Board of Kaikorai Valley College
Work: Retired (formerly Team Leader at Contact Energy)
Affiliation: two children previously studied at the College.
Length of Service: 26 years, having been re-elected in 2022 for a further three years.
Portfolio: Presiding Member, and member of Finance, Property and International committees, Chair of the Disciplinary Committee
Work: Financial Reporting Manager at SCOTT
Affiliation: Began in 2005 when the eldest of my three children joined the College. My youngest child has now left.
Length of Service: Elected in 2016 for three years and re-elected in 2022. Was previously elected in 2013 but resigned after 18 months for independent reasons.
Portfolio: Parent representative and Chair of the Finance committee.
Work: Principal, Kaikorai Valley College
Affiliation: Principal of KVC since the beginning of the 2024 school year
Portfolio: CEO, responsible for the management of the school
Work: Warden, University of Otago Flats (Uniflats). Along with my team, we look after an international cohort of 750 residents, across 180 individual flats located in North Dunedin.
I have extensive operational (property management, maintenance and annual planning), and pastoral care (student selection, wellbeing, crisis management, fun!) experience.
Affiliation: one son, who left KVC in 2021
Length of Service: Re-elected in 2022
Portfolio: Chair of the Property Committee
Work: Finance Manager in Property Services at the University of Otago and Provisional Chartered Accountant
Affiliation: Since 2020 when my son, now in Year 12, started at the College
Service: Elected in 2024
Portfolio:
Work: Senior Analyst - Treaty Partnerships at Ministry for the Environment
Affiliation: One child at KVC
Service: Elected in 2022
Portfolio: Chair International Committee
Work: Resource Teacher of the Deaf
Affiliation: I have been associated with KVC for 7 years. My son is currently in Year 11 and has been here since Year 7. My daughter was previously enrolled in the Brathwaite Centre leaving in 2019. She joined the Brathwaite Centre in 2015
Service: Board member since September 2022
Portfolio: Parent Rep, Chair Special Needs Committee
Work: Software Engineer, Starboard Maritime Intelligence
Affiliation: One child at KVC currently and another finished in 2021
Service: Board member since March 2022, previously water polo coach
Portfolio: Parent Rep, Chair Health and Safety Committee
Work: Teacher at Kaikorai Valley College.
Affiliation: Staff representative.
Length of Service: 2 years.
Portfolio: Teacher Year 7 Homeroom, Specialist Classroom Teacher (SCT), Staff Representative.
Name: Joshua Hopping
Work: Year 11 Student at Kaikorai Valley College.
Length of Service: Elected in 2024, first year as student representative.
Portfolio: Student Representative.