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Jo Henwood has been telling stories since the end of 1999 when she joined the Australian Storytelling Guild (NSW), becoming an Accredited Storyteller in 2002, and President in 2003.

Qualified in librarianship, tour guiding and managing, museum studies, gifted education and cultural heritage, Jo has presented papers and workshops at conferences on museum theatre, museum education, tour guiding and of course, storytelling as well as conducting frequent storytelling workshops at community colleges.

Jo works as a tour guide and education officer at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Historic Houses Trust of NSW, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Taronga Park Zoo as well as at libraries in reference and children’s services and as a professional Storyteller, working in heritage sites, festivals, libraries and schools.

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Brian Herath. Tutor of CCE

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Dr Kathryn Heyman is the author of four novels, published internationally and in translation, which have won and been nominated for several awards including the Arts Council of England Writers Award, the Kibble Prize, the Orange Prize and the Scottish Writer of the Year Award. A former Royal Literary Fund Fellow, Kathryn writes regular radio plays and short fiction for the BBC and is currently dramaturg for The Flying Fruit Fly Circus on their adaptation of The Tempest. Also an essayist and travel-writer for a range of publications, Kathryn has taught Creative Writing in universities including Sydney, Oxford and Glasgow, and for a range of community organisations. A former Assertiveness Coach, Kathryn developed Life Skills and Communication courses for LifeTrain Sheffield and is a consultant mentor for the Gold Dust Mentoring Scheme in the UK.

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Meg Hibbins has a career in conferences, events, and festivals spanning over 20 years. She has worked with a diverse range of organisations. Her career began with producing educational and networking events for a professional association before spending six years with a pharmaceutical giant, managing in-house conference and event facilities, corporate hospitality programs, and various corporate events. She has also held in-house event roles at professional service firms and UTS.

Meg holds a Master’s in Event Management and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. She also lectures in Event Management and Tourism at UTS.

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Dr Thomas Hikade has recently returned to Sydney from Canada where he held a tenured position as Assistant Professor of Egyptology at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver from 2004-2012. He also graduated from UBC with a Diploma in Adult Education in May 2012. Thomas has extensive experience in research and teaching, developing courses, counselling and advising students at universities in Australia (USyd), Canada (UBC), and the United States (Brown).

For over 20 years Thomas has worked on excavations in Germany, Egypt and Jordan with a particular focus on early Egypt and state formation. He has published two monographs and around 50 articles for both academic journals and a more general audience. Thomas has given numerous public lectures in Canada, the USA, and Australia. At UBC he was involved in successful programs in continuing education with lecture series and workshops on topics such as “Women in ancient Egypt” and “Turning points in the history of ancient Egypt”.

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Simon Hillier has more than 27 years' experience as a digital content and AI writing, marketing and business specialist, including eight years with e-commerce trailblazers, travel.com.au and lastminute.com, where his newsletters were read by more than half a million subscribers.

Over the past 19 years, Simon has run his own content writing, training and consulting business. He has produced content and consulted for hundreds of organisations, from small start-ups to global brand names such as Microsoft, Salesforce, Canva, NBC Universal, PayPal, Cochlear, Johnson & Johnson, Telstra, ING, Westpac, ANZ and Jaguar, as well as Australian and international government agencies and NPOs.

His articles have been featured in publications throughout the world and he has written, polished and edited books for publishers, companies and inspiring individuals.

Simon loves training and sees it as a chance to help people from all walks of life achieve and share the things that are important to them.

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Janice Hinckfuss. Tutor of CCE

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Elizabeth Hing. Tutor of CCE

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Akiko Hiratsuka. Tutor of CCE

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Dr Deanna Hoermann PhD (UNSW), BA (UNE), DSME, L.Mus.A, L.T.C.L., F.A.C.E

Deanna has combined a career in music education with educational research and administration. She taught music and languages in secondary schools before being appointed Director of the Developmental Music Research Program that looked at the appropriateness of the Kodaly approach to music education for primary schools in NSW. This led to her engagement as a lecturer and consultant both nationally and internationally. Her involvement in curriculum and policy development preceded her appointment as an Inspector of Schools, Director of Schools, Secondary High School Principal and Manager of the School Leadership and Executive Learning Unit in the NSW Department of Education and Training. Her work continues through her consultancies.

She was a member of the committee that developed the constitution for the International Kodaly Society and was its first President for 8 years. Deanna founded the Kodaly Music Education Institute of Australia in 1973. She has been a member of a number of national and state Boards and Advisory Councils in the Performing Arts. She was a driving force behind the development of Newtown High School for the Performing Arts. Deanna has published widely in the area of music education. Her doctorate, from the University of New South Wales, in the area of Change Management used the development of Cherrybrook Technology High School as its case study.