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