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International Advisory Council

Sarah Aiono

Fiona Boylan

Fiona Boylan

Play Pedagogy | Chief Executive Officer, Longworth Education, New Zealand

Fiona Boylan

Fiona Boylan

Fiona Boylan

Associate Dean Early Childhood | Researcher, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia 

Liz Bullough

Fiona Boylan

Christine Callender

Lecturer, NPQ Early Years Leadership Programme, UCL Centre for Educational Leadership, 

London, United Kingdom 

Christine Callender

Christine Callender

Christine Callender

Professor of Educational Equity and Social Justice, UCL Institute of Education - Learning & Leadership, 

London, United Kingdom

Mutlu Cukurova

Christine Callender

Mutlu Cukurova

Professor of Learning and Artificial Intelligence, University College London, United Kingdom 

Susan Edwards

Christine Callender

Mutlu Cukurova

Professor of Early Childhood Education & Director of Early Childhood Futures, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia

Michelle Furnell

Michelle Furnell

Michelle Furnell

International Education Consultant, 

Diverse Minds, Dynamic Strengths,

France

Nahla Gahwaji

Michelle Furnell

Michelle Furnell

Professor, Early Childhood Department; Dean, Faculty of Human Sciences and Designs, King Abdulaziz University (KAU), 

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Eirini Gkouskou

Michelle Furnell

Deborah Harcourt

 Associate Professor in Early Years and Primary Education, Programme Leader for MA Early Years Education, IOE, University College London, United Kingdom

Deborah Harcourt

Jacqueline Harding

Deborah Harcourt

Professor and Chair of the Australian Early Childhood Education Institute, Curriculum Consultant and Thought Leader, Asia Pacific Early Childhood Consultants, 

Brisbane, Australia

Jacqueline Harding

Jacqueline Harding

Jacqueline Harding

International child development and education expert, Author, Director Tomorrow’s Child, Parentchannel.tv,   

United Kingdom

Sahbi Hidri

Jacqueline Harding

Jacqueline Harding

Division Chair and Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education Program, Higher Colleges of Technology, 

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Susan Holmes

Suhasini Kanwar

Suhasini Kanwar

 Executive Head, 

Nehru World School and Healthy Planet Schools, Uttar Pradesh, India

Suhasini Kanwar

Suhasini Kanwar

Suhasini Kanwar

Co-Founder, 

Healthy Planet Early Years School, Delhi, India 

Slim Khemakhem

Suhasini Kanwar

Slim Khemakhem

Associate Dean of Academic Operations, Abu Dhabi Campuses, 

Higher Colleges of Technology, 

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Gina Koutsika

Jennifer Oxman Ryan

Slim Khemakhem

  Director, Audiences & Content, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, United Kingdom 

Andrea Lopes

Jennifer Oxman Ryan

Jennifer Oxman Ryan

 Principal,  Our Lady of Mercy Preschool, 

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

Jennifer Oxman Ryan

Jennifer Oxman Ryan

Jennifer Oxman Ryan

Senior Research Manager,      

Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, United States

Gideon Sappor

Raymond J. Schmidt

Raymond J. Schmidt

Associate Professor, leader on the Education Doctorate (EdD) programme & on the Primary PGCE programme, UCL Institute of Education - Learning & Leadership, United Kingdom 

Raymond J. Schmidt

Raymond J. Schmidt

Raymond J. Schmidt

International Educational leader, Author, Researcher, Head of School,

Magen David Academy, 

Panama 

James Searjeant

Raymond J. Schmidt

James Searjeant

  Education Leader and Founder, Be Brave in Education campaign, 

London, United Kingdom 

Salma Seedat

Karla Shepard Rubinger

James Searjeant

Executive Director, 

Innovation Edge, Cape Town, 

South Africa  

Karla Shepard Rubinger

Karla Shepard Rubinger

Karla Shepard Rubinger

  Founding Partner, Rubinger Associates; Former Vice President, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., New York, United States

Tara Solomon

Karla Shepard Rubinger

Karla Shepard Rubinger

  Chief Executive, Kaitiaki Kindergartens,

Kindergarten Association, 

New Zealand

Maryanne Ullery

Natalie Williams

Maryanne Ullery

  Director of Strategy, Research and Evaluation, Miami Children's Museum, United States

Priti Verma

Natalie Williams

Maryanne Ullery

Executive Dean, 

Higher Colleges of Technology, 

Sharjah, 

United Arab Emirates

Natalie Williams

Natalie Williams

Natalie Williams

  Senior Director of Education, Exhibits and Playful Learning,
Miami Children’s Museum,
United States

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