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Roger Boulton is the Stephen Scott Professor of Enology and Chemical Engineering in the Department of Viticulture and Enology at the University of California, Davis. He is the author or co-author of more than 90 publications on the theory and practical application of chemical engineering principles to winemaking. He and three colleagues are the authors of the Principles and Practices of Winemaking, which is now translated into Chinese, Spanish and Italian editions and was awarded the OIV le Prix en Oenologie in 1998. His scientific interests range from the physical and chemical stability of wine, to process technologies and winery design and he is an international consultant in winery design, winemaking practices and the production of distilled spirits.

Professor Boulton was awarded his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Melbourne in 1976. He was awarded the Stephen Sinclair Scott Endowed Chair in 2000, named the Honorary Research Lecturer in 2004 and James Guymon Lecturer in 2007 by the American Society for Enology and Viticulture and has received the Outstanding Paper of the Year award of the American Journal of Enology and Viticulture on four occasions. In 2000 he was named one of the “50 most influential people in the US wine industry”. In 2010 he was selected for the Award of Distinction by the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Davis. He is a member of the Jurade de St. Emilion.

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Stephen Bourke holds a BA (Hons) degree from the University of Sydney and a PhD from London University. He is the director of two current University of Sydney archaeological projects in Jordan: those at Pella and at Teleilat Ghassul (where he has been directing two seasons of renewed excavations between 1994-95). Dr Bourke is currently Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Archaeology Classics and Ancient History at Sydney University. Dr Stephen Bourke has been working in the field of Middle Eastern Archaeology for thirty years. One of his particular interests is the significance of Eastern Mediterranean cultures (specifically the Phoenicians) in shaping the history and culture of the Western Mediterranean lands (specifically the Neo-Punic and North African Roman).

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James Bourne is an experienced language teacher with NAATI accreditation as a French-English translator. James lived for many years in Paris, teaching and working with theatre companies such as the Theatre du Chatelet, Opera de Bastille, Le Chaudron and La Cite Universitaire. James has taught with the Alliance Francaise and is working on the second in a series of independent learning books on French language, through Pennant Software.

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Rebecca Bowman completed her Bachelor of Teaching (Humanities) / Bachelor of Arts (History) through Australian Catholic University and her Masters of Special Education (with Honours) through University of Wollongong. Upon completion of her undergraduate degrees, Rebecca taught at Westfields Sports High School as a HSIE teacher, Rowing Coach and Year Advisor.

Rebecca is currently Assistant Principal at Rivendell School and has worked at the school for the last 9 years. Rivendell is a joint Department of Education /Department of Health facility that focuses on the psychological health of young people and their families. Rivendell School provides the educational programs for these young people. She has worked in all programs at the school. An essential part her role involves daily communication with therapeutic and clinical staff. This collaboration has provided Rebecca with strategies on how to support students with a variety of diagnoses such as; Anxiety, Depression, Bi-Polar Disorder, Behaviour Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Psychosis, and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

As Assistant Principal she is responsible for supervising teaching, non-teaching and specialist staff of all ages along with mentoring beginning teachers and experienced staff new to working in the field of Special Education. She is experienced in conducting professional development sessions to teaching and support staff in public and private schools. These sessions aim to promote an understanding of mental health and increase staff capacity to support students who staff feel are challenging to work with.

She has also worked closely with Welfare teams in schools to facilitate the smooth reintegration of students back into a main stream setting. This includes the development and refinement of plans to support students and provide strategies for staff. It also includes the ongoing support to ensure that students are successful in their post Rivendell Placement. Rebecca is also a committee member of the newly formed SpeEd Network. This group is aimed at working with teachers and SLSOs to increase awareness of Special Education.

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Philip Boyce is Professor of Psychiatry and Head of Academic Psychiatry at Westmead Hospital where he also heads the Perinatal Psychiatry Unit. He has a long clinical and research interest in anxiety disorders, mood disorders, psychosomatic disorders and perinatal psychiatry. He has also taken leadership roles in the profession as President of the RAN ZCP and the international Marcé society, in the development of clinical practice guidelines and in the development of a competency based training program for the College.

Philip has had considerable involvement with the RAN ZCP as a Federal Counsellor, Chair of the Board of Research and President. In the latter role he introduced many reforms within the College to make it become more effective in informing and leading mental health policy. After his term as President he took on the role of developing a new competency based curriculum for trainee psychiatrists that will be fully implemented in 2013. Much of the work involved with this has been at the forefront of international educational research.

From 2000-2003 he was a member of the Strategic Research Development Health Research Partnership Committees. He was a member of a Grant Review Panel for three years and Deputy Chair for one. He is a regularly reviewer for the NHMRC.

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Fiona Branch completed both her Bachelor of Science and her Graduate Diploma of Education at Sydney University. She has taught secondary science classes including Geology and Earth and Environmental Science for nearly 20 years. During that time she has had many students who have been awarded the top position in the state in their HSC.

Fiona is also heavily involved in the preparation and marking of HSC Earth and Environmental Science and presently teaches at a school for boys in Sydney.

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Virginia Breen. Tutor of CCE

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Kathrin Bremer. Tutor of CCE

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Brian Brennan hold a Master’s degree with honours in Classical Studies and a Ph.D in Ancient History. He has specialised in the religious and cultural history of the Later Roman World, concentrating first on Roman Egypt and then on Gaul, from the Romans through to the successor kingdom of the Frankish kings of the Merovingian dynasty. He has published a number of journal articles on Late Roman and Gallic topics.

Brian has visited Italy numerous times and led many study tours to Rome, Pompeii and Herculaneum. He has published in the Bulletin of the History of Archaeology on the Herculaneum site and Amedeo Maiuri, its excavator. Brian is also the author of Herculaneum A Roman Town Reborn and Herculaneum A Sourcebook, a collection of translated inscriptions and graffiti from the ancient town.

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Mark Brereton. Tutor of CCE