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Kristen is a stakeholder engagement consultant with an extensive background in sales, marketing and relationship building. She has seen business partnerships from all angles, spanning education, corporate, sport and professional associations.
Kristen leads an active lifestyle and enjoys regular participation in dance, yoga and nature walks. She is a Calisthenics coach and National Calisthenics Adjudicator. Kristen developed a recreational adult Califit class which she coaches weekly for the positive community social and health benefits.
Kristen is a sales and marketing consultant and has been the key collaborator behind numerous successful partnerships and innovative sponsorships. With a reputation for her ability to connect with clients and stakeholders to create impactful, long-lasting partnerships in the education sector, Kristen founded two consulting firms Sponsorship Matters and Eddee which specialise in helping companies and schools to develop and execute creative strategies that enhance their market presence and foster strong, collaborative relationships. Outside of her consulting work, Kristen also has a role at the HTAV as Manager, Partner Relationships. She is an advocate for access to quality education and continuous learning and is currently on the Advisory Council of the Amaroo Foundation.
Education stakeholder engagement, sponsorship and strategic partnership sourcing and development, health and physical education, performing arts, coaching.
Deakin University
Bachelor of Education Physical Education and Modern Dance (Secondary), 1987–1991
Adrian is an experienced sport and recreation leader with over 25 years’ experience in community development, facility management, and strategic sector advocacy, driving inclusive, active, and connected communities across Australia.
Sam Rossi is a passionate education leader with a strong track record in delivering innovative health and wellbeing programs that empower students to thrive through active, engaging learning experiences.
Russell is currently the Vice President of ACHPER Australia. He has been a member of ACHPER since 1975 and was awarded Life Membership in 2006.
He has been a lecturer in Physical Education and Health at Flinders University since 1990.
Associate Professor Sue Whatman is the current President of ACHPER Incorporated. Sue has been a teacher-educator for more than 30 years, currently convening Higher Degree Research (HDR) in education and the HPE Double Major at Griffith University.
As CEO of ACHPER, Mark sees movement as a national priority. He’s committed to transforming health through education, sport, and recreation—driving innovation so every Australian can move more, live well, and thrive. No one left behind. Greater national impact ahead.
The Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land across and waters within and surrounding Australia in which we share. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and to the leaders of tomorrow. We acknowledge the histories and living cultures and the many thousands of years in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have sustainably developed their nations with dignity, grace and aspiration. We recognise and accept yours as the oldest continuous living culture in the world and that your sovereignty has never been ceded.
We are an inclusive, safe and respectful organisation which celebrates diversity and actively supports the inclusion of children, young people and adults from LGBTIQA+ communities, people with disabilities, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with diverse religious beliefs or affiliations.
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