2. Amitav Acharya
PhD 1987
Arts, Education and Creative Media
Amitav Acharya is currently Professor of
International Relations at the School of
International Service, American University,
Washington, DC. He is also the UNESCO Chair in
Transnational Challenges and Governance and
Chair of American University’s ASEAN Studies
Centre. Previously, Dr Acharya was Professor of
Global Governance at the University of Bristol,
Professor at York University, Toronto, and at
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore,
Fellow of the Harvard University Asia Center, and
Fellow of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of
Government.
Professor Acharya has received a multitude of
awards and scholarships including, most recently,
the American University Faculty Award for
Outstanding Scholarship, Research, Creative
Activity and Other Professional Contributions.

3. Amitav Acharya
PhD 1987
Arts, Education and Creative Media
He also received the National Talent Scholar Award from the Indian Government in 1978 and
held the Award until 1983; this is India’s most prestigious student Award. He has worked as a
consultant for the United Nations and the World Bank and as an advisor for core international
committees and groups.
He currently holds (2012 – 2013) the Nelson Mandela Visiting Professorship in International
Relations at Rhodes University, South Africa. Over the course of his career Professor Acharya
has written extensively in the field of international relations, making an outstanding
contribution to that field. His publications include over 25 books, including the award winning
volume, Whose Ideas Matter: Agency and Power in Asian Regionalism (Cornell University
Press, 2009), and 200 journal and magazine articles and hundreds of current affairs op-eds in
newspapers worldwide.
He was a Vice-President of the International Studies Association (2008-9), the world largest
professional association in international studies. He is also the founder and coordinator of
TRANSCEND (Transnational Challenges and Emerging Nations Dialogue), a Global Partnership
for Research and Action on Transnational Challenges, Multilateralism and Governance, set up
under the auspices of his UNESCO Chair.

4. Carina Hoang
BA(Hons) 2011
Arts, Education and Creative Media
Carina Hoang demonstrated amazing courage by
escaping war-torn Vietnam on a small wooden
boat with her two younger siblings and 370 other
people when she was just 16. After 10 months in
a refugee camp in Indonesia, Hoang was finally
able to begin the next phase of her life in the
United States.
Over the next 20 years, Hoang earned a Bachelor
of Chemistry, Masters in Business Administration,
and Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Gender and
Cultural Studies at Murdoch University.
She went on to hold management positions in
the semi-conductor, biotechnology, and
healthcare industries in the areas of marketing,
human resources, and administration.

5. Carina Hoang
BA(Hons) 2011
Arts, Education and Creative Media
Hoang’s on-going work as a publisher and refugee advocate saw her publish the book
“Boat People” in 2010, which provides a moving account of the Vietnamese boat
people experience of the late 1970s and 1980s. “Boat People” won an International
Independent Publisher Award as Australia and New Zealand region best non-fiction,
also was nominated for the Human Rights Book Award, and the WA Premiers’ Book
Award. Hoang has become an influential advocate for refugees and helps Australians
to understand the issues surrounding the modern-day boat people arrivals.
Since the middle of last year, Hoang has spoken to almost 3,000 high school students
and nearly 2,000 adults about the experiences of Vietnamese boat-people. Since
2009, Hoang has committed to return annually to the sites of former refugee camps
on now-uninhabited islands in Indonesia, to help Vietnamese families from France,
Canada, Vietnam, Australia and the U.S. search for graves of loved ones who died
during the exodus. Hoang was an Inductee to Western Australia Women’s Hall of
Fame in 2011, recipient of the City of Belmont’s ‘2011 Volunteer of the Year Award’,
and was nominated for the 2012 Western Australian of the Year Award.

6. Kim Scott
BA 1979, DipEd 1984
Arts, Education and Creative Media
Kim Scott is currently Professor of Writing,
Media Culture and Creative Arts at Curtin
University. He is a well-known Indigenous
Australian author, having published eight books
throughout his career as well as a host of short
fiction, poems and non-fiction.
Professor Scott won both the Fiction Award
and the Premier’s Award at the Adelaide
Festival Awards for Literature in 2012.
He received the Miles Franklin Literary Award
for his novel “That Deadman Dance” in 2011
and in 2000 he was the first Indigenous author
to win the prize for his novel “Benang”.

