MLC School Old Girls Celebrated

Congratulations to the 2022 MLC School Alumnae Award winners

Our Back to College weekend celebrations were kicked off by the annual MLC School Alumnae Awards (Friday 13 May 2022) which are awarded to those Old Girls who have made a profound impact in their chosen fields and across society.

This year, the awards were made to:

Professor Roslyn (Ros) Pesman AM (Cooper, 1954)
Professor Ros Pesman (Cooper, 1954) is one of Australia’s most eminent historians, with an international reputation in the fields of academia and tertiary education leadership.

Valerie (Val) Packham (Hedge, 1955)
Val Packham (Hedge, 1955) has worked tirelessly for MLC School for decades. She joined the MLC School Old Girls’ Union immediately after leaving school and has been an active member for over 60 years.

Dr Julia Chang Wan (1956)
Dr Julia Chang Wan (1956) is a highly regarded science educator in the USA who has received many awards and honours for her achievements in science education. She is also active in the Women’s movement.

Angela Catterns AM (1971)
Angela Catterns (1971) is one of Australia’s most loved broadcasters and media personalities with a diverse career in film, television, podcast, and radio, both nationally and internationally.

Associate Professor Kristi Jones (1984)
Kristi Jones (1984) is dedicated to improving the lives of children through her pioneering work in paediatric genetics.

Professor Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich (Bosnic, 1987)
Professor Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich (Bosnic, 1987) is a medical researcher and respiratory pharmacist, internationally recognised as an expert in the use of respiratory medicines.

Professor Ruth Corran (1989)
Professor Ruth Corran (1989) is the Department Chair – Computer Science, Mathematics & Science at the American University of Paris.

Dr Joanna Howe (Mascarenhas, 2000)
Dr Joanna Howe (Mascarenhas, 2000) is a leading expert on the legal regulation of temporary labour migration and Associate Professor in Law at the University of Adelaide with a PhD in Law from the University of Oxford where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar.

Elizabeth (Liz) Kell (2001)
Liz Kell (2001) is a multi-award-winning rower who represented Australia in Rowing at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. In 2006 she won the World Championships in the Double Scull, and Rowing Australia’s ‘Female Rower’ and ‘Crew of the Year’ awards.

Kate Cornford (2001)
Kate Cornford (2001) has held an impressive range of appointments in wide-ranging, high-profile roles worldwide, including Counsellor to the Executive Director of the OECD and a senior policy adviser at the Office of the Prime Minister of the UK (No.10 Downing Street).

Lucy Cormack (2009)
Lucy Cormack (2009) is an award-winning Australian journalist with experience across all media platforms. Lucy has twice won an award at the Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism. She has worked at the Sydney Morning Herald for over nine years and currently is the State political reporter.

Jessica Ashwood (2011)
Jessica Ashwood (2011) represented Australia in Freestyle Swimming at two Olympic Games: London in 2012 and Rio in 2016. At the 2015 World Championships she set new Australian records in the 400m Freestyle and in the 1500m Freestyle, and at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games she won Silver in Women’s 800m Freestyle. Jessica conquered enormous challenges, presented by severe scoliosis, on her path to success.

Further details about the careers and achievements of this year’s award winners can be found here

– Lisa Moloney
Principal