In 2008 she was appointed the first female president of The Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia. The Institute aims to serve the community, commerce and industry by facilitating efficient dispute resolution methods including arbitration, mediation, conciliation and adjudication. Angela's mother-in-law is Margaret (Peg) Lusink, first Victorian woman appointed as a judge to a superior court and Peg's mother was Joan Lusink, who became Victoria's first woman Queen's Council in 1965. Now that's a family for inspired women!
In 2009, she retired from the University of Melbourne, where she was an Associate Professor, Deputy Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Discipline Chair of Creative Arts in the School of Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts. Prior to these roles, she was foundation Head of the School of Creative Arts (2001–2004), University of Melbourne and Dean of the School of Studies in Creative Arts, Victorian College of the Arts (1995–2000). She has also worked in the vocational education sector in Australia and England and has specialist expertise in curriculum development and review, educational management and dispute resolution in the tertiary sector. and federal and state councillor for the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). She was foundation President of the Victorian chapter of the Shakespeare Globe Centre and active in the annual Shakespeare Schools’ Festival for a decade (1990-1999).
www.polyglottheatre.comDr Angela O’Brien is a Barrister-at-law, Victoria, Mediator, Arbitrator and independent consultant with specialist expertise in the areas of dispute resolution, education and the arts. In 2009 she retired from the University of Melbourne where she was an Associate Professor, Deputy Dean of the Schoo...
