Appointed Member
Dr Vicki Feast is currently the Chair of AIHE Academic Board. Prior to this AIHE role Vicki worked as a consultant at the University of South Australia (UniSA) for six years. However, for most of her working life (23 years) prior to this Vicki worked at the UniSA in a range of different roles including as Associate Professor and Dean: Teaching and Learning and Dean: International. Vicki’s discipline expertise is in Economics. Vicki taught Economics in a range of onshore and transnational programs in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Hong throughout her career at UniSA.

Appointed Member
Dr Rhodora Abadia has 26 years of teaching, research, industry and education management experience, and 12 of these 22 years focused on academic leadership and management. She received multiple awards for outstanding teaching, research, and management in the field of Computing. She is currently the program facilitator for University of South Australia Online and manages the online delivery of STEM degrees. Rhoda has undertaken research projects in the areas of User Experience, Data Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence. Her major area of interest is in the use of technologies to improve the quality of teaching and learning.

Appointed Member
Dr Robyn Davidson comes to the AIHE Academic Board with over 20 years of experience in the university sector. Robyn has over 20 years of teaching experience across various financial accounting and information systems courses in Adelaide and offshore in Singapore and China in addition to conducting an annual European accounting and finance study tour. Robyn was a founding member of the University of Adelaide Education Academy and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Before retirement in 2021 she was an Associate Professor and the Adelaide Business School Associate Head Learning and Teaching. Robyn has a particular interest in international students' wellbeing and has won multiple teaching awards at University and Faculty level and mentored award-winning staff. Robyn has published in education, information systems, and business journals.

Appointed Member
Dr Valerie Kupke was employed as a senior academic and researcher at the University of South Australia (UniSA) for almost 30 years. She published primarily in the area of housing and land economics and upon retirement continued as an Adjunct for some years. She is an ongoing member of the Australian Property Institute (API) and continues to provide research services to institutions such as the Australian Lutheran College which is affiliated to the University of Divinity Melbourne. While employed at UniSA she taught on a regular basis at Thammasat University, Bangkok, Hong Kong Baptist University and in Singapore. She is an invited Board Member of the Governing Council of the Adelaide College of Divinity.

Appointed Member
Shaun is the founder and principal of training consultancy Cool Rules [for writers]. Cool Rules works with government, education and business clients across Australia to improve workplace writing. His background in public and private sector higher education management includes periods as Director/CEO of the South Australian Institute of Business and Technology (SAIBT), the Centre for English Language at the University of South Australia (CELUSA), Education Adelaide (now Study Adelaide), and the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC).

Appointed Member
Dr Joanne Barker is an international education consultant and global mobility researcher.

Joanne previously worked for a total of 18 years as Director International at two Australian universities. She served on the Academic Board of the South Australian Institute of Business & Technology (SAIBT) from 2011 to 2016. She was twice elected to the Board of the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA) and was an invited member (representing Australasia) of the US-based TOEFL Board from 2014 to 2018.

Joanne’s PhD focused on evaluation in a government international scholarship program. Since 2018, she has undertaken regular consulting for DFAT’s Australia Awards international scholarship program, and since 2022, she has been engaged in research on professional global mobility for the Australian APEC Study Centre at RMIT.

Ex Officio Member
Dr. Wasana Jayawickramarathna is a senior academic with almost 20 years of progressive experience in higher education, spanning teaching, research, quality assurance, and academic governance. She provides strategic leadership across academic operations, with expertise in program delivery, curriculum development, academic quality frameworks, and institutional risk management.

Wasana holds a PhD in Marketing, with research focused on Social Marketing, as well as a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Business Management (Marketing). Her career reflects a strong commitment to academic excellence and institutional growth. She has led curriculum design, student success initiatives, and quality improvement, while developing systems that promote inclusive and high-performing learning environments.

Her scholarly interests include consumer behaviour, social marketing, corporate social responsibility, and marketing research, and she continues to advocate for evidence-informed teaching practice and high academic standards.