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Helen Connolly
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Helen Connolly was appointed South Australia’s inaugural Commissioner for Children and Young People in 2017. She works to ensure children feel safe, included and protected, and have opportunities to participate in their community while feeling hopeful about their future.
Tobin South
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Data scientist alum Tobin South is currently a PhD candidate at MIT on a Fulbright Future Scholarship at the MIT Media Lab. He researches cutting edge security tech for frontier Artificial Intelligence systems and works with some of the largest tech companies on understanding security and privacy for the future of AI.
Ida Adora Ismail
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Ida Adora Ismail is the youngest female CEO in Malaysia’s aviation history. Her company, Systematic Aviation Services (SAS), was founded by her late father Ismail Asha'ari in 1992. She stepped up to the leadership in early 2020, at just 27 years old.
Professor John McNeil AO
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John McNeil AO is a public health researcher whose contributions to medical research have resulted in some 600 publications and more than 43,000 citations, secured more than $150 million in competitive funding and have changed the landscape of research into chronic disease, preventive health, and healthcare quality. An exemplary leader, teacher and researcher, John was awarded a Distinguished Professorship from Monash University in 2017 and a Distinguished Alumni Award by the University of Adelaide in 2022.
Louisa Rose
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Louisa Rose is Head of Sustainability and Brand Ambassador for Yalumba, where she has worked since 1992, including 17 years as Head of Winemaking. Since her teen years helping on her own family vinyard, Louisa has brought a philosophy of fine wine, innovation and sustainability to her successful career as one of South Australia's celebrated winemakers.
Randolph Brazier
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Randolph Brazier is the Global Head of Clean Power Systems at HSBC and on the board of the World Energy Council’s Future Energy Leaders Programme. Now living in London, he is passionate about improving and deploying the real-world solutions and innovative technologies that can truly address climate change.
Dr Jane Sloane
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Jane Sloane is a fiercely passionate advocate for justice and an inspirational leader, whose career as a gender equity champion has taken her around the world. In the years between graduating the University with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in 1985 and receiving her Honorary Doctorate in 2024, she has worked with women all over the globe, lived a decade in a houseboat in California, had a heart-to-heart with Nelson Mandela, and driven true change in the global movement for equality.
Christine Economos
Christine Economos is the Advanced Nursing Director, Corporate Nursing, Strategy and Workforce for Central Adelaide Local Health Network. She has extensive experience spanning 26 years, covering intensive care, disability, strategic planning, policy, projects, workforce, industrial and corporate.
Phil Mauger - Clinical Nurse Consultant
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Phil Mauger is a Clinical Nurse Consultant specialising in paediatric haematology and oncology. He is motivated to ensure his patients and their families are given the highest quality care. A father and husband, he is dedicated to providing life-changing treatments, and says one of his greatest achievements is dedicating his life to the service of others.
Jo Vandepeer
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Dr Jodie Vandepeer has been awarded four qualifications from the University in the past three decades. She is now a Visiting Research Fellow at the University. An experienced teacher and a classical vocalist as well as an art historian and researcher, Jo’s career has been, in her own words, “intrepid”.