https://vta.vic.edu.au/images/vta_new_logotype.svg
https://vta.vic.edu.au/images/vta_new_logotype_small.svg
  • About
    • About the VTA
    • Services
    • Members
    • Board
    • Team
    • News
  • Events
    • Overview
    • 2021 International Women’s Day Lunch
    • State Conference Archive
    • Victorian Training Awards
      • Resources
  • Governance
    • Board Directors' Resources
    • Director Guide
    • Director Training
    • Government Legislation
    • Additional Documents
  • Research
    • Doing Applied Research in TAFEs
      – An Introductory Guide
    • Case Studies
    • Webinar series
    • Resources
    • VPRN LinkVPRN Link
  • Employment Relations
    • Overview
    • Victorian TAFE Teaching Staff Agreement 2018
    • Legislation
    • Agreements & Awards - Victoria
    • Fact Sheets
    • Jobs in TAFE
    • Resources
  • Advocacy
    • Policy Platform
    • Submissions
    • Archive - prior to 2009
  • Networks
    • Victorian TAFE Networks
    • VTA Networks
  • Home
  • About
  • Board

VTA Board

Members of the Board

The Board is responsible to the Association Council for oversight of operations of the Association.

Board members are elected by members of the VTA Association Council representatives and comprise a Chair, a Non-Executive Board Member, and three CEO Members.

  • Allison Jenvey, Chair (Chair, Wodonga TAFE)
  • Amanda Brook, Non-Executive Member (Board Member, Box Hill Institute)
  • Nicholas Hunt, Treasurer/CEO Member (CEO, William Angliss Institute)
  • Frances Coppolillo, CEO Member (CEO, Melbourne Polytechnic)

 

Alison Jenvey
Allison Jenvey - Board Chair
Board Chair, Wodonga TAFE
BIO
Amanda Brook
Amanda Brook
Board Member, Box Hill Institute
BIO
Nicholas Hunt
Nicholas Hunt
Chief Executive Officer, William Angliss Institute
BIO
Frances Coppolillo
Frances Coppolillo
Chief Executive Officer, Melbourne Polytechnic
BIO

Contact us

Phone
03 9639 8100
Email
Address
Level 3, 478 Albert Street,
East Melbourne, VIC 3002 Australia

Looking for course information?

Visit the FAQ
images/vta_new_logotype_dark_bg.svg
images/vta_new_logotype_dark_bg.svg
© 1994 - 2021
Victorian TAFE Association Inc.
Reg.No. A37584B
ABN: 43 308 387 581
© 1994 - 2021
Victorian TAFE Association Inc.
Reg.No. A37584B
ABN: 43 308 387 581
© 1994 - 2021
Victorian TAFE Association Inc.
Reg.No. A37584B
ABN: 43 308 387 581
  • Contact
  • Site Map
  • Copyright
  • Disclaimer
  • About
    • About the VTA
    • Services
    • Members
    • Board
    • Team
    • News
  • Events
    • Overview
    • 2021 International Women’s Day Lunch
    • State Conference Archive
    • Victorian Training Awards
      • Resources
  • Governance
    • Board Directors' Resources
    • Director Guide
    • Director Training
    • Government Legislation
    • Additional Documents
  • Research
    • Doing Applied Research in TAFEs
      – An Introductory Guide
    • Case Studies
    • Webinar series
    • Resources
    • VPRN LinkVPRN Link
  • Employment Relations
    • Overview
    • Victorian TAFE Teaching Staff Agreement 2018
    • Legislation
    • Agreements & Awards - Victoria
    • Fact Sheets
    • Jobs in TAFE
    • Resources
  • Advocacy
    • Policy Platform
    • Submissions
    • Archive - prior to 2009
  • Networks
    • Victorian TAFE Networks
    • VTA Networks
Allison Jenvey

Elected as VTA Chair in April 2018.

Allison joined the Wodonga TAFE Board in 2015 and has been serving in the position of Board Chair since 2016.

Allison has been a Director at ATS Partners since 2001, having worked in the Practice as an accountant since 1996, offering taxation and financial advisory services in the Wodonga region. Allison has significant governance experience on local Boards and Committees including as a Director on the Albury Wodonga Health Board and served as Chair of its Audit and Risk Committee for four years. Allison was also previously President of the Wodonga Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Baranduda Fields Governance Groups and the Rural  Housing Network Board.

Amanda Brook

Amanda is an experienced business leader and marketer with a customer driven approach to strategy and business management, gained through an interesting career in organisations whose brands are icons in the retail, wholesale, manufacturing and digital media publishing and education sectors.

Amanda is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Australian Marketing Institute.

