Our Team

Shirley Southgate

Executive Director

BA, LLB (Hons), EMPA, GAICD
Australian Legal Practitioner

ssouthgate@leocussen.edu.au

Linda Baxter

Director Education Delivery

LLB, Cert iv TAA
Australian Legal Practitioner

lbaxter@leocussen.edu.au

Henry Chung Yan

Director Corporate Services

MBIT, Dip IT (Networks), BMm (Networks and Computing)
MACS, CISM, MCSE

hchungyan@leocussen.edu.au

Donald Feaver

Director Education Strategy and Design

dfeaver@leocussen.edu.au

Linda Baxter

Director Education Delivery

LLB, Cert iv TAA
Australian Legal Practitioner

lbaxter@leocussen.edu.au

Craig Collins

Deputy Director Education Delivery

LLB, BEc, LLM, GCHE, Australian Legal Practitioner

ccollins@leocussen.edu.au

Alison Jones

Head of Education Delivery - VIC

BA, LLB, Cert IV TAE
Australian Legal Practitioner

ajones@leocussen.edu.au

Elias Rizk

Head of Education Delivery - VIC (Acting)

LLB(Hons), BAcc, GDLP,
Australian Legal Practitioner

erizk@leocussen.edu.au

Tiffany Long

Head of Education Delivery - ACT

LLB, BA, GDLP
Australian Legal Practitioner

tlong@leocussen.edu.au

Bianca Paterson

Head of Education Delivery - SA

bpaterson@leocussen.edu.au

Tracy Reeves

Head of Education Delivery - QLD

treeves@leocussen.edu.au

Julie Anderson

Head of Education Delivery - WA

BA(Psyc), LLB
Australian Legal Practitioner

janderson@leocussen.edu.au

Andrew Trinh

Lawyer & Mentor

BComm, LLB (Hons), GDLP
Australian Legal Practitioner

atrinh@leocussen.edu.au

Annette Au Yeung

Mentor & Lawyer

BA(Hons), LLB, Cert IV TAE
Australian Legal Practitioner

aauyeung@leocussen.edu.au

Ashley Files

Lawyer & Mentor

LLB (Hons), GDLP
Australian Legal Practitioner

afiles@leocussen.edu.au

Caitlin Le Feuvre

Lawyer & Mentor

BA (Aus Politics/History), LLB
GC Public Policy
Cert IV Wkplace Bus. Coaching
Australian Legal Practitioner

clefeuvre@leocussen.edu.au

Cane Mitchell

Lawyer & Mentor

BA, LLB, Cert IV TAE, Grad Dip Ed, LCA
Australian Legal Practitioner

cmitchell@leocussen.edu.au

Claire Humble

Lawyer & Mentor

MBA, Cert IV TAE
Australian Legal Practitioner
Accredited Mental Health First Aid Instructor

chumble@leocussen.edu.au

David Velleley

Lawyer & Mentor

BA, LLB, Dip Acting

dvelleley@leocussen.edu.au

Derek Schrapel

Lawyer & Mentor

LLB, BSc, GDipArts(Crim)
Australian Legal Practitioner

dschrapel@leocussen.edu.au

Domenica Vadala

Lawyer & Mentor

B.A (Hons.), LL.B, Master of Applied Law-Family Law, TAE 10 Cert IV Training & Assessment

dvadala@leocussen.edu.au

Emily Buchanan

Lawyer & Mentor

BA, LLB
Australian Legal Practitioner

ebuchanan@leocussen.edu.au

Emma Ladakis

Lawyer & Mentor

J.D, BDSc, GradCert (Arts), Cert IV TAE
Australian Legal Practitioner

eladakis@leocussen.edu.au

Judy Dredge

Lawyer & Mentor

BA, LLB, Cert IV TAE
Australian Legal Practitioner

jdredge@leocussen.edu.au

Lauren Kollosche

Lawyer & Mentor

BJuris, LLB, Australian Legal Practitioner

lkollosche@leocussen.edu.au

Peter Cotter

Lawyer & Mentor

BA, LLB (Hons), Grad Dip (Inf Serv), Cert IV TAA
Australian Legal Practitioner

pcotter@leocussen.edu.au

Robin Huang

Lawyer & Mentor

BSc, JD, GDLP
Australian Legal Practitioner

rhuang@leocussen.edu.au

Silvio de Luca

Lawyer & Mentor

BComm, LLB, LLM
Australian Legal Practitioner

sdeluca@leocussen.edu.au

Stacy Mallis

Lawyer & Mentor

BSc, MSc(Biotech), LLB

smallis@leocussen.edu.au

Sze Lin Foong

Lawyer & Mentor

BComm, LLB (Hons), Cert IV TAE
Australian Legal Practitioner

sfoong@leocussen.edu.au

Yvonne Lye

Lawyer & Mentor

LLB, LLM, PgDip, GDLP
Australian Legal Practitioner

ylye@leocussen.edu.au

Bernadette Boss

Lawyer & Mentor

Brad Wright

Lawyer & Mentor

Catie Robins

Lawyer & Mentor

Christine Lau

Lawyer & Mentor

Laura Shore

Lawyer & Mentor

LLB
Australian Legal Practitioner

Linda Coviello

Lawyer & Mentor

BA, LLB (Grad.)
Australian Legal Practitioner

Priscilla Blackadder

Lawyer & Mentor

Sarah Hay

Lawyer & Mentor

B.Com (Hons), LLB (Hons)
Australian Legal Practitioner
Legal Practitioner - England and Wales

