ATEND - Key Persons


Alexis Wildsmith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the National Committee

Candice Smyth

Job Titles:
  • Member of the National Committee
  • Access and Inclusion Advisor / Charles Darwin University

Cathy Easte - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • President of the National Committee
  • Coordinator, Disabilities Service / Griffith University
  • Manager, Student Disability and Accessibility / Griffith University

Dallas Dunn

Job Titles:
  • Member of the National Committee
  • Access & Inclusion Advisor / University of South Australia
  • Disability Adviser / University of South Australia
Dallas studied Psychology and Anthropology at the University of Adelaide. He then completed a Graduate Diploma in Group Work, at what was then the South Australian Institute of Technology, which is now University of South Australia. Dallas "fell" into the disability field when he took a job working with adults with intellectual disabilities living in a community setting, run by a large established institution in Adelaide. Dallas has worked in aged care, in nursing homes, youth shelters, and community care for aged and disabled people. He then found himself working back with the large institution (Minda Inc.) as an outreach worker, again with people with intellectual disabilities living at home with their parents/carers. This work involved working with the individuals and their parents in many areas, such as toilet training, behaviour support, personal hygiene, transport training, personal safety, and other areas of the individual's lives assessed as needing support/training. Dallas then moved into a training role with Minda, developing, delivering and assessing Certificate III and IV VET courses to Minda staff, and staff from other Non-Government Organisations. From there he assumed a similar role at Tauondi Adult Aboriginal College at Port Adelaide, teaching Certificate III & IV in Disability Work. And now for 8 years Dallas has been a Disability Adviser at University of South Australia. He says that it is great to be involved in a collaborative process with academic staff and students to reduce the barriers to students education and see them progress through to graduation, and acknowledges that he is learning constantly.

Darlene McLennan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the National Committee
  • ADCET Manager

Elise de Munck

Job Titles:
  • Member of the National Committee

Emma Lawrence

Job Titles:
  • Member of the National Committee
  • Disability Access & Equity Officer / TAFE SA

Julie Kiroluch

Job Titles:
  • Member of the National Committee
  • Team Leader, Accessibility and Inclusion

Julie Rogan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the National Committee
  • Chairman of QLD Network
  • Senior Disability Advisor ( She / Her ) Student Disability and Accessibility
Julie Rogan is the current chair of QLD Network. For more Information please email: j.

Marion MacGregor

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of the National Committee

Melissa Lethaby

Job Titles:
  • Manager
  • Member of the National Committee

Meredith Jackson - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the National Committee
  • Treasurer
  • Treasurer of the National Committee
  • Lead Vocational Teacher - Disability Services / Student Services
  • Leading Vocational Teacher - Disability Services / Student Services
  • Teacher, Disability Services
Meredith Jackson; an AUSTAFE Legend recipient (2021) is a highly regarded expert in inclusive learning, having spent nearly three decades working with priority learner groups; teaching and researching in the VET sector. Meredith currently coordinates Disability Services for TAFE Queensland (TQ) Skillstech. Meredith's professional journey within rural, remote and urban settings continues to equip her with an outstanding understanding of VET stakeholder perspectives and challenges, as well as establishing an excellent network in industry, government, education, the community sectors and within TAFE Queensland. Meredith's innovative approach has seen her contribute to developing and presenting some fabulous staff professional development sessions (recent focus on UDL) for both TAFE Queensland and the private sector at a local, national and international level.

Michelle Tierney-Elliott

Job Titles:
  • Member of the National Committee
  • Head Teacher Disability Consultant

Mirela Suciu

Job Titles:
  • Secretary of the National Committee

Rhonda Fuzzard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the National Committee
  • Education Advisor, Disability / Canberra Institute of Technology

Samantha Kerr-Smiley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the National Committee
  • Student Support TasTAFE

Sara Williams

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Member of the National Committee
  • Principal

Tracey Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Member of the National Committee
  • Disability Support Coordinator