List of Deakin University people

This is a list of Deakin University people, including notable alumni and staff.

Notable alumni

Business

• Jeremy Burge, entrepreneur and founder of Emojipedia ^[1]
• Adinda Cresheilla, businesswoman, Indonesian G20 Ambassador, fashion model, Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2022 and Miss Supranational Indonesia 2022 ^[2]
• Simon Garlick, CEO of the Western Bulldogs:^{[ citation needed ]}
• Carolyn Hardy, CEO UNICEF Australia ^[3]
• Princess Jahnavi Kumari of Mewar, Family Office Private Equity Investment Management^{[ citation needed ]}
• Christopher Lynch, former Chief Financial Officer & Former Director of BHP, CEO of Transurban: BCom, MBA ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Michael Malouf, former Chief Executive Officer, Carlton Football Club ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Lindsay Maxsted, Chairman Westpac ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Bruce Peterson, Founder and Chairman of Grande Experiences ^[4]
• Jim Stynes OAM, businessman and Chairman of Melbourne Football Club ^{[ citation needed ]}

Government

Politicians

Federal politicians

• Mark Butler MP, Federal Member for Port Adelaide ^[5]
• Trish Crossin, Senator for Northern Territory ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Bridget McKenzie, Senator for Victoria, Deputy Leader of the Nationals^{[ citation needed ]}
• Catherine King MP, Federal Member for Ballarat: LLB^{[ citation needed ]}
• Michael Sukkar MP, Federal Member for Deakin ^[6]
• Libby Coker MP, Federal Member for Corangamite^{[ citation needed ]}
• Helen Haines MP, Federal Member for Indi^{[ citation needed ]}
• Raff Ciccone, Senator for Victoria^{[ citation needed ]}
• Dave Sharma MP, Federal Member for Wentworth^{[ citation needed ]}

Australian state and territory politicians

• Julie Attwood, Member of Legislative Assembly of Queensland ^{[ citation needed ]}
• John Brumby, former Premier and Treasurer of the State of Victoria ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Josh Bull, Member of Legislative Assembly of Victoria: Country Newspaper Journalism^{[ citation needed ]}
• Georgie Crozier, Member of Legislative Council of Victoria ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Matt Fregon, Member of Legislative Assembly of Victoria ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Mark Gepp, Member of Legislative Council of Victoria ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Danielle Green, Member of Legislative Assembly of Victoria ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Peter Gutwein, Premier of the State of Tasmania ^{[ citation needed ]}
• John Hyde, Member of Legislative Assembly of Western Australia First openly gay man to be elected to the Western Australian parliament ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Andrew Katos, Former Member of Legislative Assembly of Victoria ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Denis Napthine, Premier of the State of Victoria: MBA^{[ citation needed ]}
• Lisa Neville, Member of Legislative Assembly of Victoria ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Craig Ondarchie, Member of Legislative Council of Victoria ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Jaala Pulford, Member of Legislative Council of Victoria ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Tim Richardson, Member of Legislative Assembly of Victoria ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Adem Somyurek, Member of Legislative Council of Victoria ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Nina Springle, Former Member of Legislative Council of Victoria, Former Deputy Leader of the Victorian Greens ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Jaclyn Symes, Member of Legislative Council of Victoria ^{[ citation needed ]}

International politicians

• Mahmoud Saikal, Permanent representative of Afghanistan to the UN

Public servants

• Neil Comrie, former Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police ^{[ citation needed ]}

Humanities

Arts

• Anurag Singh, Pollywood and Bollywood director^{[ citation needed ]}
• Rodger Corser, Australian actor: Honours B.A in Media Studies^{[ citation needed ]}
• Tony Ellwood, Director of the National Gallery of Victoria and former director of Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art: M.App.Sc.(Museum Studies) ^[7]
• Oliver Feltham, contemporary philosopher and English translator of Alain Badiou's Being and Event (2006)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Rachel Griffiths, actress ^[8]
• Mandawuy Yunupingu, indigenous musician, community leader and Australian of the Year (1992)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Xander Pratt, Avant-garde interdisciplinary artist^{[ citation needed ]}

Journalism

• Emma Alberici, journalist/presenter with the ABC ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Livinia Nixon, Nine Network weather presenter^{[ citation needed ]}
• Leigh Sales, ABC journalist, anchor of 7.30 and author: Master of International Relations, Brisbane Writers Festival. ^[9]
• Stella Young, comedian, journalist and disability rights activist: BA^{[ citation needed ]}
• Nathan Templeton, former 10 News First sports reporter and now^{[ when? ]} the Melbourne correspondent on Sunrise ^[10]
• Neary Ty, news reporter for Channel 9 ^[11]

