ADVISORY GROUP
We are privileged to have the following people advising BrainChild Academy:
Liz Brennan
Liz is 2016 WA Young Achiever of the Year and President of Australian Women in Agriculture.
She has facilitated a number of community and agricultural development programs in her home WA Wheatbelt region, across Australia and abroad as an AusAID volunteer in Papua New Guinea.
She has led the Wheatbelt Youth Strategy review, facilitated the Y20 Wheatbelt Summit and volunteered as a DJ and Play Coordinator for Radio Lollipop at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Perth.
Rob Caslick
Rob has a passion for social ventures:
Founder of Two Good Co. A buy one give one, food business that sells soups and salads to corporate companies and gives one to a Domestic Violence shelter or soup kitchen.
Founder of cSigns. The practical application of cBraille. cSigns is installed at Seeing Eye Dogs Australia and quoted as a” Well designed system helpful for people with low vision” by the Braille Institute of America. www.csign.com.au
Founder of the Inside Out Organic Soup Kitchen. Australia’s first organic soup kitchen, serving wholesome organic food to people who need it most. IOOSK has built a rooftop garden above their soup kitchen for refugee's and asylum seekers. Go to “Inside Out Organic Soup Kitchen” facebook page for more.
Kerry Lloyd-Jones
Kerry has completed a Bachelor of Arts from Newcastle University and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Melbourne. She has worked as a classroom teacher, Teacher Librarian and Technology Specialist for over a decade.
Her current focus in education is student wellbeing, where she has been developing her professional knowledge of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and the impact this can have on a child's mental health.
Kerry has been implementing a number of Mindfulness based programs in her teaching practice. As an educator she is passionate about encouraging creative, resilient and innovative thinkers.
Amber Schmidt
Amber is a customer service professional with experience at the coal face of many types of business, from running her own restaurant to both fortune 500 companies and social enterprise.
A few of her favourite quotes pretty much sum it all up...
Programs such as Little Makers Club that encourage tangible "hands on" education lay the foundation for creative thinking. The spirit behind what BrainCrank offers inspires curiosity for a lifetime of continuing education.
Liz Brennan
Liz is 2016 WA Young Achiever of the Year and President of Australian Women in Agriculture.
She has facilitated a number of community and agricultural development programs in her home WA Wheatbelt region, across Australia and abroad as an AusAID volunteer in Papua New Guinea.
She has led the Wheatbelt Youth Strategy review, facilitated the Y20 Wheatbelt Summit and volunteered as a DJ and Play Coordinator for Radio Lollipop at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Perth.
Rob Caslick
Rob has a passion for social ventures:
Founder of Two Good Co. A buy one give one, food business that sells soups and salads to corporate companies and gives one to a Domestic Violence shelter or soup kitchen.
Founder of cSigns. The practical application of cBraille. cSigns is installed at Seeing Eye Dogs Australia and quoted as a” Well designed system helpful for people with low vision” by the Braille Institute of America. www.csign.com.au
Founder of the Inside Out Organic Soup Kitchen. Australia’s first organic soup kitchen, serving wholesome organic food to people who need it most. IOOSK has built a rooftop garden above their soup kitchen for refugee's and asylum seekers. Go to “Inside Out Organic Soup Kitchen” facebook page for more.
Kerry Lloyd-Jones
Kerry has completed a Bachelor of Arts from Newcastle University and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Melbourne. She has worked as a classroom teacher, Teacher Librarian and Technology Specialist for over a decade.
Her current focus in education is student wellbeing, where she has been developing her professional knowledge of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and the impact this can have on a child's mental health.
Kerry has been implementing a number of Mindfulness based programs in her teaching practice. As an educator she is passionate about encouraging creative, resilient and innovative thinkers.
Amber Schmidt
Amber is a customer service professional with experience at the coal face of many types of business, from running her own restaurant to both fortune 500 companies and social enterprise.
A few of her favourite quotes pretty much sum it all up...
- "Customers may forget what you said but they'll never forget how you made them feel," Unknown
- "A man without a smiling face must not open a shop," Chinese Proverb
- "Customer service is the new marketing," Derek Sivers
Programs such as Little Makers Club that encourage tangible "hands on" education lay the foundation for creative thinking. The spirit behind what BrainCrank offers inspires curiosity for a lifetime of continuing education.