Mark Dixon

Mark Dixon is Chief Executive Office of the Wodonga Institute of TAFE. He has more than 30 years’ experience as a military officer in both the UK and Australian Armies and has seen active service in Afghanistan and Iraq. Mark continues his association with the Defence Force as an Honorary Colonel for the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps.Mark Dixon is Chief Executive Officer of the Wodonga Institute of TAFE. He has more than 30 years’ experience as a military officer in both the UK and Australian Armies and has seen active service in Afghanistan and Iraq. Mark continues his association with the Defence Force as an Honorary Colonel for the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps. Mark Dixon is Chief Executive Officer of the Wodonga Institute of TAFE.

Mark is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He also holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees and executive leadership qualifications.

Mark has a strong vocational training and education background, including time as a teacher in the UK and as an instructor and Commanding Officer at the Army’s Logistic Training Centre. He is passionate about vocational education and training and growing participation to the benefit of local students.

Nicholas Hunt

Nicholas Hunt was appointed Chief Executive Officer of William Angliss Institute in 2007. Since joining the Institute Nick has focused on developing WAIs educational programs, strengthening the Institute’s activities in support of industry and leading the Institute’s strategic development in a period of significant change.

WAI is Australia’s largest specialist provider of foods, tourism, hospitality and events education and training. WAI seeks to be the leading educational provider of Australian hospitality, tourism, foods and culinary arts nationally and internationally.

The Institute’s mission is to deliver the highest quality specialist skills and education to inspire, empower and develop people passionately devoted to being service industry professionals, leaders and innovators.

Prior to joining the Institute Nick held a variety of positions in tourism and education development sectors. These include CEO - Tourism Alliance Victoria, CEO - Country Victorian Tourism Council and Executive Director - Tourism Training Victoria.

Outside of the Institute, Nick is a Director of TAFE Directors Australia, the national body representing public TAFE providers; Director of the International Centre of Excellence in Tourism Hospitality Education (THE-ICE), Board Member Victorian Tourism Industry Council and Treasurer of the Victorian TAFE Association.

Nick’s qualifications include a Masters in Education Policy (International), University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Arts (Hons) University of Tasmania and is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Frances Coppolillo

Frances Coppolillo has an extensive history with Melbourne Polytechnic, most recently as Deputy CEO where she has led the College, Schools and a range of student focussed departments since September 2014. 

Prior to this, Ms Coppolillo was the Deputy Director Programs - Teaching and Learning, and has extensive experience in education, joining the VET sector as a teacher in 1986. Through her career progression, she has held a range of teaching, management and leadership positions including fourteen years as the Associate Director of Melbourne Polytechnic’s Faculty of Further Education.

Ms Coppolillo was also a founding director on the Board of the TAFE Development Centre (now the VET Development Centre), and has led projects in learning resource development, and best practice projects in student engagement and retention.

Frances has been a member of a number of regional development committees including Northern RDA and Local Learning and Employment Networks. Her qualifications include Bachelor of Education and Masters in Social Sciences (Policy and Management).

Ms Coppolillo is the first female CEO of Melbourne Polytechnic, formerly NMIT.

Grant Dreher

Grant is a dynamic and strategic leader with over 20 years' experience in Vocational Education as a senior director, councillor, manager, coordinator, and teacher. Grant currently leads Victoria University Polytechnic, the VET and pathways Divison of Victoria University, and is a member of the University's Senior Executive Group. He leads the delivery of a broad range of industry informed courses at multiple levels across the Australian Qualification Framework, from Certificates through to Graduate Diplomas, for an extremely diverse number of communities in Melbourne's west and internationally. Victoria University specialises in highly interactive, blended and applied learning solutions that meet the skills needs of current and emerging industries.

Prior to his appointment at Victoria University, Grant was the General Manager of Education and Training at Bendigo Institute of TAFE, where he provided strategic leadership for all education and training programs, international operations, marketing, business development, teaching and learning functions.

Grant has held several other senior leadership positions within the VET sector in Australia including, being the staff representative on the Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE Board of Directors.

Grant's comprehensive professional history and extensive knowledge of Vocational Education and training as a teacher, coordinator, manager, and TAFE Institute councillor, informs his commitment to the delivery of premium industry-informed vocational training and assessment services to support individual student success and a prosperous economy. Under Grant's leadership, Victoria University Polytechnic is addressing current and future workforce needs, locally, nationally, and internationally.

GradCertLeadEdTrain VicMelb, MEd (Lship and Mgmt) RMIT, GradCert (Org Change) CSU, Dip. (Frontline Mgmt) Extencia, Dip. (Teaching T&FE), Melb.