Karen who is principal of Hills Grammar School, President of the Australian Professional Teaching Association and President of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English is passionate about enabling staff and students to embrace innovation.

She has won the NSW Premier’s Scholarship, a National Reading Australia fellowship, a leadership fellowship to China, a Singapore Ministry International Fellowship, the State Library of NSW Fellowship, and numerous professional teaching awards. Karen lectured at the University of NSW for twelve years and published three books.

She has presented papers locally, nationally and internationally. Karen is undertaking her PhD.