FOUNDATION MEMBERS
Foundation Patron: Brian Cambourne
Principal Honorary Fellow, University of Wollongong, School of Education
Inducted into Reading Hall of Fame
Former Fullbright Scholar
Former Post-Doctoral Fellow at Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Recipient International Year of Literacy Medal for 'Contributions to Australian Literacy Education'
Recipient Ethel Hayton Award by the University of Wollongong for Services to the Community
Recipient Inaugural Garth Boomer Award of Australian Reading Association
Life member National Council Teachers of English (USA)
Recipient International Reading Association's Gray Citation of Merit
Life Membership Primary English Teaching Association of Australia (PETAA)
Co-chair: Jo Padgham
ALEA Life Member
ALEA Principal Fellow
Honorary Fellow of the Australian Council of Educational Leadership
ACT Women's Honour Roll
Co-chair: Robyn Ewing AM
Professor Emerita, Sydney School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney
Co-Director of the Creative Research, Engaging the Arts, Transforming Education (CREATE) Centre
Deputy Chair, West Words
Honorary Associate, Sydney Theatre Company
Former President of ALEA; Principal Fellow ALEA
Visiting Scholar, Barking Gecko Theatre
Former President of PETAA; Life Member of PETAA
Executive: Jan Turbill
Senior Honorary Fellow, University of Wollongong, School of Education
Life Member and Principal Fellow ALEA
Life Member PETAA
Fellow of Australian College of Educators
Inducted Member Reading Hall of Fame
Member of several Journal Editorial Boards, including Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, Language Arts and Reading Teacher
Executive: Wendy Bean
More than 40 years in education as teacher, school executive, literacy consultant and casual university lecturer
Held positions on ALEA Sydney North local council and ALEA national council
ALEA Principal Fellow and recipient of the ALEA Medal
Authored and co-authored several articles and publications in the areas of spelling and writing
Executive: Diane Snowball
Over 53 years in education in primary and secondary schools, at universities in Australia and the USA and as a literacy consultant
Author of teacher reference articles, books, DVDs and CD-ROMs
ALEA Principal Fellow
ALEA Honorary Life Member
ALEA Past President
Executive: David Hornsby
Over 50 years in education as classroom teacher, principal, university lecturer and literacy consultant
Teacher of the Year (Group Award)
Author of many teacher reference books
Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing
Recipient of ALEA Citation of Merit Award for Literacy (the Garth Boomer Award)
ALEA Principal Fellow
Executive: Chris Topfer
Long career in education as an early childhood teacher, literacy coach, school leader and policy writer
ALEA Past Vice President
Awarded ALEA Life Membership and ALEA Principal Fellow
Recipient of the AITSL Award for Excellence in Teaching and School Leadership and Australian Professional Teachers Association Meritorious Contribution to the Profession Award
Literacy consultant
Executive: Julie Shepherd
Literacy consultant, nationally and internationally
Author of teacher reference books
ALEA Victorian State Director
Primary teacher
Committee: Helen Chatto
Primary school educator for 40 years
ALEA Principal Fellow
Principals Australia Institute John Liang Award 2016
Teaching in the Territory Excellence Award: Rural Principal of the Year in 2012 and 2016
Committee: Mike Dilena
Helped establish the South Australian Reading Association and established one of Australia's first gradate diplomas in Reading Education
Masters and doctoral degrees at Harvard University Gradate School of Education
Developed the teacher-development program, Literacy and Learning in the Middle Years, with UNISA and South Australian school systems and extended it to the USA
Established and directed the Centre for Research in Language and Literacy in UNISA
Divisional Director, Hong Kong Institute of Education
Committee: Beryl Exley
Qualified teacher with over 30 years of experience
Professor of English Curriculum and Literacy Education at Griffith University
ALEA Principal Fellow and ALEA Life Member 2019
Past President of ALEA
Committee: Paul Gardner
Over 40 years as a teacher and teacher educator
Senior Lecturer in Literacy/English
United Kingdom Literacy Association Ambassador for Australia
Researcher at the Western Australian Centre for Excellence in the explicit teaching of literacy
Former Teaching Fellow at the University of Bedfordshire (UK)
Member of the editorial board of Literacy
Committee: Kelly Taylor
Lecturer School of Education University of Notre Dame Australia
Experience as an early childhood specialist and specialist language development teacher
2016 International Literacy Association 30 Under 30 Honoree
Committee: Kathy Rushton
Lecturer in the Sydney School of Education at the University of Sydney
Interest in the impact of professional learning on the development of language and literacy and the development of translanguaging
for students learning English as an additional language or dialect.