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 Garima Sharma
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
Acting Head of Circus Studies
tcarmichael@swin.edu.au
9214 6975
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 Ann
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
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
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
Lauren Eisinger
Business Studies
Antonella Casella
Circus History
acasella@swin.edu.au
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@swin.edu.au
NICA Connects Team
Natalie Frijia
Alumni, Industry & Community Engagement Coordinator
nfrijia@swin.edu.au
9214 6975
Paul Kooperman
Alumni, Industry & Community Engagement Coordinator
pkooperman@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 Coordinator
hpowierza@swin.edu.au
Our Administration Team
Anne Young
Senior Administration Coordinator
ayoung@swin.edu.au
9214 6541
Sebastien Pasche
Administration Assistant
spasche@swin.edu.au
Timmy Foley
Administration Assistant
tfoley@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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