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Our Staff

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Executive Leadership Team

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Chrissie Coogan
Principal
principal@fortitudevalleyssc.eq.edu.au​​

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​Megan Brunckhorst
Deputy Principal - Muree
mbrun38@eq.edu.au
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Nathan Maddox
Deputy Principal - Gargarra, Gulambarum & Mirri
nmadd2@eq.edu.au
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Richard McDaniel
Deputy Principal - Bidla-Bidla & Boobanggan
rmcda2@eq.edu.au
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Carmel Robb
Business Man​ager
bsm@fortitudevalleyssc.eq.edu.au


​​FVSSC ​Executive Leadership Team



College Leadership Team


Jake Callaghan
Head of Department - Creative and Performing Futures
jcall164@eq.edu.au

Moral imperative: To empower learners to build confidence and communicate boldly through creative thinking, to thrive as capable, connected and future focussed individuals.

​Contact Mr Callaghan for:
  • The Arts​

Julie Curtis
Head of Department - Pathways, Partnerships and Enterprise
jcurt11@eq.edu.au

Moral imperative: To empower agile learners with the mindset, skills, and opportunities they need to build meaningful partnerships and pathways to thrive in life.

Contact Mrs Curtis for:
  • External subject offerings
  • TAFE
  • Work experience​​

Geno Ferrer
Head of Department - Numeracy and Data Analytics
gferr21@eq.edu.au

Moral imperative: To empower a community of
numerate learners who draw on data to guide their actions and inquiry, and who solve problems with insight and confidence.

Contact Mr Ferrer for:
  • Mathematics
  • Year 7-9 Sport and Community Service

Amy LaBan
Head of Department - Interdisciplinary Literacies
alaba3@eq.edu.au

Moral imperative: To drive literacy practices that deepen disciplinary thinking, empower critical engagement, as well as enabling powerful, precise, and purposeful communication of knowledge.

Contact Mrs Laban for:
  • ​English​

Carlos Lopez
Head of Department - Ethical Inquiry and Experimental Practice
celop0@eq.edu.au

Moral imperative: To develop ethically-grounded, scientifically-literate and data informed decision makers who can test their solutions and collaboratively build sustainable STEAM futures.

Contact Mr Lopez for:
  • Science
  • Engineering

Sarah Milner
Head of Department - Learning Design and Pedagogies
sltay2@eq.edu.au

Moral imperative: To spark curiosity by bringing our curriculum to life through agile pedagogies, metacognitive practices, and collaborative learning.

Liana Nation
Head of Department - Curriculum, Strategy and Capability Development
lcnat0@eq.edu.au

Moral imperative: To empower our community to transform curriculum that bridges contexts, prioritises cognitions and capabilities, and inspires life long learning.

Contact Ms Nation for:
  • Bespoke Courses (​Global Venture, Next Discovery, Making Meaning, Future Fit, Creative Lab)

Michele Ozich
Head of Special Education Services
mozic1@eq.edu.au

Moral imperative: To foster a safe and inclusive environment where every learner is valued and empowered to become good at learning and good at life.

Misty Ralph
Head of Department - Human Development and Movement
mlmcd1@eq.edu.au

Moral imperative: To blend health and wellbeing with an understanding of how people, communities and environments interact to ignite curiosity, courage and compassion in every learner.

Contact Mrs Ralph for:
  • ​Health & Physical Edcuation 
  • Humanities​​​

Liam Richards
Head of Department - Learning Design and Pedagogies
lrich240@eq.edu.au

Moral imperative: To spark curiosity by bringing our curriculum to life through agile pedagogies, metacognitive practices, and collaborative learning.

Meggan Zischke
Head of Department - Global, Cultural and Technological Perspectives
mzisc4@eq.edu.au

Moral imperative: To create with purpose through ultimately diverse lenses, leading the creative, ethical, and sustainable use of technologies to shape a better connected world.​

Contact​ Mrs Zischke for:
  • Technologies
  • Genius Hour
  • Agile Minds

Jesse Harris-Loader
Guidance Officer
jphar5@eq.edu.au
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Gayle Stroppiana
Guidance Officer
gstro1@eq.edu.au
FVSSC ​College Leadership Team



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House Leadership Team


​​Bidla-Bidla​​

Carlos Lopez
Head of House
Bidla-Bidla
celop0@eq.edu.au


​Monica Dawkins
Deputy Head of House
Bidla-Bidla
mdawk4@eq.edu.au
Boobanggan

Liana Nation
Head of House
Boobanggan
lcnat0@eq.edu.au


​Denise Dyne
Deputy Head of House
Boobanggan
dkdel0@eq.edu.au​
Gargarra

Julie Curtis
Head of House
Gargarra
jcurt11@eq.edu.au

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James Morris
Deputy Head of House
Gargarra
jmorr723@eq.edu.au​​
Gulambarum

Jake Callaghan
Head of House
Gulambarum
jcall164@eq.edu.au

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Lucy Moeser
Deputy Head of House
Gulambarum
lmoes0@eq.edu.au​​
Mirri

