Australian Parent's Council

Vice President
Ann Bliss

Ann is the Executive Director of the Federation of Catholic School Parent Communities which represents and supports parents with children in Catholic schools in South Australia.  Ann is strongly committed to promoting, supporting and encouraging active and constructive family/school partnerships and the engagement of parents in education and works to achieve this through representation on a range of key national, state and Catholic education sector education forums and through the provision of tailored services and resources for school parent communities, school leaders and educators.

Ann chairs the Australian Parents Council's Parental Engagement and Partnerships task force, is a member of the College of Executive Officers and past member of the Government Policy, Funding and Advocacy task group.

Vice President
Dianne Caulfield 

Di has spent all her working life engaged in the employment and vocational education sectors within government, private and community service settings. Now self-employed, Di and her husband own a Mail Plus franchise and Di also operates a consultancy service in the vocational training sector. Di's daughter was educated at an Independent School in Brisbane and she first became involved in the Queensland Independent Schools Parents Council (QISPC) in about 2006 through being a committee member of her school's  P&F. Di is very passionate about the place independent schools have in the education sector. She is just as passionate about supporting parents in independent schools to be engaged in their children's education and to have a strong voice that celebrates and represents the diversity of schools in the sector. 

Vice President
Shelley Hill 

Currently the Executive Officer of the Parents and Friends' Federation of Western Australia.  Sits on the Board  at St Piusx Primary School and on the Parent Education Committee of the Corpus Christi College Parent Council.  Commenced her involvement with parent organisations when her eldest son was in playgroup.

She has been involved with the APC since early 2008 and was elected a Vice President that year and took on the Chair of the Early Childhood Development Community of Interest and Knowledge.  APC provides her the opportunity to engage with issues at a national level in a collaborative environment with broad representation.