Our team

Our people are the most important thing that Evaluation Associates | Te Huinga Kākākura Mātauranga has to offer. Their knowledge, experience, and commitment to education are the ground we stand on.

Leadership Team

Michael Absolum ONZM
Company Director
Mary Chamberlain
Company Director
Anna Sullivan
Chief Executive and Company Director
Doreen Bestmann
Education Services Director
Alfred Pushpakumar
Head of Finance and Corporate Services
Bobby Ketu
Kaihautū Māori
Megan Peterson
Strategic Development Manager
Garry Taylor
National Manager - Assessment and Evaluation
Dr Jacqui Patuawa
National Manager - Leadership Development Services
Steve Edwards
National Manager - PLD Services
Jane Nicholls
National Manager - Publications

Principal Advisor Team

Viv Butcher
Principal Advisor
Moira Campbell
Principal Advisor
Mike Dowd
Principal Advisor
Shelly Fitness
Principal Advisor
Chris Fox
Principal Advisor
Brian Gower
Principal Advisor
Simon Green
Principal Advisor
Celeste Hastings
Principal Advisor
Ed Hodgkinson
Principal Advisor
Tom Hullena
Principal Advisor
Micheal King
Principal Advisor - Team Leader
Gerald Koberstein
Principal Advisor
Brett Larsen
Principal Advisor
Carolyn Marino
Principal Advisor
Craig McCarthny
Principal Advisor
John McKenzie
Principal Advisor
Peter Mitchener
Principal Advisor
Peter Moyle
Principal Advisor
Chris Murphy
Principal Advisor
Sue Ngārimu
National Project Lead
David Reardon
Principal Advisor - Team Leader
Brian Sheedy
Principal Advisor
Jeff Smith
Principal Advisor
Natasha Stumpf
Principal Advisor
Gary Tenbeth
Principal Advisor
Andy Thompson
Principal Advisor
Bruce Warren
Principal Advisor
Grant Watson
Principal Advisor
Greg Watson
Principal Advisor
Judith Wootton
Principal Advisor - Team Leader
Brendan Wright
Principal Advisor
Karl Zimmerman
Principal Advisor

PLD Consultant Team

Dr Irene Andersen
PLD Consultant
Dr Melanie Atkinson
Evaluator
Doreen Bailey
Kaiwhakangungu Ngaiotanga/PLD Consultant
Kaye Brunton
PLD Consultant - Team Leader
Amy Chakif
PLD Consultant
Melisa Chase
PLD Consultant
Jacqui Clayton
PLD Consultant
Kathryn Eltringham
PLD Consultant
Kerry Hall
PLD Consultant
Andrea Hamilton
PLD Consultant
Lynette Hay
PLD Consultant
Margaret Hesketh
PLD Consultant
Ben Laybourn
Systems Lead
Renée Leckey
PLD Consultant
Bernie Leonard
PLD Consultant
Sue Leslie
PLD Consultant
Karen Lethbridge
PLD Consultant
Heather Lewis
PLD Consultant - Team Leader
Julie Luxton
PLD Consultant
Janet McCarroll
PLD Consultant
Deirdre McCracken
PLD Consultant - Team Leader
Robyn McNeill
PLD Consultant
Lisa Morresey
PLD Consultant - Team Leader
Dr Wendy Moore
PLD Consultant
Renée Neville
PLD Consultant
Kay Penniall
PLD Consultant - Team Leader
Anne Purves
PLD Consultant
Cath Runga
PLD Consultant - Team Leader
Debra Ryan
PLD Consultant
Nadine Sorrensen
PLD Consultant - Team Leader
Karen Spencer
PLD Consultant
Rose Stanley
PLD Consultant
Janelle Stevenson
PLD Consultant
Mel Stopford
Leading Adult Learning Project Lead
Laura Stutz
PLD Consultant
Ruth Tate
Pouārahi Ngaio Māori | Kaiwhakangungu Ngaiotanga
Kerry Tetupu
PLD Consultant
Saga Vaisagote-Frost
PLD Consultant
Hiria Wallace
Kaiwhakangungu Ngaiotanga/PLD Consultant
Scott Wolfe
PLD Consultant

Publications Team

Jane Armstrong Bos
Programme Manager and Team Leader - Publications
Julie Dunn
Lead Content Loader
Claire Fyfe
PLD Consultant
Nikki King
Project Manager - Publications
Donna Leckie
Project Manager - Publications
Jess Naylor
Content Editor/Writer
Josh Nicholls
Content Editor

Business Services Team

Gese Aso
Project Coordinator – Leadership Services
Katherine Baird
Project Coordinator – Assessment and Evaluation
Ita Belic
Administrator
Andrea Blower
Project Coordinator – Professional Learning and Development
Lisa Chapman
Project Coordinator – Publications
Kaye Connor
Project Coordinator - Business Development and Innovation
Lauren Filer
Executive Assistant
Lynette Herrero
Corporate Services Manager
Donna Kerkmeester
Marketing Specialist
Doris Levula
Project Coordinator – Leadership Development Services
Christine Madeley
Accounts Administrator
Priscilla Shan
Accounts Administrator
Janine Simpson
Business Development and Innovation Manager
Angela Tanzania
Management Accountant
Leandri de Villiers
Systems Administrator and Senior Data Analyst
Cissy Zeng
Marketing Coordinator

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