Board
The College is directed by a volunteer board.
All Directors have a ‘portfolio’ of responsibilities that link into the College’s activities and are more than generous with their volunteered time.
The College operates with the ‘dynamic’ Board approach – a changing board membership with 3 to 5 years service being the norm. New people are always welcome to apply to join the FSCCC Board, but they must bring with them skills the College needs and be prepared to undertake Board Training and to contribute in practical ways other than simply attending a monthly meeting. Inquiries should be directed to the College Manager in the first instance.
Chairperson
Dr. Bronte Somerset
Bronte moved to Quaama in February, 2008. She has five children and eleven grand-children. Helping people to reach their full potential has driven her lifelong involvement in learning and training. As a young Mum she taught her son, born profoundly deaf, to speak and to read lips, guided her children’s education, taught English to refugee camp children in Hong Kong and spent 13 years as an IT Trainer at Macquarie University. Being involved in the College’s activities is enhancing her culturally diverse educational journey. She values the opportunity to contribute to the lifelong learning and professional development program which the College offers the community. She gained a Cert IV in Assessment & Workplace Training (AIM 1999); Grad. Cert. in Adult Educ. (Training) (UTS 2000); Master of Educ. in Adult Educ. (UTS 2002); Educational Doctorate (UTS 2008). Her doctoral thesis, Thoroughly Modern Theses, explored the phenomenon of submitting theses with multiple forms of media.
Treasurer
Fiona Firth
Fiona has lived in the Bega Valley for 27 years and has actively involved in many community organisations during that time including the Australian Breastfeeding Association, School P and C associations, Bega Historical Society and Friends of the Libraries. She helped her husband run a successful plant nursery in Brogo for many years. Fiona has a belief in lifelong learning and completed several local history research projects. Her qualifications include BA(Hons )-UNE; Graduate Diploma in Librarianship –CCAE and Graduate Diploma in Local History- UNE. She is just commencing a PhD at ANU researching the New Settler Movement into the Bega Valley from the 1970s.
Dr. Anne Marshall
Anne is an Indigenous Social Ecologist, Community Cultural Development Consultant, Arts Educator and Practitioner with specialist areas in theatre; music; visual arts and crafts; arts administration; intercultural awareness and exchange; youth access programs; tertiary, secondary and community-based mainstream and Indigenous culture and education. Her specific expertise includes strategic design, governance, planning and mentoring for sustainable communities, governance for not-for profit companies, cooperatives, cultural groups and small businesses. Cultural tourism. Sustainable development and Permaculture. Organic Food Production. Her qualifications include: Cert 4, TAA (Community Cultural Development, NSW); PhD (Social Ecology) – UWS; Master of Letters (Comparative Musicology) – UNE; BA (Double major: Music and Drama / Classics, Ancient History and Cultural Studies) - UNE; Dip Ed - Sydney Teachers College; LTCL - Licentiate, (Drama and Literature) Trinity College London; AISTD (Cecchetti), London; ASTC (Design and Graphic Arts) Sydney Technical College; Other courses: Visual Arts; Media; Typography; Screen Printing; Small Offset Printing; Photography; Ceramics. She is currently a Director of the Far South Coast Community College, a director of Arrow Solutions, a member of the Bundanon Indigenous Advisory Group, a member of AIATSIS and lectures for the University of Wollongong at the Bega campus.
