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Course Coordinator, Professional Studiessamuel.bashfield@anu.edu.au |
Sam joined the National Security College in 2018. He completed his honours degree in Indonesian Studies at Monash University and undertook an ACICIS flexible immersion program at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta. During his studies, Sam was awarded an Anne Wallace Memorial Travel Grant, as well as a Victorian Government Hamer Scholarship. Since... read more |
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Manager, Course Development & Delivery 0434 151 375 Sandra.Bourke@anu.edu.au |
Sandra’s career focus has been in defence, law enforcement and intelligence, in particular delivering policy, education and enabling technology to support national security. Sandra is at the NSC on secondment from Home Affairs. Sandra’s career commenced in 1990 in the Australian Federal Police before moving into intelligence management positions... read more |
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Cyber Adviser 0417 393 908 catherine.bridges@anu.edu.au |
Catherine Bridges joined the National Security College in June 2018 on secondment from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet as Cyber Adviser. Her career has included roles in policy development, implementation and advice, legal analysis and advice and stakeholder engagement across several government agencies including the Attorney-General’s... read more |
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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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Director National Security Policy, National Security College jacinta.carroll@anu.edu.au |
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 |
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Course coordinator 6125 3565 abby.catucod@anu.edu.au |
Abby Catucod joined the National Security College as Course Coordinator in January 2018. She was acting Executive Assistant to the Head of College for an interim period in October 2017. Her previous human resources experience involved the design and implementation of the human resource development program for the provincial government of Northern... read more |
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Chief Operating Officer, National Security College +61 2 6125 3571 Sharon.Dean@anu.edu.au |
Sharon Dean joined the National Security College in October 2016 as the Chief Operating Officer 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 for tender;... read more |
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Manager, Course Development and Delivery 02 6125 6482 brad.fallen@anu.edu.au |
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 |
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Senior Outreach Policy 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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Course Coordinator 6125 6637 katy.ghassemi@anu.edu.au |
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 |
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Senior ResearcherKatherine.Mansted@anu.edu.au |
Katherine Mansted joined the National Security College as a Senior Researcher in 2018. Katherine’s professional background includes work in both law and government. She has been a commercial solicitor with King & Wood Mallesons, ministerial adviser to the federal government, and served as an Associate in the High Court of Australia to now... read more |
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Chelsea.Muir@anu.edu.au |
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 |
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*Senior Coordinator, Student Recruitment and Development* +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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Senior Project Officer, VIP Visits, Policy Engagement, National Security College 6125 3912 vivienne.seedsman@anu.edu.au |
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Senior Finance Officer 6125 8954 joanne.sutherland@anu.edu.au |
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Course Coordinator, National Security College 6197 0123 hugh.thornton@anu.edu.au |
Hugh Thornton has been Course Coordinator at the National Security College since December 2015. 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 and has completed a Certificate IV in training and assessment. |
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Senior Advisor, Futures Hub 61253696 ryan.young@anu.edu.au |
Dr Ryan Young is the Senior Advisor, NSC Futures Hub. He leads work on how to integrate analysis of long-term trends and potential futures into effective everyday policy making. 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... read more |