Sport

• Jakara Anthony, skier^{[ citation needed ]}
• Jimmy Bartel, 2007 Brownlow Medallist and triple AFL Premiership Player in 2007, 2009 and 2011 with the Geelong Football Club. 2011 Norm Smith medallist^{[ citation needed ]}
• Kristina Bates, field hockey player^{[ citation needed ]}
• Mark Blake, 2009 AFL Premiership player with the Geelong Football Club ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Belle Brockhoff, snowboarder^{[ citation needed ]}
• Campbell Brown, 2008 AFL Premiership player with Hawthorn Football Club and inaugural Gold Coast Football Club player: BCom (Sports Management)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Tim Callan, AFL footballer with the Western Bulldogs:^{[ citation needed ]}
• Briony Cole, Gold medalist, 2006 Commonwealth Games, & Silver medalist, 2008 Beijing Olympics ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Peter Daniel, former footballer for Essendon Football Club, AFL^{[ citation needed ]}
• Ben Graham, former Geelong Football Club star, now a punter for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League; first Australian to play in the Super Bowl ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Tom Harley, Dual Premiership Captain of Geelong Football Club in 2007 and 2009^{[ citation needed ]}
• Dean Hewitt, curler^{[ citation needed ]}
• Geoff Hunt, World Champion squash player: Charles William ape^{[ citation needed ]}
• Michael Klinger, Australian cricketer ^[12]
• Carmen Marton, Australia's first ever world taekwondo champion^{[ citation needed ]}
• Ezi Magbegor, basketballer^{[ citation needed ]}
• Mat McBriar, punter for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Alex Pearce, Australian rules footballer^{[ citation needed ]}
• Nathan Pellissier, table tennis player^{[ citation needed ]}
• Henry Playfair, AFL footballer with the Sydney Swans: BCom^{[ citation needed ]}
• Jeff Rowley, surfer and celebrity speaker: MBA in leadership and communications. ^[13]
• Matt Stevic, AFL umpire ^[14]
• Jack Viney, Australian rules footballer^{[ citation needed ]}
• Breann Moody, Australian rules footballer^{[ citation needed ]}

Other

• Phillip Aspinall, Primate of the Anglican Church in Australia: MBA^{[ citation needed ]}
• Colonel Benito T. de Leon, Military Officer, Philippines Army: MA (Strategic Studies)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Arthur Vivian Lucas Jones, Bishop of the Anglican Church in Australia ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Major General Mark Kelly, Officer of the Australian Army: Grad.Dip. Defence Studies^{[ citation needed ]}
• James Kilgore, as Charles William Pape, member of the Symbionese Liberation Army: PhD ^{[15] [16]}
• Mary Macken-Horarik, linguist^{[ citation needed ]}
• Sally-Anne McCormack, Australian clinical psychologist^{[ citation needed ]}
• Anika Molesworth, agroecology scientist^{[ citation needed ]}
• Kathryn Sheffield, remote sensing, BS^{[ citation needed ]}
• Christopher Sonn, social psychologist, GDed. (Victoria College)^{[ citation needed ]}

Notable staff

• Kevin Anderson, filmmaker^{[ citation needed ]}
• Kate Buchanan, ARC Future Fellow^{[ citation needed ]}
• Tania de Koning-Ward, ^[17] Commonwealth Health Minister's Medal for Excellence in Health and Medical Research
• Peter Hodgson, ^[18] 2009 Australian Laureate Fellow
• John Jonas, Birks Professor of Metallurgy, McGill University: Visiting Professor.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Ross Oakley, former Australian Football League CEO: Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Business and Law^{[ citation needed ]}
• David Parkin, former coach of Carlton and Hawthorn Football Clubs: Lecturer in Exercise Science.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Mark Weinberg, Chief Justice of Norfolk Island: Adjunct Professor, School of Law.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Jim Kennan, former politician, Adjunct Professor of Law^{[ citation needed ]}
• Svetha Venkatesh, Director of the Centre for Pattern Recognition and Data Analytics^{[ citation needed ]}

Administration

Chancellors

Order	Chancellor	Years	Notes
1	John Stanhope AM[ citation needed ]	2016–present

Vice-Chancellors

Order	Vice-Chancellor	Years	Notes
1	Frederic Jevons [ citation needed ]	1977–1985
2	Malcolm Skilbeck [ citation needed ]	1986–1991
3	John A. Hay [ citation needed ]	1992–1996
4	Geoff Wilson [ citation needed ]	1997–2002
5	Sally Walker [ citation needed ]	2003–2010
6	Jane den Hollander [ citation needed ]	2010–present

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