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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
​Laura Ridolfi, HoD - Mathematics
​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
​Enrico Zanzarella, HoD - Science
​David Zhang, HoD - Years 5 - 12 Chinese, Indonesian & Italian; and School Based Enrolments


Student Support Services​

​​Lauren Campbell, Guidance Officer: Year 9-12
​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​
​Tracey Agi​us
​Kerrod Agnew
​Lisa Agnew
​Belinda Allen
Kirsten Anderson
Oly​a Anderson​
​Wendy Anderson
Elizabeth Anich
Anita Anuj​​
​Meredith Austin​
​Leah Babington
Jessica Bai
Greg Bannister
​Carmel Bakurski
Maki Begley
Deanna Belbin
​Brian Berger
​Sarah Bonda
​Kelly Booth
Jason Brown
Patti Burnheim
Fiona Cairns​
Ken 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
Monique De Haas
Leanne Desailly​
​Dilani DeSilva
​Carly Devers​
​Elisa Dingle
Rosario Dominic
​Annie Dong
​Neil Dorney
​Hannah Downes
​Stephanie Dunn-Balzer​
Hannah Durrant
​Fiona Ellam
​Joanne Elliott
​Fiona Ellam
​Joanne Elliott
​Danielle Enever
​Anthony Fara
​Lucy Fedrizzi
​Phillip Fernandez
​Antoine Fernando
​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
​Vishanthri Hayne-Keon
​Laney Hepburn
​Hiroko Hernandez
​Natalie Hermon
​Tim Hillier
​Tasarla Hobbler
​Brian Holding
​Anna Holland
​Laynie Hollenbeck
​Emma Hopkirk
​Ian Hughes
​Jo Hunter
​Rene Hutchins​
​Stephen Hutchins
​Michele Illiano
​Ingrid Johnson
​Ingrid Johansson
​Lidia Kara​
​Stephen Hutchins
​Michele Illiano
​Ingrid Johnson
​Ingrid Johansson
​Lidia Kara
​Nathan Kelly
​Graeme Kenny​
​Kylie Kingston
​Louise Kirk
​Melinda Klinger
​Ashleigh Kitching
​Martin Kohler
​Selina Kudo
​Judy Lawrence
​Lorraine Lawson
​Ann Leeson
​David Llewelyn
​Margarida Lim
​Cindy Loader
​Karla Lord
​Cynthia Mabo
​Helena MacDonald
​Fiona MacGillivray
​Renata Machado Medeiros
​Michelle Mackedie
​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
​Mandy Mayer
​Cherie Meares
​Angela Meyer
​Laurie Misiraca
​Veronkia Michaels
​Melissa Millett
​Masumi Miramoto
​Rebecca Moore
​Norma Nathanael
​Tom Nelder
​Alison Newbold
​Cameron Newcombe
​Vegas Newn
​Joel Nielsen
​Joel Nielsen
​Glen Nixon
Laita ​​Nozaic
​Fred Nui
Amy ​​O'Neill​​​
​Lyndsy Oppermann
​John O'Reilly
​Nathan Ormsby
​Ken Payne
​Mark Payne
​Maricar Payumo
​Janice Pearson
​Jennifer Piotrowski
​Jo Pittard​
​Kathy Powell
​Barb Prentis
​(Christie) Jiaqi Qin
​Sherilee Ramm
​Tim Reilly
​Mark Renfree
​Jacqui Reyno
​Herman Rijken
​Boyd Roberts
​Meg Roberts
​David Rolls
​Tammi Saal
​Miki Saiki Greene
​Helen Simpson
​Shelby Simpson
​Chris Sims
​May Soon
​Debbie Stewart
​Kerry Stibbs
​Miriam Stovold
​Jill Sugden​
​Ngati Taia
​Yewy Tan
​Yhin Han Tan
​Yolanda Tandy
​Jo Taylor
​Rebecca Taylor
​Paul Tierney
​Amy Theron
​Ruth Thompson
​Manni Todorov
​Vita To'omalatai
​Jacqueline Vani
​Viji Venkatramen
​Chamalee Walgampaya
​Geoff Wall
​Naomi Warriner
​Andrea Watters
​Mary Whibley
​James Whitehorn
​Jodie Williams
​Eileen Williamson
​Dale Wilson
​James Wilson
​Jack Woodrow
​Yuexin Wu
​Kyalea Young
​Rosaria Zarro
​Sammi Zhang
​Alice Zhao​
​Tom Zou




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Last reviewed 29 May 2025
Last updated 29 May 2025