7. Kim Scott
BA 1979, DipEd 1984
Arts, Education and Creative Media
He has also won the WA Premier’s Book Awards and Premier’s Prize in 2010 and 1999; the
Vance Palmer Award for Fiction in 2011, the Victorian Premier’s Literary Prize in 2011; the Kate
Challis RAKA Award in 2011 and 2000; the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize in 2011; the
Association for the Study of Australian Literature Gold Medal in 2010; the Braille Book of the
Year in 2011; the Patricia Hackett Prize for best contribution to Westerly in 2009; the Matilda
Award for Cultural Excellence in 2007 and the Centenary Medal in 2003. “That Deadman
Dance” was recently presented to US President Barrack Obama as part of a gift package from
the Australian Government.
Professor Scott has served as both a judge for prestigious awards and competitions and as a
member of committees such as the Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Studies.
Professor Scott has dedicated much of his energy and time toward the consolidation and
enhancement of Noongar culture through the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project
Inc of which he is Chair and Convenor.

8. Una Ryan
PhD 1996
Health Sciences
Dr Una Ryan is Professor of Biochemistry at
Murdoch University, Perth Western Australia. As
head of the molecular epidemiology group in the
Veterinary School she directs a large research
team to lead research programs under the
Animal Research Institute and the Integrated
Health Research Institute.
Dr Ryan has achieved exceptional success
through her study of Cryptosporidium and
Giardia, which are the most commonly detected
protozoan parasites in the world’s drinking water
and are resistant to chlorine.
Dr Ryan was the first person to identify that
human cryptosporidiosis was primarily caused by
two morphologically identical but clinically and
genetically different species of Cryptosporidium;
C. parvum and C. hominis.

9. Una Ryan
PhD 1996
Health Sciences
Dr Ryan recently took out a worldwide patent on a DNA method for detecting
Cryptosporidium in clinical and water samples. She has been the recipient of many
professional awards including the Federal Science Minister’s Prize for Achievement in Life
Sciences in 2000.
Dr Ryan has made significant contributions to the development of the Biomedical Science
program of the University by actively promoting the program in her research activities; acting
as biomedical Science Student Liaison Officer from 2001 – 2007 and coordinating Biomedical
admissions from 2001 – 2003. She has established many international collaborations and
works closely with scientists from the US Centers for Disease.
She has been a Biological testing assessor for the National Association of Testing Authorities
(NATA) in Australia since 2003. Dr Ryan has also been a member of the ARC/NHMRC Research
Network for Parasitology Executive Committee since its inception in 2004. Dr Ryan is a leading
international authority in her research area and is a specialist editor for Experimental
Parasitology.

10. Mark Schipp
BSc 1985, BVMS 1989, BSc(Hons) 1993
Health Sciences
Dr Mark Schipp is the Australian Chief Veterinary
Officer and the Australian Delegate to the World
Organisation for Animal Health for the
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry. Dr Schipp joined the Western Australian
Department of Agriculture in 1989 as a District
Veterinary Officer in Katanning and Geraldton.
In 1994 he joined the Australian Quarantine and
Inspection Service as an official veterinarian
overseeing the preparation of meat for export.
In 2006, he took on the task of leading the
technical market access for food commodities
into all markets and establishing market access
and certification requirements for Australian
food exports.

11. Mark Schipp
BSc 1985, BVMS 1989, BSc(Hons) 1993
Health Sciences
Dr Schipp has made significant contributions to Australian agriculture through improved
market access for meat, livestock and other agricultural commodities. He has worked to
improve the welfare outcomes for the more than one million live animals exported from
Australia each year whilst retaining an industry which is integral to rural communities in
many parts of Australia.
He is currently leading work to improve Australia’s own preparedness to detect, respond to
and eradicate an incursion of foot-and-mouth disease should it ever enter Australia. Most
recently, he has been appointed as the Australian delegate to the World Organisation for
Animal Health.
In July 2000 he was successful in becoming the second Agriculture Counsellor posted to the
Australian Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. In 2003 he was asked to establish the first
Agriculture Counsellor position in Beijing, China as Australia embarked upon free trade
negotiations with that country.

