CIT Board

Ms Kate Lundy
Chair

Kate retired as the Senator for the ACT on 24 March 2015, having been first elected to the Federal Parliament in 1996. This included roles as the Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister Assisting for the Digital Economy, Minister for Sport, and Minister Assisting for Industry and innovation.

Kate is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Kate is actively involved in a number of community and sporting clubs which reflect her broad range of interests. She is Board Chair of the Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre, a director of Electro Optic Systems, the National Youth Science Forum, the Geospatial Council of Australia and a director of the NRMA.

Kate has been recognised with an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by the Australian National University for her contribution to policy and advocacy in the information and communication technology sector and is an Honorary Associate Professor at the ANU Research School of Physics.

Kate brings to the CIT Board her interest and experience in skills development, social, economic and cultural policy issues and governance.

Dr Margot McNeill
CEO
Canberra Institute of Technology

Margot McNeill is a seasoned education leader with over 35 years of experience driving excellence in student outcomes across Australia and New Zealand. Her expertise spans a diverse range of educational contexts, including TAFEs, universities, and schools, encompassing public and private, large-scale and startup institutions. This breadth of experience has equipped her with a dynamic skill set that she applies to transformative leadership roles.

Firmly committed to the power of education to create meaningful change, Margot has a proven track record of leveraging disruption, insights, and analytics to deliver strong outcomes for students, staff, industry, communities and government. Her career is defined by sustainable innovation, educational quality, high-performance culture, and scalable process improvements. With a PhD and extensive academic research focused on educational technologies and curriculum as catalysts for innovation, Margot has successfully led the adoption of new technologies that enhance learning experiences and institutional effectiveness.

Margot was appointed as the CEO of CIT on 18 June 2025.

Tahlia-Rose Vanissum
Member

Tahlia-Rose Vanissum is a proud Woppaburra woman who works across her community, the public and NGO sectors to improve outcomes for First Nations women, victim-survivors of family violence and people with disability. She is currently undertaking a Master of Philosophy at the University of Sydney.

Tahlia-Rose is passionate about building understandings and identification of intersectional and systemic discrimination through truth-telling and the promotion of human rights. Tahlia-Rose is passionate about inclusive, respectful, and reciprocal leadership. In addition to CIT, Tahlia-Rose currently serves as a Board Director of Sisters in Spirit Aboriginal Corporation, and Australia's national Disability Peoples Organisation, People with Disability Australia (PWDA).

Tahlia-Rose has undertaken the AICD's Company Directors Course and has extensive experience as a non-executive director and Chairperson. Tahlia-Rose also holds vocational qualifications in government, business, leadership and human resources management and a Bachelor of Criminology from the Australian National University (ANU).

Mr Keith Brown
Staff Representative

Keith Brown has been working at the Canberra Institute of Technology for over thirteen years. He started teaching Work Health and Safety before moving to the High Risk section to deliver within the Global Wind Organisation safety program. He has gone on to take on the positions of Senior Teacher within the High Risk section and most recently the Head of Department for Construction and High Risk.

Keith has a long history with the CIT starting in 1988 as an apprentice mechanic and further study in various vocational disciplines including Business, Marketing, Human resources and Work Health and Safety.

Keith’s experience spans many years working in ACT and Commonwealth Government agencies primarily in the fields of safety and emergency management. He has also worked for several private organisations in Human Resources and work health and safety. Keith is also an active volunteer with the ACT Rural Fire Service and St John Ambulance ACT.

Keith has a Bachelor of Adult and Vocational Education and is passionate about the impact that access to education has on people lives.

Ms Roslyn Jackson
Member

Roslyn is a Fellow Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and has held Senior Executive positions within the Australian Government and the private sector.

Roslyn worked as an Academic in both the TAFE and University sectors before establishing her own training company where she specialised in Public Financial Management (government accounting). Roslyn has spent 30 years educating both Commonwealth and State Public Servants about their financial responsibilities and compliance with relevant financial management laws and policies. Roslyn is a very experienced facilitator, presenting internationally across Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

Roslyn has over 25 years’ experience as a Non-Executive Director. She is an experienced Board and Audit Committee Chair and has held positions predominantly in the not-for-profit health and education sectors.

Ms Jane Madden
Deputy Chair

Jane Madden, Principal of Brickfielder Insights, is a highly experienced senior executive and Chair/board director with an international track record of leading large teams in multiple geographies, cultures, and languages.

With over thirty years in Australia’s public sector and diplomatic service, Jane has held numerous senior leadership roles, including Deputy Secretary at Australia's trade and investment agency, Austrade, Chief Operating Officer of the Digital Transformation Office, and Australian Ambassador to UNESCO, Deputy Ambassador to France and Counsellor in Japan.

