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Our Staff

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​​​​​​​Executive Leadership Team

​​​Peter Linnehan, Principal
Kirk Findlay, Deputy Principal Years 7 - 9
Tanya Findlay, Deputy Principal Years 10 - 12
Lurelle Hodge, Deputy Principal Years P - 6​
Laura Mazzolini, Deputy Principal Partnerships
Fiona Candlish, Business Manager​

Heads of Department

Melanie Craig, HoD - Digital Learning​​​
Corey Edwards, HoD - HPE
Jennifer Harburn-Vicig, HoD - VET & Year 10 Student Engagement
Leigh Howser, HoD - Years 7, 8 & 9 Student Engagement
Adrian Jeloudev, HoD - Technologies
Kendall Jones, HoD - Years 4 - 6 Curriculum & Student Engagement
Nadine Kent, HoD - Years 7, 8 & 9 Student Engagement
Carmen King, HoD - Open Learning Campus
Anna Ludwigs, HoD -  5 - 12 French, German & Japanese & 7-12 Spanish
Amy Malsem, HoD - The Arts
Amanda Morellini, HoD - Humanities
Samantha Preston, HoD - Year 12 Student Engagement
Leigh Quirk, HoD -  P-3 Curriculum & Student Engagement
Marg Russell, HoSES Prep to Year 12
Helen Sachlikidis, HoD - Years 7, 8 & 9 Student Engagement
Felicity Stoetzel, HoD – English
Hannah Downes, HoD - Science
Mark Renfree, HoD - Maths
David Rolls, HoD - Years 5 - 12 Chinese, Indonesian & Italian and School Based Enrolments


Student Support Services​

Tegan Rankine-Anderson, Guidance Officer: Prep to Year 8
Barbara Prentis, Youth Support Coordinator 
​Sally Blanco (W & Th alt. weeks), School Based Youth Health Nurses
Carola Price (Tu mornings) , School Based Youth Health Nurses


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
Leah Babington
Jessica Bai
Carmel Bakurski
Greg Bannister
Maki Begley
Deanna Belbin
Brian Berger
Alicia Bonda
Sarah Bonda
Kelly Booth
Jason Brown
Patti Burnheim
Fiona Cairns
​​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
Michelle Cranwell
Jodie Creek
Jane Cummings
Gary Davis
Dilani DeSilva
Carly Devers
Elisa Dingle
Rosario Dominic
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
Rebecca Gibney
Jade Gillam
Amanda Girgenti
Leesa Gon-Chee
Shweta Goyal
Sandra Grimm
Michael Gunning
Itin Hadijah
Ava (Chenhua) Han
KC Han
Lee Hannah
Maggie Harkness
​​Cathy Hay
Vishanthri Hayne-Keon
Laney Hepburn
Natalie Hermon
Hiroko Hernandez
Tim Hillier
Tasarla Hobbler
Brian Holding
Anna Holland
Laynie Hollenbeck
Emma Hopkirk
Ian Hughes
Jo Hunter
Rene Hutchins
Stephen Hutchins
Ingrid Johansson
Casey Johns
Ingrid Johnson
Lidia Kara
Nathan Kelly
Graeme Kenny
Kylie Kingston
Louise Kirk
Ashleigh Kitching
Melinda Klinger
Martin Kohler
Selina Kudo
Kathryn Langley
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
Mandy Mayer
Sue McCoy
Faith McDonald
Jodie McEntee
Cassie McIntyre
Cherie Meares
Angela Meyer
Veronkia Michaels
Melissa Millett
Rebecca Moore
Masumi Miramoto
​​Mateo Munoz
Norma Nathanael
Tom Nelder
Alison Newbold
Cameron Newcombe
Vegas Newn
Joel Nielsen
Glen Nixon
Laita ​​Nozaic
Fred Nui
Amy ​​O'Neill
John O'Reilly
Ken Payne
Mark Payne
Maricar Payumo
Janice Pearson
Jennifer Piotrowski
Jo Pittard
Kathy Powell
Barb Prentis
(Christie) Jiaqi Qin
Sherilee Ramm
Tim Reilly
Jacqui Reyno
Laura Ridolfi
Herman Rijken
​​Erikka Ringer
Boyd Roberts
Meg Roberts
David Rolls
Tammi Saal
Miki Saiki Greene
Helen Simpson
Shelby Simpson
Chris Sims
May Soon
Kerry Stibbs
Miriam Stovold
Jill Sugden
Ngati Taia
Yewy Tan
Yhin Han Tan
Yolanda Tandy
Jo Taylor
Rebecca Taylor
Amy Theron
Ruth Thompson
Paul Tierney
Manni Todorov
Vita To'omalatai
Jacqueline Vani
Viji Venkatramen
Chamalee Walgampaya
Naomi Warriner
Andrea Watters​
Asher Watters-Cowan
Mary Whibley
Therese Whitaker
James Whitehorn
Jodie Williams
Eileen Williamson
Dale Wilson​
James Wilson
Jack Woodrow
Yuexin Wu
Kyalea Young
Enrico Zanzarella
Rosaria Zarro
Sammi Zhang
Alice Zhao​
Tom Zou










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Last reviewed 24 July 2025
Last updated 24 July 2025