Bio of Anne Stephens, BA, Bed(GE), Confirmed PhD Candidate
Anne has worked for over two decades in the non-profit community and education sectors. She has a passionate interest in practical conservation, regenerative agriculture and food security
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Bio of Anne Stephens, BA, Bed(GE), Confirmed PhD Candidate.
Anne has worked for over two decades in the non-profit community and education sectors. She has a passionate interest in practical conservation, regenerative agriculture and food security. She served as the first Chairman of Food Connect Pty Ltd, an award winning, community managed organic food distribution company in Australia; owns and operates an organic farm in the Mary Valley; and is Coordinator of the Tenth Australasian Permaculture Convergence. She is presently a Project Officer with the Cairns Regional Council facilitating health and nutrition workshops.
Anne is a registered economics and social science teacher, school administrator, and education consultant. Building on her early training in journalism, Anne was the education consultant to Network Ten’s children’s unit. Anne has held senior communications positions with the Queensland Department of Education and Training and Statutory Authorities.
In 2009, Anne won the Sir Geoffrey Vickers Memorial Award for the most outstanding student paper at the 53rd Meeting of the International Society for Systems Sciences (ISSS). She will submit her PhD thesis late 2010.
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