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Senior Communications Officer 6125 8958; 0413 626 373 martin.blaszczyk@anu.edu.au |
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02 6125 6484 christopher.budd@anu.edu.au |
Christopher is currently seconded to the National Security College for 12 months. Christopher’s ORCID Christopher has a Bachelor of Arts (USYD 2009) and a Double Masters of Policing, Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism and International Security Studies (MQU 2013). |
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Director Professional Studies (02) 6125 6486 jay.caldwell@anu.edu.au |
Jay Caldwell joined the National Security College in 2017 as the Director of Professional Studies. He has fourteen years of experience in the public service focused on national security and how central agencies can better support decision-makers. Prior to this, Mr Caldwell was an educator with Queensland’s Department of Education and the ACT’s Canberra... read more |
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Senior Executive Services Officer 6125 1544 denise.castle@anu.edu.au |
Denise joined the National Security College in September 2014. Her qualifications include a Masters in Professional Accounting. Denise has extensive experience in financial and administrative management, and is responsible for budgeting and financial reporting for the National Security College. |
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612 56414 madeleine.clark@anu.edu.au |
Madeleine Clark joined the National Security College in September 2016 on secondment from the Department of Immigration and Border protection as the Manager, Course Evaluation and Reporting. Her main responsibility at the NSC is to evaluate the executive and professional development courses, and student satisfaction of the academic program.... read more |
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Director, Strategy and Development, National Security College +61 2 6125 3571 Sharon.Dean@anu.edu.au |
Sharon Dean joined the National Security College in October 2016 as the Director for Strategy and Development on secondment from the Office of National Assessments. Her key focus is preparing the College for the longer term including: facilitating the NSC’s strategic relationships with public and private sector partners; responding to requests... read more |
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Policy and Events Officer 6125 1220 chris.farnham@anu.edu.au |
Chris Farnham joined the National Security College in June 2015 as Policy and Events Officer. His career focus has been on Geopolitics with experience working in and out of China for a number of years as well as operating in Australia and Southeast Asia. Previous to his time at the NSC Chris was the National Operations Manager at the Australian... read more |
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6125 3565 katy.ghassemi@anu.edu.au |
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Senior Research Officer, National Security College 0410 866 594 marty.harris@anu.edu.au |
Marty Harris joined the National Security College in 2017, providing research support to the Head of College. His prior positions include foreign policy adviser to the Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senior Researcher at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library, and Research Associate at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. He holds a... read more |
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Executive Assistant to Professor Rory Medcalf, Head of College 612 57507 EA.Head.NSC@anu.edu.au |
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02 6125 6482 brett.macdonald@anu.edu.au |
Brett MacDonald joined the National Security College in April 2016 as Manager of Course Development and Delivery in the Executive and Professional Development team, on secondment from the Australian Federal Police. His career has included roles in adult education, human resource (HR) and project management, with over 25 years’ experience across a number... read more |
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michelle.mosey@anu.edu.au |
Michelle joined the National Security College in April 2017, on secondment from the Department of Defence as the Senior Advisor Cyber Security. Michelle’s career has focussed on national security elements in intelligence and security, with a strong focus on emerging technologies, cyber and information policy development and multi-national relationships... read more |
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**Academic Program Coordinator** National Security College +61 2 6125 6131 farnaz.salehzadeh@anu.edu.au |
Farnaz Salehzadeh has 20 years of experience working in student recruitment, marketing and academic administration. She joined the National Security College in 2012 as the Academic Program Coordinator for the graduate studies program. Her career focus has been on international and domestic student recruitment, student administration, marketing and... read more |
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Manager, Course Development & Delivery 02 6125 1937 sari.sutton@anu.edu.au |
Sari Sutton joined the National Security College in February 2016, on secondment from the Department of Defence, as a manager of the Executive and Professional Development team. Her career focus has been on international policy, in particular Defence engagement with Australia’s partners in the Asia-Pacific, capacity-building, inter-agency crisis response... read more |
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Course Coordinator, National Security College 6197 0123 hugh.thornton@anu.edu.au |
Hugh Thornton is a Course Coordinator at the National Security College. Hugh studied Sport Management and has a background in program and forum coordination. Hugh holds a Bachelor in Sports Science and Management from the University of Canberra. |
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Business Manager (National Security College) 6125 9479 renee.vercoe@anu.edu.au |
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Course Coordinator 02 6125 1938 niru.verma@anu.edu.au |
Niru joined the College in May 2017, on secondment from her permanent role as the Executive Officer of the National Security Division at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Before this role, Niru was an adviser in the Border Security Policy team at PM&C. Niru has an undergraduate in Information and Communication Technology from... read more |
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Senior Advisor, Policy Engagement and Futures Hub 61253696 ryan.young@anu.edu.au |
Dr Ryan Young is the Senior Advisor, Policy Engagement and Futures Hub. Prior to the NSC he spent almost 5 years in strategic policy in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) where he worked across all areas of public policy, including cyber security, counter terrorism policy, infrastructure, innovation, school funding and... read more |
