A recent article in the Herald-Sun “ranks the 20 most influential education figures in Victoria.”
Parents Victoria’s CEO Gail McHardy comes in at number 17 on the list. According to the article:
McHardy has been a passionate and tireless advocate for parents with children at state schools for many years. As many schools struggle to recruit and retain teachers, keep parent demands in check and balance their budgets, McHardy can always be counted on to offer wise counsel.
If you can’t access the article, (it is for subscribers only), here is the full list:
- Ben Carroll – Education Minister and Deputy Premier
- Martin Fletcher – Victorian Institute of Teaching CEO
- Professor Emma Johnston AO – University of Melbourne vice-chancellor
- Professor Sharon Pickering – Monash University vice-chancellor
- Derek Scott – Haileybury principal
- Ben Tallboys – Russell Kennedy lawyer
- Debbie Dunwoody – Camberwell Girls’ Grammar principal
- Mark Merry – Yarra Valley Grammar principal
- Kylie Diwell – Minter Ellison partner
- Cecelia Irvine-So – Moores commercial lawyer
- Professor Pascale Quester – Swinburne University vice-chancellor
- John Dewar AO – Korda Mentha partner
- Wendy Powson – Lilydale High School principal
- Argiri Alisandratos – Acting Principal Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People
- James Merlino – Victorian Catholic Education Authority chair
- Rachel Holthouse – Independent Schools Victoria chief executive
- Gail McHardy – Parents Victoria chief executive officer
- Evan Mulholland – Opposition education spokesman
- Colin Axup – Victorian Association of State Secondary Principals president
- Mark Hawthorne – The Civic Partnership managing partner