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Meet the Council


Tanya Bailey
Tanya Bailey joins the School Council as one of the Old Girl's Representatives. Tanya is a past student, teacher and OGA Secretary of St Margaret's. Since leaving St Margaret's in 1998, Tanya has traveled and taught extensively overseas and returned to Melbourne last year to take up the posting of Head of PE, Health and Personal Development at Fintona Girls' School. Tanya is looking forward to again being an active member of the wider St Margaret's community.

Philip Battye (Deputy President of Council)
Philip is a partner at Ebsworth & Ebsworth Solicitors and a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Victoria. His areas of expertise are Insurance and Litigation. He joined the School Council in 2002 and has three children currently attending Pre-Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 at SMS.
Mary-Jo Cochrane (Deputy President of Council)
With a Bachelor of Education and Dip Ed, Mary-Jo taught for 13 years prior to building and operating her own local childcare centre for a further nine years. Mary-Jo has been newly appointed as Chair of the St Margaret's Marketing Committee and is also a member of the fundraising focus group. Mary-Jo is married with three children and her two daughters are currently attend Year 4 and Year 6 at St Margaret's.

Dr Deborah Corrigan
Debbie currently holds the position of Associate Dean (Teaching) Faculty of Education, Monash University. She has a background in teaching and has been a Reviewer of Schools, both nationally and internationally. Debbie is on the Editorial Committee for the Australian Science Teachers Journal and Chemeda: The Australian Journal of Chemical Education, is a Member of the Victorian Committee of Deans of Education and the AEU - University Working Party, and is also involved in many consultancies. She is School Council President at Cardinia Primary School and is a Science Consultant and Advisor for many Gippsland Schools (both Government and Non-Government). Debbie has a daughter who is currently in Year 10 at SMS.

 

Anita Forsyth (President of Council)
Anita has been associated with SMS over the last 11 years as a parent of two girls, Genevieve in Year 12 and Larissa in Year 9. Anita has been on the SMS School Council for the last seven and a half years, where she has worked on the Finance Sub-committee and is currently Chair of Council.

Anita is a lecturer in teacher education at Monash University and has authored a number of books and journal articles, which reflect her main areas of research interest including curriculum and assessment, economic and financial literacy, and civics and citizenship education. She is regularly invited to speak at conferences and professional development seminars for educators.

Robert Foster
As a practicing Architect, Robert's contribution to council has been focused largely in the work of the Building and Grounds Committee. Currently, most of his professional time is spent as a sustainable energy policy and planning consultant to both state and federal governments. Robert lives near Warragul, a locality where a growing number of families choose to send their daughters to our wonderful school, and he has two daughters at SMS in Years 10 and 12.

 

Kirsty Mitchell
Kirsty has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Melbourne University. She is currently employed part time in the Information Technology department of an Insurance company.

Kirsty is involved with the Parents' and Friends' Association at St Margaret's and is in her second year as President. She has two children at SMS in Year 6 and Year 9.

George Richards
George is a Consultant and Director to a number of public and private companies, specifically in the areas of Retail, Marketing, Manufacturing and Distribution. Previous roles include Chief Executive Mitre 10 South West Ltd and Managing Director of Cooper Tools Pty Ltd. George is the Chairman of the School's Finance Committee and his daughter Adrienne completed her secondary schooling at St Margaret's in 2001.

Robert Stunden
Robert is a Children's Surgeon. He and his wife Carol have had connections with SMS for twelve years, initially with a son who graduated from Year 3 and currently a daughter in Year 9. He is a Senior Surgeon at the Monash Medical Centre and is Chairman of Surgery for the Mornington Peninsula. Robert is also on a Victorian Health Network Board and a Medical Advisory Committee.