UCOL - Universal College of Learning

Trevor Goodwin (Chair) – Ministerial Appointment

Mr Goodwin is a chairman of Business New Zealand. He is a former president of the Employers and Manufacturers Association Inc and chairman of Stages Group of Companies and Old Town Properties Ltd. He is a former director and chairman of the Gas Association of New Zealand director of Wanganui Gas Ltd and chairman of the Wanganui Jockey Club.

Malcolm Inglis (Deputy Chair) – Ministerial Appointment

Mr Inglis is a management consultant. Mr Inglis has worked with numerous tertiary education institutions, agencies and the State Services Commission. Mr Inglis is a chartered accountant and member of the Institute of Directors.

David Baker – Ministerial Appointment

Mr Baker has worked for 40 years as a farm management consultant and registered valuer based in the Wairarapa. He established agribusiness consultancy and valuation firm Baker Associates in 1986 and is now a consultant to the firm.

Mr Baker served for 21 years as a Director of Ravensdown Fertiliser, and was a Government-appointed Trustee for the establishment of the New Zealand Rural Trust.

He is a past director of Palmerston North-based Fieldair Holdings and Waikato firm AEL, and serves on a number of district farm committees and trusts. Mr Baker is a Life Member of the New Zealand Institute of Primary Industry Management and a senior member of the Property Institute.

Pamela Jefferies – Ministerial Appointment

Pamela Jefferies is a professional Director and Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants. Ms Jefferies is a former ministerial appointee to the Wairarapa District Health Board, Chief Commissioner Human Rights Commission, Legal Services Board, Equal Opportunites Tribunal Panel, Auckland District Services Committee and the National Housing Commision.

Tom Prebble - Council Appointment

Dr Tom Prebble has made a career-long commitment to the tertiary education sector as an academic and administrator. For the past two years he has served on the Board of ITP Quality, from 2009 as its Deputy Chair.

In 2006 and 2007 Tom was an Establishment Director for Ako Aotearoa, the National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence, and serves on its Board.

In 2008 he co-authored Taking the Lead: Strategic Management for E-Learning, a joint project between Ako Aotearoa and the Ministry of Education, and has conducted workshops with senior management of tertiary institutions, including UCOL.

From 2002 to 2005 Tom was Professor of Higher Education at Massey University. He was Principal, Extramural and International, at Massey University from 1999 to 2002 and previously Director of Extramural Studies.

He holds a PhD from Alberta University, is an Emeritus Professor of Massey University and is based in Palmerston North.

Sue Walbran - Council Appointment

Dr Sue Walbran currently works as an education consultant and is a former UCOL staff member with an extensive knowledge of the tertiary education sector gained from over 20 years experience.

Sue was Academic Director, Head of Education Services at UCOL in Palmerston North from 1996 to 1999, and was previously a Lecturer in Medical Radiation Technology. Until recently, she was Manager of the Quality Development Unit for the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, having also held other senior positions with the Authority.

Sue holds a PhD from Victoria University with her thesis investigating the influence of the National Qualifications Framework in New Zealand on course design, teaching and learning. Her other qualifications include postgraduate qualifications in Education and Health Services Management from Massey University.

Sue has a strong belief in the transformative effects of education and is committed to ensuring success for all learners.

She lives in Blenheim although works throughout New Zealand.

​Lynette Bradnam - Iwi Appointment

Lynette Bradnam has thirty years of educational experience including Head of School, Te Kura Māori, at Wellington College of Education at Victoria University; lecturer/School Support Services adviser at Wellington College of Education at Victoria University; six years in the Ministry of Education working in the Schooling group and Group Māori Policy team; six years as an Assistant Principal and head of a bilingual unit in the multicultural community of Porirua.