Andrew is the co-founder of Portable,a purpose led digital innovation and design company founded in Melbourne. Portable uses design and technology to help organisations transform the way in which they deliver services, particularly in the areas of justice, healthcare, education and government. His specific areas of expertise are in strategy, finance and technology.

He has been a council member of Preshil for the past four years, where he's acted as Secretary as well as Vice President for the past two years. He alsochaired the School's strategy committee in 2018 and 2019. Andrew has a long history in secondary education. In early 2020 he worked with his team on reviewing and providing recommendations for the roll out of digital learning across secondary schools in Papua New Guinea. In 2019 he co-authored a report entitled Design for Education, which outlines how schools should use design practices to improve their systems and the user experience of teachers and students. In 2018 he worked with the NSW Department of Education to help design a future hub across the State for students, parents and teachers. In his early career he worked across Victoria and Tasmania connecting secondary school curriculum to digital media at over 150 schools.

Outside of education, Andrew’s main areas of focus are in justice, government and retail and he works actively in these areas through his various roles. He is the author of a range of publications, including Taking Back Retail (2012), which looks at how brands can move into the digital age; Hacking the Bureaucracy (2016), a guide to government innovation; Redesigning Work (2017), a report into how design can respond to the changing workforce; and Data Driven Design (2017) which outlines thecase for merging design and data analytics into the same discipline. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from RMIT and a Postgraduate Diploma in English Literature from Melbourne University and is currently enrolled at Melbourne University's Senior Executive MBA program.

I have been a Preshil parent since 2016 and my children are in the 11s at Arlington and Year 9 at Blackhall. We chose Preshil for its commitment to progressive education, and the way in which courage is ingrained in the School’s culture and its approach to students. I joined the School Council in 2017 and I think it is important that the School’s governance is characterised by the same culture of courage that we want to see for our children.

I am employed by the University of Melbourne Student Union as its Chief Executive Officer andhave worked there since 2006. UMSU represents all students at the university as well as providing a range of student support services and student engagement programs.We are a student-led organisation that has a particular focuson student welfare and engagement. Prior to working for UMSU I worked in the higher education sector in roles related to student advocacy and welfare.

Since joining the Preshil School Council I have been a member of the Strategy committee in 2018 and 2019, and I have been the Treasurer since July 2020. I currently sit on the Audit and Risk committee and the Remuneration and Nominations committee.

I have a Bachelor of Arts from Monash University and a Masters of Tertiary Education Management from the University of Melbourne.

Toby is an alumni of Preshil, having attended as a student in secondary years at Yallambie and Blackhall in the 1980s. He is a parent of teenagers who attend his local state high school. Toby is a lawyer who was previously a partner at a national law firm working in Melbourne and in Perth, and currently practises as a barrister and is a member of the Victorian Bar specialising in commercial, employment and industrial relations law.

I joined Council in 2012 after my son started at Blackhall Kalimna in Year 9. Like my fellow councillors at the time and those I currently serve with, my interest was sparked by a desire to make whatever additional contribution I could to the School. Having had an alternative secondary education and knowing many alumni of Arlington there, I felt a strong connection that was only strengthened after watching the influence Preshil had on my son. I have been privileged to have been on Council during a period of considerable change that has seen us go from strength to strength without ever losing sight of who we are

I am an educational researcher at the Australian Council for Educational Research specialising in testing and assessment. I have always been interested in progressive education. I taught for two years in the late 1970s at ERA, the school formed by Preshil parents because there was then no secondary Preshil.

I taught for three years at Blackhall before being offered a job at ACER in 1988. I was in contact with various Preshil staff, and was aware of development at the School over the next 25 years. I presume I had the honour of being suggested as an educator for Council by my esteemed predecessor, Eva Strasser.

When I resigned from Preshil at the end of 1987 Margaret Lyttle called me at home and said her curse would pursue me down the generations. On the day of my last Preshil staff meeting I was for the first and only time quite incapacitated by a migraine headache. Margaret sent me a parting gift of one of her favourite books and wrote on the inside cover that I would return. I am very happy to do so, even if in a small way, as a member of the School Council.

I joined the School Council in 2014. I attended Preshil for the entirety of my schooling, and had worked at Arlington after graduation as a teacher's assistant, and again after graduating with a Bachelor of Teaching (Primary).

I returned to Preshil in 2013 after working in dispute resolution and public health. It was a tremendous honour to join the School Council as my father, Mondie, had been Chair for many years, working alongside Mug both while I attended and beyond.

I am a passionate advocate for the Preshil way, my children attend here, and this year I'm Acting Head of the Arlington Campus

I joined Council in 2020 as a Preshil parent and an educator with four decades’ experience in schools and universities. When systems across the world are forgetting the crucial importance of diversity, creativity, and positive relationships in education, Preshil stands as a beacon of hope.

I look forward to working with my fellow councillors and the rest of the Preshil community in this exciting period of renewal and consolidation.