Dennis​
​Carly Devers​
​Elisa Dingle
Rosario Dominic
​​Martha Dominguez​
​Annie Dong
​Neil Dorney
​Lucy Douglas​
​Stephanie Dunn-Balzer​
Hannah Durrant
​Fiona Ellam
​Joanne Elliott
​Danielle Enever
​Anthony Fara
​Lucy Fedrizzi
​Phillip Fernandez
​Dee Firmstone
​Amanda Fitzpatrick​
​Ines Forsberg
​Nicole Fry
​Yuki Funamoto
​Andrew Gentle
​Teresa ​Giacomi
​​Lyndall Gibbs​
​Rebecca Gibney
​Jade Gillam
​Amanda Girgenti
​​Shweta Goyal
​​Rebecca Graham​
​Sandra Grimm
​Michael Gunning
​Itin Hadijah
​Ava (Chenhua) Han
​​Lee Hannah
​Maggie Harkness
​​Shelley Harvey​
​Vishanthri Hayne-Keon
​Laney Hepburn
​Natalie Hermon
​Hiroko Hernandez
​Tim Hillier
​Brian Holding
​Anna Holland
​Emma Hopkirk
​Ian Hughes
​Jo Hunter
​Rene Hutchins​
​Stephen Hutchins
​Ingrid Johansson
​Ingrid Johnson
​Lidia Kara
​Nathan Kelly
​Graeme Kenny​
​​Nadine Kent
​​Simone Kerr​
​Kylie Kingston
​Louise Kirk
​Melinda Klinger
​Martin Kohler
​Selina Kudo
​Lorraine Lawson
​Ann Leeson
​Margarida Lim
​​David Llewelyn
​Cindy Loader
​Karla Lord
​Helena MacDonald
​Fiona MacGillivray
​Renata Machado Medeiros
​Clare Macpherson
​Gurshinder Mann
​Miranda Manuel
​Bernadette Marcell-Hubert
​Daniel Maric
​Derek Markey
​Graeme Matheson
​Rebekah Matheson
​Susanne Matweber
​Sue McCoy
​Faith McDonald
​Jodie McEntee
​Cassie McIntyre
​Cherie Meares
​​Tammy Menniti​
​Veronika Michaels
​Melissa Millett
​Rebecca Moore
​​Masumi Miramoto
​​Mateo Munoz​
​Tom Nelder
​Cameron Newcombe
​Vegas Newn
​Joel Nielsen
​Glen Nixon
Laita ​​Nozaic
​Fred Nui
Amy ​​O'Neill​​​
​Ken Payne
​Mark Payne
​Maricar Payumo
​Janice Pearson
​Jennifer Piotrowski
​Jo Pittard​
​Kathy Powell
​​(Christie) Jiaqi Qin
​​Kim Ramsay​
​Tim Reilly
​Jacqui Reyno
​​​Laura Ridolfi
​Herman Rijken
​​Erikka Ringer​
​Boyd Roberts
​Meg Roberts
​Tammi Saal
​Shelby Simpson
​Chris Sims
​May Soon
​Kerry Stibbs
​​Felicity Stoetzel
​Miriam Stovold
​Jill Sugden​
​​Charlotte Sweetten​
​Ngati Taia
​Yewy Tan
​Yhin Han Tan
​Rebecca Taylor
​Amy Theron
​Ruth Thompson
Mark Thomsett​
​​Paul Tierney
​Manni Todorov
​Vita To'omalatai
​Jacqueline Vani
​Viji Venkatramen
​​Adrian Verrier​
​Chamalee Walgampaya
​Naomi Warriner
​​Lynette Watt​
​Andrea Watters​
​Asher Watters-Cowan​
​Mary Whibley
​Therese Whitaker​
​James Whitehorn
​Jodie Williams
​Eileen Williamson
​Dale Wilson​
​James Wilson
​​Yuexin Wu
​Kyalea Young
​​Enrico Zanzarella
​Rosaria Zarro
​Sammi Zhang
​Alice Zhao​
​Tom Zou





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Last reviewed 13 February 2026
Last updated 13 February 2026