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Staff Dr Helen Kimberley Executive Director As Executive Director, Dr Kimberley supervises the Equity Research Centre research program, undertakes research and evaluation, provides professional leadership to the Centre research staff and works collaboratively with Equity Research Centre partners, clients and other stakeholders to ensure satisfaction with project outcomes. Previously, Helen spent several years working as a change management and organisational development consultant, ten years managing the Association of Neighbourhood Houses and Learning Centres and ten years as a teacher and committee member at an ACE provider. She has served on numerous boards and committees including the Adult, Community and Further Education Board, the Community Services and Health Industry Training Board and the Board of the Centre for Adult Education. She has authored several research papers and publications for government and university clients Australia-wide. Helen holds a PhD in organisational culture and a Bachelor of Education. Maree Keating Senior Researcher Maree Keating is a social researcher, lecturer and teacher with lifelong professional interests in global communities, education, gender equality and social justice. A qualified teacher with a BA (Hons) in Asian Studies and a Grad Dip in Adult Education and Music, she has coordinated, written and taught Language, Literacy and Adult Education programs in Industry, TAFE and Community based settings for many years. Maree also has an established reputation in the aid sector, managing education and livelihoods programs in South East Asia, and specializing in gender equality policy and practice. She has published, lectured and consulted on a range of subjects, including gender mainstreaming and training, and post retrenchment support for manufacturing workers. Before joining the Equity Research Centre, Maree was a policy/ research officer and teacher with the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union RTO, focusing on training and employment support for TCF workers. She is currently completing her PhD at The Globalism Institute at RMIT on retrenched textile workersfresponses to globalization in the current training and employment environment. She also lectures in Women and International Development at VUT. Bonnie Simons Research Assistant Bonnie has extensive experience in the community and Adult Community Education sector through her work in neighbourhood houses as a community development worker, researcher and computer trainer. She gained valuable experience working with people with disabilities and refugee women from the Horn of Africa and assisting them to overcome the barriers that face them as they seek to enter the employment market, particularly in regard to the use of technology. Bonnie has a Diploma of Vocational Education and Training and a Bachelor of Arts (Community Development) with Honours, both from Victoria University. Bonnie brings her enthusiasm, outstanding organizational skills and knowledge of the community sector to our Centre. Sarah Hill Research Assistant. Sarah is currently studying her Honours year in Sociology as part of an Arts Degree at Victoria University. Having left school at fourteen years of age, Sarah experienced the vicissitudes of being a young person disengaged from education and work. Following this period, Sarah successfully completed her VCE at TAFE and was awarded a place at university. She brings to this project considerable knowledge and experience of being a young person navigating government systems. |
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