Sally Whiteman

Lawyer & Mentor

Michelle O'Connor

Head of Education Delivery Operations

BSc, Cert IV in TAE

moconnor@leocussen.edu.au

Cheryl Chan

Program Administrator

cchan@leocussen.edu.au

Danie De Santis

Operations Coordinator

BA (Legal Studies), GradDip (Criminology)

ddesantis@leocussen.edu.au

Debbie Leine

Operations Coordinator

dleine@leocussen.edu.au

Eleen Wee

Enrolment and International Student Team Officer

BSc (Honours)

ewee@leocussen.edu.au

Jacqui Wright Fenn

Reception and Client Services

jwrightfenn@leocussen.edu.au

Liah Comelert

Enrolment and Reporting Assistant

lcomelert@leocussen.edu.au

Laura Ruether

Programs Operations Assistant

lruether@leocussen.edu.au

Ron Spencer

Program Operations Assistant

rspencer@leocussen.edu.au

Tania Magin

Enrolment and Reporting Administrator

tmagin@leocussen.edu.au

Tegan Sangwell

CPD Operations Team Leader

tsangwell@leocussen.edu.au

Shirley Southgate

Executive Director & Acting Director Strategic Partnerships & Industry Engagement

BA, LLB (Hons), EMPA, GAICD
Australian Legal Practitioner

ssouthgate@leocussen.edu.au

Alex Giannopoulos

Head of Industry Engagement and Partnerships

B.Comm, LLB/LP (Hons), Cert IV TAA, Grad Cert CarEd&Dev
Australian Legal Practitioner

agiannopoulos@leocussen.edu.au

Elaine Mostajo

Industry Engagement and Placement Assistant

BBus (E-Commerce), BA (Multimedia)

emostajo@leocussen.edu.au

Frank Walsh

Professional Placements Advisor

fwalsh@leocussen.edu.au

Jacinta Foley

Careers Advisor

BA, GradDipBusSys, CertIV TAE

jfoley@leocussen.edu.au

Fonda Gazis

Head of International Support, Head of Admission Support and Lawyer

BA, LLB, Cert IV TAE
Australian Legal Practitioner

fgazis@leocussen.edu.au

Andrew Horne

Head of Marketing and Communications

ahorne@leocussen.edu.au

Helen Ceravolo

Digital Communications and Engagement Coordinator

hceravolo@leocussen.edu.au

Dean Joske

Course Advisor

courseadvice@leocussen.edu

Cassandra Michaelides

Marketing Coordinator

cmichaelides@leocussen.edu.au

Sophie Quinn

Digital Marketing Specialist

squinn@leocussen.edu.au

Shirley Southgate

Executive Director

BA, LLB (Hons), EMPA, GAICD
Australian Legal Practitioner

ssouthgate@leocussen.edu.au

Donald Feaver

Director Education Strategy and Design

dfeaver@leocussen.edu.au

Deb Cherry

Head of Online Learning Design

BSc, LLB, MPA, GradCertEd, Cert IV TAE, Cert IV WBC
Australian Legal Practitioner

dcherry@leocussen.edu.au

Hannie van den Heuvel

E-Learning Coordinator and Administrator

Cert IV TAA

hannie@leocussen.edu.au

Paige McCrorie

Learning Management System Administrator

pmccrorie@leocussen.edu.au

Angela Panuccio-Gray

Head of Learning Development

LLB (Hons), BMus, Grad.Dip.Ed,
Australian Legal Practitioner

apanuccio-gray@leocussen.edu.au

Tom O'Gorman

Head of Workshops, Regulatory and Corporate Programs

togorman@leocussen.edu.au

Natalie Geros

Head of Current Awareness and Early Careers Program

LLB / BBus (Management); GradDipLP; Cert IV (Workplace and Business Coaching)
Australian Legal Practitioner

ngeros@leocussen.edu.au

Mae Johnson

CPD Design lawyer

mjohnson@leocussen.edu.au

Luke Judd

CPD Design Lawyer

ljudd@leocussen.edu.au

Talia Braue

Legal Research Support Lawyer/Officer

LLB (Hons): GDLP

tbraue@leocussen.edu.au

Henry Chung Yan

Director Corporate Services

MBIT, Dip IT (Networks), BMm (Networks and Computing)
MACS, CISM, MCSE

hchungyan@leocussen.edu.au

George Bartzis

Legal Counsel and Company Secretary

BA, LLB, LLM, PDLP, Cert IV TAE
Australian Legal Practitioner

gbartzis@leocussen.edu.au

Sherry Zhang

Head of Finance

szhang@leocussen.edu.au

Denise Kiely

Finance Officer

dkiely@leocussen.edu.au

Amy Chen

Salesforce Administrator

BComp Sci, MIT (Hons)

achen@leocussen.edu.au

Andrew Kladakis

Payroll Accountant

akladakis@leocussen.edu.au

Pina Montebello

Executive Assistant

pmontebello@leocussen.edu.au

Gill Kelly

Head of People and Culture

gkelly@leocussen.edu.au

Paula Capadouca

People and Culture Coordinator

pcapadouca@leocussen.edu.au

Chakri Morisetty

Salesforce and System Administrator

cmorisetty@leocussen.edu.au

Michael Pignataro

Head of Facilities and Venue Hire

mpignataro@leocussen.edu.au

Joanne Catterall

Catering and Facilities Coordinator

jcatterall@leocussen.edu.au

Peter Zhu

Graphic and Video Production

pzhu@leocussen.edu.au

Christine Pignataro

Catering and Facilities Officer

cpignataro@leocussen.edu.au