12. Stephen Van Mil
BSc 1983, BVMS 1984
Health Sciences
Dr Van Mil has dedicated his life to animals,
veterinary science and conservation. He has
made an outstanding contribution to his field and
to the Australian community at large through his
veterinary skills, his popularity in media and
through his many documentaries and films. Dr
Van Mil currently oversees Impian Films Pty Ltd, a
feature film and television production company
he established in 2008.
Dr Van Mil established three major vet hospitals
in Sydney in his early career, Riverview Animal
Hospital, Mosman Veterinary Clinic and North
Randwick Veterinary Clinic. He was the resident
vet at Channel Nine’s The Today Show for 14
years, from 1991 – 2004 and is most well-known
for his appearances on shows such as, Burke’s
Backyard and A Current Affair.

13. Stephen Van Mil
BSc 1983, BVMS 1984
Health Sciences
In 2007 Dr Van Mil established Animal Media Australia Pty Ltd, a film production company
that specializes in raising awareness about endangered animals. Documentaries produced
through this company include White Lions: King of Kings for Animal Planet and distributed
worldwide; Saving Orangutans: for the Ten Network and the award-winning The Last Trimate,
narrated by Mel Gibson.
The Last Trimate won the Special Jury Award, the Best Newcomer Award and Merit Awards
for Best Editing and Best Conservation Message at the 2008, 31st International Wildlife Film
Festival in Montana. Animal Media works closely with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
and ECOCEAN.
Dr Van Mil is the Patron of the Peru Zoo and conducts annual eco tours to Borneo, raising
funds for the Orangutan Foundation International. He is the foundation board member of
Assistance Dogs and acted as President from 1998 – 2003. This organisation trains dogs in
community settings to assist people with physical disabilities.

14. Theodora Issa
MEC 2003
Law, Business and Information Technology
Dr Issa is currently Lecturer and Unit
Coordinator in Comparative Management and
International Management at Curtin University.
Dr Issa has an outstanding record of academic
research with many refereed journal articles,
reports, conference and seminar presentations.
She is dedicated to pursuing and furthering
academic studies in the areas of equity, social
justice, sustainability and global responsibility.
Dr Issa’s academic research has provided an
original contribution to the field of business
ethics through an empirical study of ethical
mindsets in the Australian Services Sector.

15. Theodora Issa
MEC 2003
Law, Business and Information Technology
Her PhD thesis won the Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research award in 2010. Dr
Issa received ‘best paper awards’ for papers presented at conferences in 2009 at Society for
Global Business and Economic Development (SGBED), the 2010 Global Science and
Technology Forum, and in 2011 at SGBED.
In 2011, Dr Issa received ‘The 2010 Curtin Business School New Researcher of the Year
Award’. Dr Issa is a Member (by invitation) of the Editorial Board of the Journal of
Management and Strategy in Canada. In 2012, Dr Issa was invited to act as a Co-Editor for the
special journal “Social Networking and Education as a Catalyst for Social Change”.
Dr Issa continues her commitment to social justice through her work with charities and
communities.

16. Tim Marney
BEcon(Hons) 1991
Law, Business and Information Technology
Tim Marney is currently the Under Treasurer
of Western Australia. He is also Chair of the
Western Australian Treasury Corporation
Board and a former chair of the State Supply
Commission Board.
Mr Marney is also currently the Deputy Chair
of the Board of Beyondblue: the national
depression and anxiety initiative.
He was the youngest ever graduate appointed
to the Western Australian State Senior
Executive Service at the age of 26 and the
youngest person ever appointed as Western
Australia Under Treasurer at age 35.

