Who we are
NICA is structured with a leadership team, education staff and trainers, supported by our wonderful admin staff. Below you can put a face to a name, and contact them directly.
Our Board Members
Mr Michael O’Shea
Chair
Ms Madelyn Bolch
Director
Mr David McCall
Director
Ms Emma Lincoln
Secretary
Simona Jobbagy
NICA's Director
sjobbagy@swin.edu.au
9214 6100
Our Executive Team
Emily O'Connor
Operations Manager
(Human Resources)
eoconnor@swin.edu.au
9214 6408
Faye Stathakis
Senior Finance Officer
fstathakis@swin.edu.au
9214 6975
Tegan Carmichael
Senior Educator-Academic
tcarmichael@swin.edu.au
9214 6975
James Brown
Head of Circus Studies
jamesbrown@swin.edu.au
9214 6018
Valentina La Piana
Senior Educator-Academic
vlapiana@swin.edu.au
Karen Leskiw
Marketing & Communications Manager
kleskiw@swin.edu.au
Paula McKaskill
Operations Manager
(Commercial)
pmckaskill@swin.edu.au
9214 6585
Franx Anne
Operations Manager
(Facilities and Resources)
fann@swin.edu.au
Josie Byrt
Executive Officer
jbyrt@swin.edu.au
9214 6411
Our NICA Ed Team
Martine Howard
Third Year Coordinator
martinehoward@swin.edu.au
9214 6979
Alex Gullan
Second Year Coordinator
agullan@swin.edu.au
9214 6014
Hannah Trott
Certificate IV Coordinator
htrott@swin.edu.au
9214 6975
Emily Hughes
Circus Trainer
ehughes@swin.edu.au
9214 6048
Linda Sastradipradja
Movement Convenor
lsastradipradja@swin.edu.au
9214 6050
Katie Cawthorne
Performance Studies Coordinator
kcawthorne@swin.edu.au
9214 6975
Rong Lu
Circus Trainer
Earl Shatford
Circus Trainer
eshatford@swin.edu.au
Vasily Ivanov
Circus Trainer
vivanov@swin.edu.au
Charlie Cheng
Circus Trainer
gcheng@swin.edu.au
Helene Embling
Circus Trainer
hembling@swin.edu.au
Jon Griffingham
Circus Trainer
jgriffingham@swin.edu.au
Brett Franzi
Circus Trainer
bfranzi@swin.edu.au
Mireille (Mimi) Goyette
Circus Trainer
Felicia O'Brien
Circus Trainer
feliciaobrien@swin.edu.au
Jian Nie
Circus Trainer
jiannie@swin.edu.au
Marco Paoletti
Circus Trainer
mpaoletti@swin.edu.au
Lauren Skopal
Circus Trainer
lskopal@swin.edu.au
TBC
Business Studies
Antonella Casella
Circus History
acasella@swin.edu.au
Carl Polke
Music Studies
Dr David Munro
Anatomy and Physiology
NICA Rec Team
Jessie Shook
Administration Assistant
Meagan Kenny
Evening and Holiday Program Administration Assistant
NICA Represents Team
Christina Cox
NICA Represents Agent
ccox@swin.edu.au
NICA Connects
Natalie Frijia
Alumni, Industry & Community Engagement Coordinator
nfrijia@swin.edu.au
9214 6975
Our NICA Performs Team
Scott Grayland
Production Manager
sgrayland@swin.edu.au
9214 6406
Kaleb Hawkins
Digital Technologies Coordinator
khawkins@swin.edu.au
9214 6108
Kyle Raftery
Venue Supervisor & Rigger
kjraftery@swin.edu.au
9214 6008
Our Marketing Team
Karen Leskiw
Marketing & Communications Manager
kleskiw@swin.edu.au
Halina Powierza
Marketing & Communications Assistant
hpowierza@swin.edu.au
Our Administration Team
Anne Young
Senior Administration Coordinator
ayoung@swin.edu.au
9214 6541
Angela Ortiz Jaramillo
Administration Assistant
aortizjaramillo@swin.edu.au
Ali Metcalf
Acting Administration Assistant
Sebastien Pasche
Administration Assistant
spasche@swin.edu.au
Jenny Vanderhorst
Administrator
(dance programs)
jvanderhorst@swin.edu.au
Our Medical Team
Dr David Munro
Head Physiotherapist
PhD., B.Physio (Hons), B.Sci. (Hons), Cert IV (TAE), Churchill Fellow
davidmunro@swin.edu.au
Dr Suleiman Halabi
Sports Doctor
M.B.B.S
shalabi@swin.edu.au
Cat King
Physiotherapist + Strength & Conditioning Coach
Emily Irvine
Physiotherapist
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