This is an incomplete list of University of Canberra people, including notable alumni and staff.
Alumni
Business Betty Kitchener, founder of mental health first aid training and CEO of Mental Health First Aid International Deborah Schofield, director of the Centre for Economic Impacts of Genomic Medicine, Macquarie University Vivek Wadhwa, technology entrepreneur and academic
Government Simon Corbell, Labor member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly and former Attorney-General and senior Minister Kelly Hoare, former member of the Australian House of Representatives Virginia Judge, former Member for Strathfield and former NSW Minister for Fair Trading, Citizenship and Minister Assisting The Premier on the Arts Ben Small, former Liberal Senator for Western Australia Ursula Stephens, former Senator for New South Wales and former Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector Dr Lotay Tshering, former Prime Minister of Bhutan Steve Whan, Member for Monaro and NSW Minister for Skills and TAFE Kristy McBain, member of the Australian House of Representatives and minister in the Albanese government Rosalie Woodruff, epidemiologist and leader of the Tasmanian Greens Natasha Fyles, former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory Nichole Overall, Member for Monaro in the New South Wales Legislative Council in 2022
Humanities Matt Worley, rugby player Wil Anderson, comedian Adam Boland, producer Sunrise, Weekend Sunrise and The Morning Show – Channel Seven. Genesis Owusu, singer and four-time ARIA Music Awards winner Justin Heazlewood, aka The Bedroom Philosopher, comedian/folk singer Cate Kennedy, author Garth Nix, author Jonathan Uptin, weekend presenter of Nine News Queensland David Vernon, writer JG Montgomery, author
Law Shane Drumgold SC, lawyer, former Director of Public Prosecutions (ACT)
Pageantry Hannah Arnold, beauty pageant titleholder crowned Binibining Pilipinas International 2021
Sport Ben Alexander, Australian rugby union player, former Captain of The University of Canberra Brumbies Maitlan Brown, Australia, Melbourne Renegades and NSW Breakers cricketer Nathan Deakes, Olympic athlete and medallist, World Champion and World record holder in the 50 km Walk Scott Fava, Western Force rugby union player George Gregan, former captain, Australian national rugby union team Joshua Katz (born 1997), Olympic judoka Lee Lai Shan, Olympics gold medalist in windsurfing Petria Thomas, Olympic swimmer and multiple gold medal winnerPetria Thomas: Olympic, Sport, Keynote Speaker Alan Tongue, Canberra Raiders rugby league player
Honorary appointments
Emeritus professors Ann Harding, economist and inaugural director of the university's National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling. The Ann Harding Conference Centre is named in her honour Patrick Dunleavy, political scientist and ANZSOG Institute for Governance Centenary Chair
Doctoral fellows Michelle Grattan, journalist and chief political correspondent of The Conversation Elizabeth Grant, anthropologist, criminologist, and academic in Indigenous architecture and human rights Donald Horne, journalist, author, public intellectual, and chancellor Karen Middleton, journalist
Staff
Tom Calma, human rights advocate and second Indigenous Australian university chancellor Kim Rubenstein, legal scholar and co-director of the 50/50 by 2030 Foundation Frank Bongiorno, historian and director of the Vice-Chancellor's Centre for Public Ideas
Administration Chancellors Order Chancellor Academic qualifications Term startTerm end Notes 1 Dr Doug Waterhouse, CMG ForMemRS BSc, MSc, DSc (Sydney)19901992 2 Donald Horne, 19921995 3 Wendy McCarthy, BA, DipEd (New England) 19962005 4 Ingrid Moses DiplSozWirt (FAU), MA (UQ), GDipTerEd (DDIAE), PhD (UQ) 20062010 5 Dr John McKay, BA (Canberra) 20112013 6 Dr Tom Calma, AssocDipCommDev (SAIT), AssocDipSocWork (SAIT) 20142023 7 Lisa Paul, BA (Hons) (ANU) 2024incumbent
Vice-Chancellors Order Vice-Chancellor Academic qualifications Term startTerm end Notes 1 Dr Roger Scott BA (Tasmania)198919902Don Aitkin, MA (New England), PhD (ANU)199120023Dr Roger DeanPhD (Cambridge)20022007 4 Dr Stephen Parker, LL.B (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), PhD (Wales) 20072016 5 Dr Deep Saini PhD (Adelaide) 20162020 6Dr Paddy NixonB.Sc. (Liverpool), PhD (Sheffeld), MA (Dublin)20202023interimDr Lucy Johnston BA (Hons) (UO), MA (UO), PhD (University of Bristol)20232024 interim Dr Stephen Parker, LL.B (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), PhD (Wales) 202420257Hon. Bill Shorten BA, LLB (Monash), MBA (MBS)2025
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