17. Tim Marney
BEcon(Hons) 1991
Law, Business and Information Technology
In 2008 Mr Marney was named a winner in the 40 under 40 awards and named among the
top four contenders for the prestigious ‘First Among Equals’ title. He serves as an
ambassador for Beyond Blue, has promoted greater understanding of anxiety and
depression through openly sharing his own experiences with these illnesses.
He has served as Executive Sponsor of the Anxiety Disorders Foundation of Western
Australia and a mentor for the Institute of Public Administration Australia Young
Professionals. He is also a former member of the Murdoch University Business School
Advisory Board and the Western Australian Sports Centre Trust. He is also a former board
member of Desert Knowledge Australia, an organisation that identifies partnerships and
programs to give better opportunities to Indigenous people.
Mr Marney has recently demonstrated his strong commitment to community values by
introducing to the Department a staff support program to encourage staff to engage in
voluntary work in the community. He has a keen interest in Indigenous socio-economic
issues and initiated an Indigenous Trainee program at the Department of Treasury.

18. Casta Tungaraza
GradCertAusMigLaw 2008
Law, Business and Information Technology
Dr Casta Tungaraza is currently the Equal
Opportunity and Social Justice Manager at
Murdoch University. She works to promote an
understanding of the issues faced by women and
their families in culturally and linguistically
diverse communities and has had significant
input into state, national and international anti-
discrimination policy. She has won a multitude of
awards for her service to the community,
including, most recently, the Individual
Excellence Award at the Western Australian
Multicultural Community Service Awards in 2012.
The Multicultural Community Service Awards
recognises individuals and organisations who
achieve excellence and innovation in advancing
multiculturalism, inclusiveness and participation
through substantive equality in the provision of
services to culturally diverse communities.

19. Casta Tungaraza
GradCertAusMigLaw 2008
Law, Business and Information Technology
She has also won the Premier’s Certificate of Merit for being nominated for the Employer of
the Year Award in 2003; Murdoch University's Telstra Employer of the Year Award in 2001;
Murdoch University's Prime Minister's Employer of the Year Award in 2000 and Telstra
Employer of the year Award in 2000 and 2001. In 2012, Dr Tungaraza was inducted into the
WA Women's Hall of Fame.
Most recently in March 2012, Dr Tungaraza was also appointed by the Tanzanian Government
to be the Tourism Goodwill Ambassador for Tanzania in Australia. She is the first person to be
honoured with such a position in Australia by the Tanzanian Government.
She is the currently a member of the WA Government's Multicultural Advisory Group, former
member of the Multicultural Advisory Council of Australia, the Patron of the Centenary of
International Women's Day in Western Australia, President of the African Women's Council of
Australia, and a member of other Boards or groups dedicated to achieving greater equality in
Australia for minority communities. She is a founding member of the newly established
Australia Tanzania Chamber of Commerce.

20. Andrew Higham
BEnvSc 1995, MA 2010
Science and Engineering
Andrew Higham is an international expert in
environmental policy and sustainable
development. He specialises in international
climate change policy and is responsible for the
development of strategies to advance the
multilateral negotiations under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC).
As Secretary to the Durban Platform for
Enhanced Action under the Convention (ADP) he
is responsible for coordinating support for
negotiations to raise the level of mitigation
ambition of all Parties to the Convention, and
successfully conclude by 2015 the design of a
legally binding agreement applicable to all Parties
under the Convention.

21. Andrew Higham
BEnvSc 1995, MA 2010
Science and Engineering
He is also Secretary to the UNFCCC Implementation Coordination Committee and in that role
coordinates implementation activities across the Climate Change Secretariat. He was
instrumental in the design and implementation of the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism. He
previously worked as an International Expert in International Climate Change Policy at the
Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands, where he specialized in research and advice on
the intersection between energy technology development and finance.
In Australia, he has served as Strategies Director and Vice President of the Australian
Conservation Foundation, Ministerial advisor in the fields of science, environment, water and
climate change and has played a leading role in a wide range of Australian environmental
policy reforms. He was previously an expert advisor to the UNEP International Environmental
Technology Centre, and was instrumental in the establishment of the Network of Regional
Governments for Sustainable Development.
He has contributed to several publications on sustainable development, particularly on
sustainable production and consumption, climate change and energy security, and climate
finance and technology policy.

