Avondale University Council

Chair

Pastor Glenn Townend (7 August 2015 - present)
BA (Theol), MA (Religion)
Chancellor
President, Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific
Director: Ex officio

Secretary

Prof Kerri-Lee Krause (6 April 2023 - present)
Vice-Chancellor
Avondale University
Director: Ex officio
Assoc Prof Carolyn Rickett (1 April 2022 - present)
DArts, MA, BA(Hons), BEd
Chair, Academic Board
Avondale University
Director: Ex officio
Dr Malcolm Coulson (07 February 2023 - present)
PhD, MA, GradDipT, BAppSc
Director: Appointed by the Members
Chair: People and Culture Subcommittee
Mr Jannie Francois Keet (26 August 2020 - present)
CA, CFA, CIA
Director: Appointed by the Members
Mr Stephen Jones (08 March 2023 - present)
BBus (Acc), CAANZ, MBA, GAICD, FGIA
Director: Appointed by the Members
Mr Todd Saunders (4 March 2014 - present)
BBus (Acc), CPA
Director: Appointed by the Members
Chair: Audit and Risk Subcommittee
Mr Alen-Igor Radonjic (09 March 2023 - present)
LLM, LLB, BBus (Acc), Legal Practitioner QLD
Director: Appointed by the Members
Mr Tim McTernan (07 March 2023 - present)
GradDip (Marketing Management)
Director: Appointed by Council
Dr Drene Somasundram
BA, MA, DProf
Director: Elected by and from the Avondale University staff
Ms Megan Wilson
Director: Elected by and from the undergraduate students of Avondale University
Mrs Abigail Carter
Director: Elected by and from the postgraduate students of Avondale University
Dr Jean Carter (23 January 2023 - present)
EdD, MA, BEd, DipAcc, DipTch
Director: Appointed by the SDA Church AUC Executive Committee

Recording Secretary

Executive Assistant to the Vice-Chancellor
Avondale University
Meetings 2024: 12 March, 14 May, 9 July, 10 September, 12 November.