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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.
Russell has been involved in a variety of sporting and recreational activities throughout his life, which have included Football, Cricket, Tennis, Volleyball, Basketball, Snow Skiing and Wind Surfing. He has enjoyed a variety of roles in coaching and administration.
Russell has been a Director of the ACHPER Australia Board since 2020 and is currently the Vice President. He has been a member of ACHPER since 1975 and was awarded Life Membership in 2006. He is currently a lecturer with academic status at Flinders University and has a research and study focus in Physical Education and Health. He also works as a sessional tutor at the University of SA. Prior to commencing his university career in 1990, he worked for 14 years as a school PE and Health teacher and as an advisor in the South Australian Physical Education Branch. Russell’s academic interests are primarily concerned with the social and political foundations and issues within the Health and Physical Education learning area. He is passionate about the long-term future of ACHPER and its significance to its stakeholders and the wider professional community.
Russell has been Manager of the South Australian Physical Education & Sport Consortium since 1996.
Russell completed a Bachelor of Education with majors in Physical Education and Mathematics at Flinders University in 1975. He completed a Master of Education with the University of South Australia and Deakin University in 2005, which included a research thesis, ‘Constructing Knowledge and Curriculum Reform – an Analysis of Research on Teacher Perceptions of Health and Physical Education’.
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.
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.
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.
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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