22. Brad Norman
BSc 1992, MPhil 2000
Science and Engineering
Brad Norman is currently CEO of ECOCEAN Inc.,
a not-for-profit organisation he set up in 2001 to
monitor whale sharks. In 1995, Mr Norman
established photo-identification as an accurate
tool to identify individual whale sharks and to
monitor the population in WA (subsequently
implemented in 46 countries).
Some of his major achievements have included
preparing the Species Report for the United
Nations IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
(2000) which resulted in the whale shark being
assessed as ‘vulnerable to extinction’ and
successfully nominating the whale shark for
listing under Australian Legislation (EPBC Act)
resulting in increased national protection for this
species (2001).

23. Brad Norman
BSc 1992, MPhil 2000
Science and Engineering
He assisted in the successful nomination to restrict international trade in whale shark
products via the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
(CITES) in 2002 - the first shark to be listed under this Convention and prepared UNEP ‘Best
Practice’ whale shark ecotourism guidelines for the United Nations Environment Program
(2007).
In February 2010, ECOCEAN was part of an international meeting which initiated an MOU
signed by over one hundred countries that are part of the United Nations Convention on
Migratory Species to protect seven of the most vulnerable of migratory sharks (including the
whale shark).
Mr Norman and his team have won a host of awards for their innovative work with whale
sharks: National Geographic Ocean Hero 2010; WA Science Awards Outreach Program of the
Year 2009; National Geographic Emerging Explorer 2008; The Peter Benchley (JAWS) Shark
Conservation Award 2007 (Science); Laureate – ROLEX Awards for Enterprise 2006 and the
Sun Microsystems Duke’s Choice Award for Innovative Use of Java Technology 2005.

24. Julie Shuttleworth
BSc 1995
Sciences and Engineering
Julie Shuttleworth has 18 years experience in
the gold/copper mining industry in Australia,
China and Tanzania, including 12 years with
Barrick Gold Corporation. Her career has
progressed from Plant Metallurgist, Senior
Metallurgist, Process Superintendent, Process
Manager to General Manager positions. In 2009,
at age 35, she became a General Manager for
Barrick in Tanzania and is currently General
Manager at Barrick's Granny Smith Mine in
Western Australia.
In 2007 she was awarded the Telstra WA Young
Businesswoman of the Year Award and was a
Finalist in the 2011 Chamber of Minerals &
Energy Women in Resources Awards and Winner
of the 2011 Australian Mining Prospect Awards
Mine Manager of the Year.

25. Julie Shuttleworth
BSc 1995
Sciences and Engineering
She was the recipient of the inaugural AusIMM Travel Grant, 1998 where she represented
young Australian metallurgists and travelled to mine sites, research institutions and
manufacturers in North America.
She has served as an International Committee Member of the USA based Society of Mining
Metallurgy & Exploration (SME), since 2007 and has been involved with the Queensland
Government Women in Hard Hats initiative, since 2007. Julie has served as a mentor in the
Women in Mining WA Mentoring Program and as a Member of the Mining & Resources Sector
Advisory Board, for Australian Applied Management Colloquium.
She works closely with the Laverton Community to promote and support local community
initiatives on projects such as school visits to the mine, sponsoring girls country week netball
team, helping with a school bicycle program, supporting local AusKick, providing breakfast
programs to Mt Margaret’s Aboriginal Community and Laverton School, and supporting the
Leonora Laverton Cross Cultural Association. In 2011 Granny Smith Mine was awarded the
Gold Award at the Volunteer Employer Recognition Program for their support of FESA in
Laverton. In 2011 Julie received the Barrick Corporate Social Responsibility Award.

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