School Council Members

Richard was appointed as member of School Council, 11/6/1985. He has wide experience as a primary and secondary teacher. He has also had experience in educational administration as a primary school principal. Subsequently Richard was Managing Director of Science Research Associates, the international educational publishing subsidiary of IBM Corporation and then as General Manager of The Australian Quality Council. He also worked for a time as Ministerial Adviser to the Hon. Alan Cadman, MP and later as an executive in the IBM Australia leadership team until June, 2000. Richard is now a part time business improvement adviser for AIM, AusIndustry and the Asian Productivity Organisation.

Leonie was appointed as a member of the School Council on 29 September 2011. She began her professional life as a teacher, and later established a furniture importing business and also served as a director of Allan C. Davis Investments, a family company with various interests. Since the mid-nineties Leonie has worked as a freelance travel journalist writing mainly for The Weekend Australian. A foundation parent, Leonie was active in the school community from the beginning, firstly as an office-bearer in the Parents Association and later as a member of the School Council, from 1986 to 1995. In 1986 she was part of a three-person Management Committee who performed the duties of the Principal until the appointment of Mr. Ron Ayling. She started The Pennant and headed the School's first fund-raising campaign, Building For The Future. Reappointed to Council in 2011, Leonie has an enduring interest in education and THGS in particular. All four of her children attended the School.

John was appointed as a member of School Council on 27 July 2011. He is a Director of three companies, covering migration, salary packaging, contractor management, payroll and international business setup. Past experience has been with in the service industry as sales and marketing director for one of the largest hotel chains in the world and also experience in the IT industry. Currently a member of the fund raising board of the Children's Medical Research Institution CMRI/Jeans For Genes. John is also a member of Migration Institute Australia (MIA), Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA), NSW Business Chamber, Parramatta Chamber, Cumberland Chamber, Sydney Hills Chamber. He is a qualified migration agent. He has three children, two of which attended the school.

Sonya Phillips was appointed as a member of School Council 27 June 2012. She retired as the Mayor of The Hills Shire Council in 2008 following a long career in both Local and State Government including being an adviser to a NSW Parliamentarian. Sonya is now the Director of a government consultancy called "Solutions By Sonya" and is a registered political lobbyist. She is also a Board member of the Rouse Hill Learning and Community Partnership and has extensive experience working with her local communities. Listed in the 2007 and 2008 Who's Who of Australian Women, she is a Justice of the Peace and was the recipient of the Paul Harris Rotary Fellowship. She was also awarded the Australia Centenary Medal for services to industry, the arts and local government.