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Originally from Canada, Marc settled in Australia in 1997. An engaging and experienced communicator, Marc currently divides his time between Gymea Baptist Church where he is the Preaching & Teaching pastor, and Morling College where he teaches Advanced Preaching and Biblical Studies. Marc is currently completing a doctoral project focused on the development of preachers through multi-source feedback. He has recently conducted workshops on communication for staff at The Scots College.

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Tim has a diverse range of experience in the fields of biblical studies and ancient history. He is currently completing a PhD at the University of Sydney, where he gained his undergraduate and honours degrees. He has also completed studies in Dead Sea Scrolls research at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and archaeology the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he participated in a number of archaeological projects throughout Israel.

For the past seven years, Tim has worked as a lecturer and tutor in the Department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies at the University of Sydney, as well as providing talks for high school students and the general public. He loves sharing his enthusiasm for the Bible and its history through his teaching and his aim is to make the Bible accessible and interesting to those from any background, whether religious or not.

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Rekha Rajvanshi is a DEC schoolteacher, Hindi writer and poet. She has studied Hindi and Sanskrit at graduate level and has a Masters in Psychology and Education. Rekha has taught Hindi to adults at Parramatta College, Hindi Beginners and Continuers to HSC students at the Saturday School of Community Languages (Seven Hills) and Indo-Aust. Bal Bharati Vidyalaya, Thornleigh since 2002.

Rekha is a NAATI accredited English-Hindi translator and won a prestigious national level AUSIT award for translating dreamtime animation films from English into Hindi. She also contributed segments for SBS Hindi Radio. Rekha is a well-known Hindi poet with 4 published books, and was invited by Sahitya Akademi, India (The National Academy of Letters) to represent Australia in a poetry festival, ‘Waves 2014’.

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Rolando Ramos is a multimedia and website developer with extensive experience in creation and development of solutions for the presentation of content in interactive environments. He has been a presenter for the CCE since March 2000 in subjects ranging from web development and design to multimedia and video editing applications and practices. He is also a multimedia producer and director. Rolando also works as a personal consultant and tutor covering the subjects outlined above.

Rolando holds a Bachelor degree in Arts/Drama. His creative career started as an actor and theatre director, and as part of that practice he was introduced into 3d animation techniques that naturally developed into a visual design and manipulation practice. As a creative and curious individual, learning has always been part of Rolando’s outlook. Web development is a constantly changing environment and that applies perfectly to his skills set and personality.

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Sue is an internationally recognised practitioner of CPTED. She is a Director of the International CPTED Association (ICA), a Registered SafeGrowth Advocate and Practitioner, and a member of the New Zealand Australia Society of Criminology (ANZSOC).

Sue practices CPTED in the unique post-earthquake rebuild of Christchurch and has completed hundreds of CPTED assessments in the past five years.

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Jack is a dynamic and energetic sales, leadership and communication skills transformer.

Since 2005, Jack has delivered numerous leadership training and coaching programs for small to medium business owners, CEOs, frontline, middle & senior managers and their staff.

His unique understanding of what it takes to motivate, lead and inspire people to consistently produce outstanding results has made him an effective transformer for many organisations across industries as diverse as insurance, banking, finance, construction and engineering, IT, local, state and federal government organisations.

These organisations include Changi Airport Group, Singapore Airlines, DEEWR, CityRail, Parramatta & Penrith Councils, AIG, AON, Rio Tinto, Bluescope Steel, American Insurance Group, YMCA, Westfield, Australand, Schneider Electric, Nike and Westpac Bank.

He is a graduate of Tony Robbins Leadership Mastery and works as a senior leader for many of the Tony Robbins events around the globe as well as the Synergistic Results Leadership team during Australian Events. Jack holds a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (upgraded in 2020), a Diploma of Project Management, and is a Certified Practicioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming.

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Lucy Rasheed graduated in 2006 from The University of South Australia with a Bachelor of Education/ Drama Specialist degree, and has since taught drama in various educational settings including Australia, London and Sri Lanka. Lucy has also obtained an Advanced Diploma in Acting at the London School of Dramatic Arts and continues to work in the industry. Lucy is currently teaching Specialised Drama courses at Pembroke School, Adelaide, aimed at providing learning experiences that encourages independence and creative expression. Her company LER Productions is also performing workshops based on her ‘SeaStar Rock’ children’s CD. Lucy’s dedication to ‘The Arts’ has allowed her to help children appreciate the power of their imagination in promoting positive changes within themselves, and improving their learning. "Above all I want children to experience the joy that comes from simply playing and injecting fun into their education, which is what life should be about."

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Steen Raskopoulos (The Bear Pack, Nice Kicks) has spent the last seven years writing and performing in sketch comedy and improvised stage shows in Sydney, around the world, on television and the interweb. He has performed in sell-out seasons at the Sydney and Melbourne comedy festivals since 2006 and received high praise from the UCB at the 2010 Improv Comedy Festival’s “Del Close Marathon”. Audiences may also recognise Steen from his work with the Axis of Awesome, Cookin Peaches Productions, GAME TV and as one half of his improv group ‘The Bear Pack’ - who headline Sydney’s premiere improvised comedy night The Improv Den at Project 52.

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Donna Rawlins is a children’s book illustrator, designer and editor, with extensive experience in the children’s book publishing industry. She has taught book illustration and design to students of all ages and degrees of experience.

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Timothy Rayner (PhD) has taught philosophy at the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales, and run Philosophy for Change workshops for business professionals and the general public. He is the writer of the award-winning climate action film, ‘Coalition of the Willing’ (2010). Timothy has been a guest speaker at the Creative Sydney Festival (‘Inside the Creative Process’), and the F5 Creativity Festival, New York (with ‘Coalition of the Willing’ director Simon Robson).