Signatories
Dr Jennifer Buckingham OAM
FRSN
Director of Strategy and Senior Research Fellow
MultiLit
Georgina Byron AM
Chief Executive Officer
The Snow Foundation
Professor Anne Castles
ARC Laureate Fellow
Director, Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy
Australian Catholic University
Jessica Colleu Terradas CF
Senior Officer Literacy
Canberra-Goulburn Catholic Education
Professor Max Coltheart AM
Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Science
Macquarie University
Adjunct Associate Professor Tessa Daffern
La Trobe University
Director & Principal Consultant, Literacy Education Solutions
DrTina Daniel
Lecturer, Primary Literacy
PhD (Deakin), MSc (Curriculum & Assessment) (DUC), Adv. Dip. (Oxford), B.A. (Melb)
Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy
Research Trust Fellow
Faculty of Arts & Education
Australian Catholic University
Julia Davies-Duff
Doctoral Lecturer in Teacher Education
Faculty of Education
University of Canberra
Dr Kate de Bruin
Senior Lecturer, Inclusive Education
Monash University
Jessica Del Rio
Lead, Government & Public Finance
Equity Economics
Adjunct Associate Professor Lisa Denny
Workforce Demographer
University of Tasmania
Elena Douglas
Chief Executive Officer
Knowledge Society
Megan Enders
Chief Executive Officer
Fogarty Foundation
Saul Eslake
Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Tasmania
Independent Economist
Annie Fogarty AM
Chairperson and Founder
Fogarty Foundation
Scarlett Gaffey
Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist
Lecturer in Speech Pathology
University of Canberra
Associate Professor Lorraine Hammond AM
Edith Cowan University
Dr Kerry Hempenstall
B.Sc., Dip.Ed., Dip.Soc.Studies, Dip.Ed.Psych., Ph.D., MAPsS
Associate Professor Alison Holm
BSpPath (Hons), PhD, LLB (Hons), CPSP
Practice Education Coordinator, Speech Pathology
School of Health Sciences, College of Health & Medicine
University of Tasmania
Professor Teresa Iacono, Ph.D.
Professor of Rural and Regional Allied Health,
La Trobe Rural Health School
Living with Disability Research Centre
A/Professor Saskia Kohnen
Director
Macquarie University Reading Clinic
Dr Deslea Konza
B.A., Dip.Ed., Dip.Spec.Ed., M.Ed.(Hons), Ph.D
Independent Reading Consultant and Coach
Associate Professor Suze Leitão
PhD, CPSP, FSPA, Life Member of Speech Pathology Australia
Associate Professor Speech Pathology
Director Graduate Research
Curtin School of Allied Health
Emeritus Professor Bill Louden AM
University of Western Australia
Dr Susan Main
Senior Lecturer
School of Education
Edith Cowan University
Dr Jacqueline McKechnie
PhD MSPA CPSP
Discipline Lead and Assistant Professor in Speech Pathology
University of Canberra
Dr Lin Meeks, PhD
Director, Ants in the Apple Pty Ltd
Honorary Affiliate, Institute of Special Educators
Mary-Ruth Mendel
Speech Pathologist
Executive Director, Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation
Dr Jessica Paynter, PhD (Clinical Psychology), FAPS
Senior Lecturer
School of Applied Psychology
Griffith Institute for Educational Research
Griffith University
Dr Joanne Quick
Senior Lecturer, National School of Education, Faculty of Education and Arts
Head of Discipline (Primary)
Acting Head of Discipline (Early Childhood and Primary)
Course Coordinator, Bachelor of Education: Early Years and Primary
Australian Catholic University
Caroline Reed
Co-CEO, Ochre Education
Professor Sheena Reilly AM
FASSA FAHMS FSPA FRCSLT
Professor Emeritus
Health Group
Griffith University
Dr Sally Robinson-Kooi
TPTC., B.Ed. (TESOL), PhD
Literacy Researcher
Ingrid Sealey
Director & Founder
Teach Well
Associate Professor Tanya Serry
PhD, FSPA, CPSP, MA (Applied Linguistics), B.App. Sc (Sp. Path)
Literacy and Reading, School of Education
Co-Director of the SOLAR Lab
La Trobe University
Associate Professor Kym Simoncini
Early Childhood and Primary Education,
Queensland University of Technology
Reid Smith
Co-CEO, Ochre Education
Professor Pamela Snow PhD, MAPS
Life Member, Speech Pathology Australia
Professor of Cognitive Psychology
Co-Director, Science of Language and Reading (SOLAR) Lab
School of Education
La Trobe University
Julie Sonnemann
Education Lead
Impact Economics and Policy
Dr Damon Thomas
Senior Lecturer in Literacy Education
School of Education
The University of Queensland
Dr Hua-Chen Wang
Lecturer
School of Education and Macquarie University Centre for Reading
Macquarie University
Alison Watson
CAT/Lecturer Primary Education
College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
Flinders University
Associate Professor Marleen Westerveld, PhD, FSPA, CPSP
Speech Pathology
School of Health Sciences and Social Work
Griffith University
Emeritus Professor Kevin Wheldall AM
BA, PhD, Copyhold, FASSA, FBOsS, FCollP, FIARLD, MAPS, MCEDP
Macquarie University
Chairman, MultiLit Pty Ltd
Director, MultiLit Research Unit
Dr Robyn Wheldall
BA, PhD (Special Education), MAICD
Company Director, MultiLit Pty Ltd
Deputy Director, MultiLit Research Unit