Jane is also a highly regarded non-executive director and member of boards and committees across government, business and the not-for-profit sector. Jane is the global Chair of the Fred Hollows Foundation, President of the National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) and on the boards of Australian Business Volunteers and the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT), as well as a number of start-up ventures and advisory committees. A graduate of the University of Tasmania and ANU, Jane has also studied at Harvard, Melbourne Business School and INSEAD. She is fluent in Japanese and French.

Ms Rosemary Bishop
Member

Rosemary Bishop (B,A.( Hons) , MBA) joined the CIT Board in July 2023. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and brings a strong educational and business perspective. She has a background as a CEO in the Not-for-Profit Sector where she led organisational merges and service transformation. Prior to taking leadership roles in the NFP sector, Rosemary led Interdependent, a consultancy focusing on organisational development and change management. Interdependent provided nationally recognised training through the Registered Training Organisation and consulted widely to lead and implement changes in the VET sector enabling public and private sector services to improve career development and learning opportunities for their staff. Rosemary has consulted in Bhutan and Manila on skills transfer and enterprise development. Currently Interdependent provides interim CEO support and facilitates CEO performance reviews with the Board in the NFP sector.

As a Board Director Rosemary has chaired Evolve Housing to enable its early growth through merges and she has been active in community housing sector development. As a Board Director within the Primary Health Network Rosemary brought a business and community perspective during the COVID lockdown and supported the focus on social prescribing. She has also been a Board member for Rural Australians for Refugees and Afford Disability. Current Board roles include chairing Connect Child and Family Services, being a Director of Allawaw, an Aboriginal Corporation, and being a member of the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District Board Research Subcommittee.

Ms Lucy Baranovsky
Chair of the CITSA Council

Lucy has a long history of student advocacy especially within the CIT space. She completed her Year 10 Certificate in 2010, going on to complete studies in Animal Technology and Pathology, whilst sitting as the Chair of the CITSA Student Council and Student Representative on the CIT Advisory Council before going on to complete a Bachelor of Nursing at ACU and sitting as the Secretary of the Signadou Student Association and completing a Graduate Certificate in Nursing Majoring in Advance Practice through James Cook University. Lucy is now studying a Certificate IV in Work Health & Safety at CIT and sits as the Chair of the CITSA student council.

Lucy has a strong passion for lifelong education, social justice and community safety and holds the belief that every student deserves to have a voice and be heard.

Mr Stephen Miners
Member

Stephen is an experienced economist and senior executive who provided policy advice for the Australian, United Kingdom and ACT governments for over 34 years. He has worked across a range of areas including fiscal and budget strategy, housing, education, health and ageing, government service delivery, economic conditions, international finance, taxation, insurance and organisational strategy.

Stephen was until recently Deputy Under Treasurer in the ACT Treasury as well as being the inaugural Coordinator-General for Housing, with responsibility for co-ordinating advice to the government across all issues that relate to housing, including land release, public housing, community housing and tax reform. Stephen filled the role of Under Treasurer for the ACT for most of 2021, guiding the ACT through the financial and budget implications of the COVID-19 health restrictions.

Stephen is a strong advocate of respect, equity and diversity.

Stephen holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Western Australia and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has also trained at the US Federal Executive Institute and the IMF Institute. Stephen is a director on the board of Retina Australia and was previously a member of the Australian Statistics Advisory Council.

Dr Mark Bazzacco
Member

Dr Mark Bazzacco brings to the CIT Board a deep understanding of governance, strategy, research and innovation, including over 20 years' experience in the public service.

Mark joined the Department of Defence in 2022 where he is currently the First Assistant Secretary for Ministerial and Executive Coordination and Communication Division. Prior to this role he held the position of Chief of Research Technology and Operations in the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG). Mark led a division which included Research Operations (safety, security & research infrastructure), Digital Science, Scientific & High Performance Computing, Research Engineering and Workforce Capability & Talent.

Prior to joining Defence Mark was the Head of Strategy and Chief of Staff at CSIRO where he reported to the Chief Executive Officer. As a part of the CSIRO Leadership Team Mark led the strategy, planning, performance and evaluation, investment and portfolio management functions.

Mark has served on a number of reviews and committees including the Capability Review of the Department of Home Affairs and on the Australian Research Council (ARC) Expert Advisory Committee for the review of Excellence in Research for Australia and the Engagement and Impact Assessment. His director experience includes serving on the Board of Science and Technology Australia and Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre. He recently completed a PhD in national innovation systems and holds a Bachelor of Commerce, MBA and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).