Meet the Board

At the AGM on Thursday 23 April 2026, HTAV elected its 2026–27 Board of Directors:

Ms Alana Ryan, Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School (President)
Mr Christopher Hart, Yarra Valley Grammar (Vice President)

Ms Kara Taylor, Irymple Secondary College (Vice President)

Mr Nicholas Adeney, Preshil Margaret Lyttle Memorial School
Ms Lauren Burriss, Monbulk College
Ms Athena Kavaleris, Westbourne Grammar School
Mr Allan Kerr, Strathcona Girls Grammar
Ms Jo Leech, Carey Baptist Grammar School
Ms Elisa Litvin, St Aloysius College
Ms Romy Greenberg, McKinnon Secondary College
Ms Natalie Shephard, Hume Anglican Grammar
Ms Dafina Spahiu, McKinnon Secondary College

HTAV sincerely thanks outgoing Board members, Kerri Gerrard, James Sach and Bronwyn Cook for their significant contributions to History teaching and the Association.

The next election of HTAV Board members will take place in the lead up to the AGM in 2027. Members will be notified when the nomination process for HTAV Directors opens, and when electronic voting commences.


Sponsors & partners

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We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work. The HTAV Office is located on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. These lands were never ceded. We pay our respect to their ancestors and Elders, past and present.

Please note: Members of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities should be aware that the HTAV website may include images or names of people now deceased.