The management of St Peter’s Anglican College, Broulee, is vested in the South Coast Anglican School’s Board, which delegates responsibility to the Principal. The College Board sits under the umbrella of the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn.
The College Board is also the Board for Sapphire Coast Anglican College. The Board can be contacted in writing via email.
Members of the College Board
Dr Jill Ireland – Board Chair
Jill Ireland’s education included a Master of Letters in English literature from Oxford University, and a PhD in Education from Macquarie University. Jill spent two decades as an academic staff member at the University of Wollongong’s Bega and Bateman’s Bay campuses, teaching English literature. She is a senior lecturer education in the Master’s program at the National Institute for Christian Education, and has edited several books on education.
With her engineer husband, Stephen, Jill spent a number of years living in outback mining locations before they established a rural merchandising business in Bega and Bemboka.
Their five children went through to Year 12 at Sapphire Coast Anglican College, and now work in science-related fields.
Mr Tim McGhie – Deputy Chair
Tim McGhie spent his early years in Tasmania and moved to the ACT in 1973. He has been an active member of the Anglican Church in the Canberra/Goulburn Diocese for a number of years.
He is currently chair of the Diocesan Finance Committee and a member of Bishop-in-Council. He worships at St Matthew’s Anglican Church in Wanniassa in the ACT.
Prior to retiring in 2012, he worked in the private and public sectors in Canberra.
Mrs Heather Walsh
Heather Walsh has been involved with the South Coast Anglican Schools Board since September 2013. Heather is the Director School Operations of the Canberra/Goulburn Diocese, a role she has undertaken since June 2015.
Prior to her current role, Heather was Chief Operating Officer at Canberra Girls Grammar. Heather has worked in international education and the not-for-profit sector.
Heather has a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and CPA Australia.
Ms Belinda Moss
After teaching ESL, English, French and Spanish, and holding school management roles, Belinda Moss served in the Commonwealth Department of Defence, the office of the Attorney General, and the Department of Regional Australia.
Belinda has served the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn in many roles, including Bishop-in-Council and the Anglican Investment and Development Fund. She has served as director and chair of the board of Canberra Girls Grammar School, and director of the board of Canberra Grammar School.
Belinda holds a Bachelor of Arts with honours, graduate diplomas in both education and management, and a Master of Arts in strategic studies.
Mr Bruce Kennedy
Bruce Kennedy graduated from the UNSW with a Commerce Degree. He began his career as a finance trainee at Amoco Australia in North Sydney, an oil refiner and retailer (now part of BP).
Due to a strong interest in mining plus a desire to travel, Bruce headed to Perth and began a 27-year mining career in finance and management roles. Overseas secondments to Fiji, Sweden, Russia and Indonesia occurred plus domestic residential roles in Mt Magnet, Three Springs, Kalgoorlie, Perth, Newcastle and Cobar.
Bruce has three children who all attended St Peter’s. Bruce is semi-retired and lives in Tuross Head.
Mr Garry Gray
After over 40 years teaching and boarding school duties Garry Gray, retired to Malua Bay with his wife Vere, only to begin another decade of teaching in the Eurobodalla area.
Garry’s initial training was at the Australian School of Pacific Administration in Sydney where he prepared to teach in Papua New Guinea. Following four years in PNG he returned to Australia to teach at Sydney Grammar Preparatory School, St Ives, for almost 20 years in various roles – classroom teacher, sports master and Assistant to the Headmaster.
Leadership roles followed, as Head of Junior School, firstly at Pulteney Grammar School in Adelaide and then Gippsland Grammar in Sale.
Garry holds a Bachelor of Arts (Macquarie University), Certificate in Education (ASOPA) and Certificate in School Management (University of NSW).
Mrs Cathie Haynes
Cathie Haynes holds a Diploma in Primary Teaching from Armidale CAE and a Bachelor of Special Education from Flinders University.
Cathie taught in public schools for many years in country NSW. From 1995 until mid-2003 she was the Kindergarten teacher at Scone Grammar School. From 2004-2009 Cathie was Co-ordinator of the Southern Campus of Bega Valley Christian College, which became Sapphire Coast Anglican College.
After retiring, Cathie studied Clinical Pastoral Care and spent many years visiting in Pambula Hospital, and co-ordinating pastoral care for Sapphire Coast Anglican Parish, where she is Parish Council secretary. Cathie and her husband Jeff have three sons and eight grandchildren.
