Jon Brewer is Director of Professional Studies at the National Security College, ANU. He is a seasoned national security professional with extensive experience within the national security community, including the Australian Defence Force.

Jon has led teams to contribute to operational and policy responses on a range of issues, including counter... read more

Jacinta Carroll joined the National Security College as the Director, National Security Policy, in August 2017. She is a member of NSC’s Futures Council and works across the NSC’s professional development, policy and academic programs.

Previously, Jacinta was the inaugural Head of ASPI’s Counter Terrorism Policy Centre, a position she held since... read more

Rob Crispe commenced with the NSC in September 2019 on secondment from the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Rob’s varied AFP career has included senior leadership roles across both corporate and operational support functions, including learning and development, human resources, strategic policy, operational safety, high tech crime and corporate... read more

Brad Fallen joined the National Security College as Manager, Executive and Professional Development in March 2018, on secondment from the Department of Home Affairs. Brad’s professional national security experience includes international relations, intelligence, Cabinet and ministerial decision-making, and policy development and delivery.

As... read more

Katy joined the National Security College in 2015 as a Course Coordinator. She has held a variety of positions in the public and private sectors, primarily in course coordination, event management and publishing.

Katy holds a Bachelor of Science (Psychology) and a Bachelor of Arts (Archaeology) from the Australian National University. She also... read more

Dr Kath Gleeson joined the NSC in July 2019 on secondment from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) where she was in charge of training and education for the agency.

Areas of focus during her career include the design, development and delivery of training and learning focussed on capability building within the AEC but also internationally... read more

Katherine Mansted is the Senior Adviser for Public Policy at the National Security College, and works across the public policy engagement and executive education functions of the College.

She is also a non-resident fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs, lectures in cyber-security and international relations at... read more

Chelsea joined the National Security College in June 2018 on secondment from the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources. Within the NSC Chelsea works as a Course Coordinator in the Executive & Professional Development Team, assisting with the design and implementation of multiple courses run by the College.

While working at the... read more

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

Anne Taylor joined the National Security College in November 2018 and brings to the College over 20 years experience in learning and development.

Throughout her professional career Anne has been responsible for managing and implementing a wide range of organisational learning and development strategies within the Australian Defence Force (ADF)... read more