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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 - Operations
Cathy Hay, Business Manager - Workforce
Heads of Department
Melanie Craig, HoD - Years 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, Head of Special Education Services - 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
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 - Teaching Staff
Melissa Adam
Kerrod Agnew
Lisa Agnew
Belinda Allen
Kirsten Anderson
Elizabeth Anich
Anita Anuj
Cate Atkins
Meredith Austin
Elise Axam
Jessica Bai
Carmel Bakurski
Greg Bannister
Susan Bates
Troy Bates
Maki Begley
Brian Berger
Rebecca Biddle
Jason Brown
Patti Burnheim
Fiona Cairns
Ken Callaghan
Teresa Callaghan
Les Canfield
Mandy Canfield
Ann-Marie Catalano
Karla Cazalet
David Chang
Elise Chappell
Nathan Christodoulides
Alicia Clark
Matthew Coleman
Steve Comport
Renee Connolly
Amy Coppo
Grant Craig
Michelle Cranwell
Jodie Creek
Jane Cummings
Irene Daley Sabella
Gary Davis
Carly Devers
Elisa Dingle
Rosario Dominic
Martha Dominguez
Annie Dong
Neil Dorney
Lucy Douglas
Stephanie Dunn-Balzer
Danielle Enever
Anthony Fara
Lucy Fedrizzi
Phillip Fernandez
Ines Forsberg
Yuki Funamoto
Andrew Gentle
Teresa Giacomi
Lyndall Gibbs
Rebecca Gibney
Amanda Girgenti
Shweta Goyal
Sandra Grimm
Michael Gunning
Itin Hadijah
Ava (Chenhua) Han
Lee Hannah
Vishanthri Hayne-Keon
Natalie Hermon
Hiroko Hernandez
Tim Hillier
Brian Holding
Anna Holland
Emma Hopkirk
Rene Hutchins
Stephen Hutchins
Ingrid Johansson
Lidia Kara
Nathan Kelly
Graeme Kenny
Nadine Kent
Melinda Klinger
Martin Kohler
Selina Kudo
Lorraine Lawson
Ann Leeson
Margarida Lim
David Llewelyn
Fiona MacGillivray
Renata Machado Medeiros
Gurshinder Mann
Miranda Manuel
Bernadette Marcell-Hubert
Derek Markey
Graeme Matheson
Rebekah Matheson
Sue McCoy
Faith McDonald
Jodie McEntee
Cassie McIntyre
Cherie Meares
Veronika Michaels
Melissa Millett
Rebecca Moore
Masumi Miramoto
Vegas Newn
Joel Nielsen
Glen Nixon
Laita Nozaic
Ken Payne
Mark Payne
Maricar Payumo
Janice Pearson
Jennifer Piotrowski
Jo Pittard
Kathy Powell
(Christie) Jiaqi Qin
Tim Reilly
Jacqui Reyno
Laura Ridolfi
Herman Rijken
Erikka Ringer
Boyd Roberts
Tammi Saal
Chris Sims
May Soon
Kerry Stibbs
Felicity Stoetzel
Jill Sugden
Charlotte Sweetten
Yewy Tan
Yhin Han Tan
Rebecca Taylor
Amy Theron
Paul Tierney
Manni Todorov
Jacqueline Vani
Viji Venkatramen
Adrian Verrier
Naomi Warriner
Lynette Watt
Andrea Watters
Asher Watters-Cowan
Mary Whibley
Therese Whitaker
Jodie Williams
Eileen Williamson
Dale Wilson
James Wilson
Yuexin Wu
Kyalea Young
Enrico Zanzarella
Rosaria Zarro
Sammi Zhang
Alice Zhao
Tom Zou
Cairns SDE - Teacher Aides
Audrey Aeberli
Olya Anderson
Wendy Anderson
Trish Caltabiano
Ainsley Clyde
Kate Cosatto
Hannah Durrant
Fiona Ellam
Amanda Fitzpatrick
Jo Hunter
Cindy Loader
Karla Lord
Helena MacDonald
Susanne Matweber
Mateo Munoz
Kim Ramsay
Miriam Stovold
Chamalee Walgampaya
Cairns SDE - Non-Teaching Staff
Tracey Agius
Deanna Belbin
Alicia Bonda
Sarah Bonda
Kelly Booth
Debbie Cobden
Chris Croucher
Dee Firmstone
Jade Gillam
Rebecca Graham
Maggie Harkness
Shelley Harvey
Ian Hughes
Ingrid Johnson
Simone Kerr
Kylie Kingston
Clare Macpherson
Daniel Maric
Tammy Menniti
Cameron Newcombe
Fred Nui
Amy O'Neill
Meg Roberts
Shelby Simpson
Ngati Taia
Mark Thomsett
James Whitehorn
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Last reviewed 05 March 2026
Last updated 05 March 2026