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
Katie Cawthorne
Performance Studies Coordinator
kcawthorne@swin.edu.au
9214 6975
Paula McKaskill
Operations Manager
(Commercial)
pmckaskill@swin.edu.au
9214 6585
Sonya Curry
Operations Manager
(Facilities and Resources)
scurry@swin.edu.au
9214 6019
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
Emily Hughes
First Year Coordinator
ehughes@swin.edu.au
9214 6048
Hannah Trott
Certificate IV Coordinator
htrott@swin.edu.au
9214 6975
Linda Sastradipradja
Movement Convenor
lsastradipradja@swin.edu.au
9214 6050
Jessica Smith
Dance Teacher VE
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
Ludwig Schukin
Circus Trainer
lschukin@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
Mark Douglass
Circus Trainer
mdouglass@swin.edu.au
Mireille (Mimi) Goyette
Circus Trainer
Siarhei (Serge) Sharapayeu
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
Mark Douglass
Business Studies
mdouglass@swin.edu.au
Antonella Casella
Circus History
acasella@swin.edu.au
Carl Polke
Music Studies
Dr David Munro
Anatomy and Physiology
NICA Rec Team
Emil Gross
Evening Administration Assistant
Jessie Shook
Administration Assistant
NICA Represents Team
Samuel Boyd
NICA Represents Agent
represents@nica.com.au
9214 6056
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
Sebastien Pasche
Administration Assistant
spasche@swin.edu.au
Jenny Vanderhorst
Administrator
(dance programs)
jvanderhorst@swin.edu.au
Our Medical Team
Dr Kathy Yu
Sports Doctor
M.B.B.S., MPH, Grad Dip Sports Medicine, FRACGP.
kyu@swin.edu.au
Dr David Munro
Head Physiotherapist
PhD., B.Physio (Hons), B.Sci. (Hons), Cert IV (TAE), Churchill Fellow
davidmunro@swin.edu.au
Jess Frydenberg
Physiotherapist + Strength & Conditioning Coach
Cat King
Physiotherapist + Strength & Conditioning Coach
Sara Hasani
Physiotherapist + Strength & Conditioning Coach
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