Who we are
NICA is structured with a leadership team, education staff and trainers, supported by our wonderful admin staff, production team and medical practitioners. Below you can put a face to a name, and contact them directly.
Simona Jobbagy
NICA's CEO
sjobbagy@nica.edu.au
Our Executive Team
Emily O'Connor
Operations Manager
(People & Culture)
eoconnor@nica.edu.au
Faye Stathakis
Head of Finance
fstathakis@nica.edu.au
Juliana Neves
Head of Circus Studies
jneves@nica.edu.au
Tegan Carmichael
Senior Educator
tcarmichael@nica.edu.au
Valentina La Piana
Senior Educator
vlapiana@nica.edu.au
Karen Leskiw
Marketing & Communications Manager
kleskiw@nica.edu.au
Paula McKaskill
Operations Manager
(Commercial)
pmckaskill@nica.edu.au
Kaleb Hawkins
Head Rigger & Acting Operations Manager
(Facilities and Resources)
khawkins@nica.edu.au
Josie Byrt
Executive Officer
jbyrt@nica.edu.au
Our NICA Ed Team
Linda Sastradipradja
Second Year Coordinator & Movement Convenor
lsastradipradja@nica.collarts.edu.au
Emily Hughes
First Year Coordinator
ehughes@nica.collarts.edu.au
Hannah Trott
Certificate IV Coordinator
htrott@nica.collarts.edu.au
Alex Gullan
Circus Operations Coordinator
agullan@nica.collarts.edu.au
Rong Lu
Circus Trainer
RLu@nica.collarts.edu.au
Amanda Lee
Circus Trainer
ALee@nica.collarts.edu.au
Earl Shatford
Circus Trainer
eshatford@nica.collarts.edu.au
Vasily Ivanov
Circus Trainer
vivanov@nica.collarts.edu.au
Charlie Cheng
Circus Trainer
gcheng@nica.collarts.edu.au
Helene Embling
Circus Trainer
hembling@nica.collarts.edu.au
Jon Griffingham
Circus Trainer
jgriffingham@nica.collarts.edu.au
Brett Franzi
Circus Trainer
bfranzi@nica.collarts.edu.au
Mireille (Mimi) Goyette
Circus Trainer
mgoyette@nica.collarts.edu.au
Felicia O'Brien
Circus Trainer
feliciaobrien@nica.collarts.edu.au
Lauren Skopal
Circus Trainer
lskopal@nica.collarts.edu.au
Lauren Eisinger
Business Studies
Antonella Casella
Circus History
Dr David Munro
Anatomy and Physiology
NICA Rec Team
Jessie Shook
Administration Assistant
Meagan Kenny
Evening and Holiday Program Administration Assistant
NICA Represents
Christina Cox
NICA Represents Agent
ccox@nica.collarts.edu.au
NICA Connects
Natalie Frijia
Industry & Alumni Coordinator
nfrijia@nica.edu.au
Our NICA Performs Team
Scott Grayland
Production Manager
sgrayland@nica.edu.au
Kaleb Hawkins
Head Rigger
khawkins@nica.edu.au
Kyle Raftery
Venue Supervisor & Rigger
kjraftery@nica.edu.au
Our Marketing Team
Halina Powierza
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
hpowierza@nica.edu.au
Rosa Quinton
Marketing & Communications Assistant
rquinton@nica.edu.au
Our Administration Team
Anne Young
Senior Administration & Secretariat Officer
ayoung@nica.edu.au
Timmy Foley
Administration Assistant
tfoley@nica.edu.au
Nicole Theodore
Administration Assistant
ntheodore@nica.edu.au
Jenny Vanderhorst
Administrator
jvanderhorst@nica.edu.au
Our Medical Team
Dr David Munro
Head Physiotherapist
PhD., B.Physio (Hons), B.Sci. (Hons), Cert IV (TAE), Churchill Fellow
davidmunro@nica.collarts.edu.au
Ellie McLinden
Sports and Performance Psychologist
Larry
Head of Happiness
Cat King
Physiotherapist
Emily Irvine
Physiotherapist & Strength Conditioning Coach
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