Board members
The Board of ASI plans for the future of ASI. It meets four times a year to decide the direction and funding of ASI. The Board is elected at the AGM in May each year, and works within ASI's Rules of association. Board Members are dedicated professionals with expertise and experience in different areas: education, science, management, business and commerce.
Dr Mark Toner - Chair
Dr Mark Toner is a former Managing Director of Kvaerner E&C Australia, a subsidiary of the international engineering and construction group Aker Solutions. His background is in technical marketing and management with a career focus on science, engineering and IT. He is a Director of three technology commercialisation companies and an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at Monash University. …
Ms Anne Semple - Deputy Chair
Anne Semple has many years experience as a teacher of science, specialising in Biology. She is passionate about her profession and throughout her long career gained extensive expertise in writing online and print materials including major contributions to award-winning texts. She has designed and delivered numerous professional learning programmes and sessions on many aspects of teaching, learning and professional issues.
Professor Gary Monroe - Treasurer
Professor Gary Monroe is a Professor of Accounting in the School of Accounting and Business Information Systems at The Australian National University. He is a past President of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ). Gary received a PhD in Business Administration (accounting and information systems) from the University of Massachusetts in 1978. He has extensive teaching experience in Australian…
Ms Jan Althorp
Jan has a background in science education, science policy and curriculum development at a national and state level. Through her work in strategic planning, along with leadership roles as Executive Director of the Institution of Chemical Engineers in Australia (IChemE) and previously as Executive Director of the Australian Science Teachers Association, Jan has expertise and a broad network across Australia and internationally in…
Ms Gunilla Burrowes
Gunilla has had a diverse career, working in a broad range of industry and academic positions. After graduating from UNSW in Electrical Engineering she worked in industry in the renewable energy sector before beginning an academic career in Victoria and then Newcastle, Australia. She now combines her experience in both areas with her current studies towards a PhD in underwater communication networks which…
Dr Nick Hagan
Nick has worked as an executive at a NASDAQ-listed life sciences company and was previously CEO of its Australian subsidiary Mimotopes Pty Ltd, a specialist peptide manufacturing company. Nick has held Board and advisory roles in public and private technology companies, has co-founded two commercialisation start-ups and has also worked as a consultant in the biotechnology industry.Between 2003 and 2006, Nick…
Ms Debra Smith
Debra Smith is Head of Science at Centenary State High School in Brisbane. She has had extensive involvement in science education at the local, state and national levels. Debra has been involved in science curriculum development through her position on the Queensland Studies Authority Science Advisory Committee and as Convener of the Chemistry Syllabus Sub-committee. She was one of the writers of the…
Dr Matthew Sorell
Dr Matthew Sorell is Senior Lecturer in Telecommunications and Multimedia Engineering at the University of Adelaide, and was a member of the first Australian Physics Olympiad team in 1987. He has received numerous faculty and university awards for excellence in teaching, and is an active researcher in forensic analysis of digital multimedia and consultant to the telecommunications industry and regulators around the world.…
Professor Michael Vitale
Michael Vitale is a Professor at Monash University and the Director, Commercialisation, of the Monash Asia-Pacific Centre for Science and Wealth Creation. In this role Michael provides educational courses related to the transformation of science into wealth for biomedicine, science, and business students and for scientists and business people throughout the Asia Pacific. He also undertakes research into the creation of wealth from…
Associate Professor Keturah Whitford
Keturah Whitford is Associate Professor and Reader in Business Law in the School of Accounting and Business Information Systems at the Australian National University. She is also Deputy Head of School. Prior to her appointment at the ANU Keturah was Head of the School of Law at the University of Canberra. She has taught and published in areas of company and insolvency law,…
