KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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Karen Starr
Professor Karen Starr, PhD is the Inaugural Chair, School Leadership and Development in the Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University, Australia. Prior to commencing her professorship in 2006, Karen Starr was a school Principal for 15 years in South Australia and Victoria, and she was Chief Writer of South Australia’s Curriculum, Standards and Accountability Framework (SACSA). Karen currently serves as an international advisor on the Board of the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO Intl) and is a member of its Global Issues and Editorial Committees. Leading school business: Past, present and future |
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Norm Hewitt
Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Pakeha Norm’s journey, to use a sporting metaphor, has definitely been a game of two halves. The first half dominated by the ‘school of hard knocks’ with physical abuse and bullying suffered and then dished out. The second half about restoration and forgiveness for himself and others. The Power of Forgiveness - based on the Documentary “Making Good Men" Two high profile men, a former All Black and Hollywood actor, reveal their unforgettable account of bullying with unprecedented honesty. Making Good Men is not a story of blame or humiliation. It is a path to redemption, to reconciliation, to restoration and ultimately the power of forgiveness. Manu Bennett: “I was sitting in a study room looking through a text book when Norm entered the room. As I recollect it he told everyone to get out but pointed at me to stay put. He then closed the door came over and punched me right in the face, I went down & he picked me up & punched me again, I tried to cover up on the ground but he started kicking at my head… Norm Hewitt: There was a point when I was smashing him and he said ‘my mother just died.’ I kept punching him and replied ‘So? I don’t care’……had someone not stopped me I don’t know whether I would have been able to stop myself.” For the past 30 years, the Bully, former All Black, Norm Hewitt, and his victim, television actor, Manu Bennett, often thought about each other; about their time at boarding school; about the terror Manu experienced at the fists of Norm; and about the lives they both went on to live. They often wondered, independently, what they would say if they ever met. Making Good Men documents this chance meeting and the wider impact it’s had on their families; we’ll reveal how it began and why with brutal honesty. But we’ll also discover how both men used their past and their hurt to rise to the top of their careers. Sponsored by CSG |
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Dave Baldwin
Dr Dave Baldwin completed a college education at both Marlborough Boys and Tawa Colleges before going on to get his Bachelor of Science degree at his much loved Massey University. Having then found a foot hold in the world of “brainy bastards” he went on to gain a medical degree at Otago University, Dunedin. Dr Dave then began his true love ie., developing his subspecialty of aviation medicine which involves understanding the medical issues associated with the aviation environment. Three years later he left the RNZAF and began developing the Bulls Medical Centre located in Bulls - a thriving rural town located next door to the Ohakea Air Force Base. Making a difference to us all by "Living life to the Max" Dr Dave will be outlining to our conference delegates his personal experience, as a family physician of over 40 years experience, the benefits of living life to its full potential. It is a scenario that he calls “living life to the max” and Dr Dave believes if we can take on board what he is saying it will have enormous spin offs to us all - both personally and to the people around us. Sponsored by Equico Education Leasing |
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Tom Wohlleber
President ASBO International (Association of School Business Officials) Tom Wohlleber has served as a school business official since 1985 in the states of Wisconsin and Arizona. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer for the Casa Grande Elementary School District in Casa Grande, Arizona. Tom has been an ASBO International member for over 30 years. He has served as an ASBO International Director from 2013 to 2017. He currently serves the association as its President. Wohlleber has a B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse with majors in Business Administration and Economics and a Master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater in School Business Management. Tom is a past president of both the Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials (WASBO) and Wisconsin School Safety Coordinators Association (WSSCA). He has received WASBO’s two highest honors, the Wallace E. Zastrow Award and Wisconsin School Business Official of the Year. In 2010, he was awarded the Distinguished Professional Eagle Award from ASBO International. Wohlleber was honored by WSSCA as the 2014 Wisconsin School Safety Coordinator of the Year. Tom serves as a faculty member with the National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research for their Certified School Risk Manager program. He has served on the faculty at Edgewood College and UW-Whitewater in their Educational Administration graduate programs. "An Overview of the Educational System in the United States from a School Business Management Perspective” and “How ASBO International Supports School Business Officials”. |
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Iona Holsted
Secretary for Education Iona Holsted was appointed as Secretary for Education on 5 December 2016. Prior to this, Iona was the Chief Review Officer and Chief Executive of the Education Review Office. She was appointed to this role in July 2014. Between 2007 and 2014 Iona held 4 senior management roles at the Ministry of Social Development, most recently as Deputy Chief Executive, Students, Seniors and Integrity Services. In this role she was responsible for services to seniors (superannuation payments), Studylink, and the integrity of the benefit system. Iona also spent 6 years as a Deputy Commissioner at the State Services Commission. She started her career as a primary school teacher in Auckland, later becoming an advocate and researcher for the Public Service Association and then as General Manager of a community controlled primary health care organisation. Iona has completed an executive leadership programme at the INSEAD Business School, and studied strategic leadership at Oxford University. She has been a mentor with the New Zealand Institute of Management since 2007, a Member of the Executive Leadership Learning Network and has served on Barnardos and YMCA Greater Wellington Boards. Iona has a Higher Diploma of Teaching from Victoria University of Wellington and trained as a teacher at Waikato College of Teacher Education. |
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Conference MC
Geoff O'Halloran Geoff started teaching in 1975 after being involved in the construction industry. After a number of years he was promoted to AP at Wellington East Girls' College which he held for 3 years and then Deputy Principal at Tawa College for 17 years. While there he was seconded to the Ministry of Education to assist with the Novopay implementation. After leaving Tawa College, he worked as a 'deckie' on a fishing charter vessel before joining the Ministry of Education in Nelson and then returned to Wellington to manage the Community Ministries for the Salvation Army in Porirua. Geoff is now a tutor in Foundation Education at Whitireia Community Polytechnic. He has retired 3 times but states "I'm not very good at it"! |