Amy LaBan
Head of House
Mirri
alaba3@eq.edu.au

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Peter Run
Deputy Head of House
Mirri
prun0@eq.edu.au​​
Muree

Meggan Zischke
Head of House
Muree
mzisc4@eq.edu.au


Dan Lloyd
Deputy Head of House
Muree
dlloy28@eq.edu.au​​
FVSSC ​House Leadership Team





Administr​ation Team


Name
​Position
​E​mail
​Liduine Rwasa
​Finance & Administration Officer

accoun​​​ts​@fortitudevalleyssc.eq.edu.au

Kimberly Tran
Administration Officer
info​@fortitudevalleyssc.eq.edu.au
​Cara Jackson​
Executive Assistant and Marketing Officer

​cjack438@eq.edu.au
Lauren Claxton
​Enrolments & Administration Officer 

enrol@fortitudevalleyssc.eq.edu.au

Clarissa Taule'alo
​Student Services
​​studentservices@fortitudevalleyssc.eq.edu.au
Lucas Hunter
Technical Officer
it_department@fortitudevalleyssc.eq.edu.au
​Gulumser Mutluoglu
​Science Technician
​gmutl0@eq.edu.au


Student Support Team

Name
​Position
​E​mail
Michele Ozich
Head of Special Education Servicesmozic1@eq.edu.au
​Gayle Stroppiana
Guidance Officer
gstro1@eq.edu.au

Jesse Harris-Loader
Guidance Officer
jphar5@eq.edu.au
Elle Blackburn
School Based Youth Health Nurse

nurse.fortitudevalley@health.qld.gov.au​

​Meriel Ianna
School Based Police Officer



Tea​chers


Name
​Email
​Robbie Adaway
rzada0@eq.edu.au​
​Natasha Agius
neagi0@eq.edu.au​
​Sam Arsenic
sarse2@eq.edu.au​
​David Ashby 
​​dxash0@eq.edu.au
​Elli Butwell
​​embut3@eq.edu.au
​Jake Callaghan
​jcall164@eq.edu.au
​Katy Chan Dyer
​kchan207@eq.edu.au
​Marie Cheeseman
mcche0@eq.edu.au​
​Julia Colahan
jbies3@eq.edu.au
​Niamh Collins
​necol1@eq.edu.au
​Paddy Colwell
pcolw1@eq.edu.au​
Julie Curtis
jcurt11@eq.edu.au
​James Davie
​jdavi1152@eq.edu.au
​Monica Dawkins
mdawk4@eq.edu.au​
​Shelley Daylight
​DaylighM@eq.edu.au
​Denise Dyne
dkdel0@eq.edu.au​
​Geno Ferrer
​gferr21@eq.edu.au
​Georgia Flower
​glflo0@eq.edu.au
​Rosie Fitzhenry
rfitz97@eq.edu.au​
​​Kylie Gillies
​komar8@eq.edu.au
​Hanar Keka
​hjkek0@eq.edu.au
​​Kellie Klupfel
kklup1@eq.edu.au​
​Amy Laban
alaba3@eq.edu.au​
​Xiu Li
xli45@eq.edu.au​
​Jess Lifu
jhoek17@eq.edu.au​
​Dan Lloyd
dlloy28@eq.edu.au​
​Carlos Lopez
celop0@eq.edu.au​
​​Zachary Maas
zmmaa0@eq.edu.au​
Bronwyn Marsh
​bmars183@eq.edu.au
Blair Marzullo
​bmarz2@eq.edu.au
​Andrea McArthur
amcar53@eq.edu.au​
​Matthew McLaren
​mtmcl0@eq.edu.au
​Sarah Milner
​sltay2@eq.edu.au
​Lucy Moeser
lmoes0@eq.edu.au​
​Merryn Molloy
​mmoll32@eq.edu.au
​​Taryn Morley
​tlmor3@eq.edu.au
​James Morris
​jmorr723@eq.edu.au
​Liana Nation
lcat0@eq.edu.au​
​James O'Connor
​jocon196@eq.edu.au
​Michele Ozich
​mozic1@eq.edu.au
​Jennifer Pak
​jjpak0@eq.edu.au
​Katie Quinn
kxqui0@eq.edu.au​
​Maddie Ralph
​mralp19@eq.edu.au
​Misty Ralph
mlmcd1@eq.edu.au​
​Sam Rawlings
​​sjraw1@eq.edu.au
​Tim Reuther
​treut1@eq.edu.au
​Liam Richards
​lrich240@eq.edu.au
​Peter Run
prun0@eq.edu.au​
​Alexander Ryan
ajrya0@eq.edu.au​
​Fatima Sardouk
​fxsar0@eq.edu.au
​Jina Seo
jseo24@eq.edu.au​
​​Gabrielle Tourigny
grtou0@eq.edu.au​
​​Maddi Trenant
mjtra2@eq.edu.au​
David Ward
dxwar5@eq.edu.au
Toni Waters
​twate57@eq.edu.au
​Alexandra Whybrow
​axwhy0@eq.edu.au
​​Meggan Zischke
​mzisc4@eq.edu.au







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Last reviewed 10 June 2026
Last updated 10 June 2026