Our training and consulting team
Our team of trainers and consultants bring significant subject matter expertise, practice experience, communication skills and networks to the work of Berry Street.
They continually strive for excellence and are all strongly committed to using their knowledge to drive change for children, young people and families who have experienced disadvantage.
BSEM consultants
![Lead Trainer of the Berry Street Education Model Michele Sampson](/imager/main/113719/michele-sampson_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Michele Sampson
Graduate Diploma (Reading Education) | Diploma of Teaching
![Senior Trainer of the Berry Street Education Model Cheree Taylor](/imager/main/112591/cheree-taylor_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Cheree Taylor
Master of Business Administration | Bachelor of Education (Special Education) | Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and Youth Studies) | Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
![John Barkley](/imager/main/Staff-bios/439377/John-Barkley_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
John Barkley
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) | Graduate Diploma of Teaching
![Senior Training of the Berry Street Education Model Joanne Olsen](/imager/main/112397/joanne-olsen_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Joanne Olsen
Masters of Science (English Education) | Bachelor Arts (English) | Certificate in Positive Education
![judy hilton](/imager/main/Staff-bios/438702/Judy-Hilton_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Judy Hilton
Master of Applied Positive Psychology | Graduate Diploma School Counselling; Bachelor of Education | Diploma Positive Psychology and Wellbeing | Diploma Community Services Management | Diploma Training and Assessment Systems | Diploma Alcohol and Other Drugs Work
![Kaine Volkov](/imager/main/Staff-bios/439021/Kaine-Volkov_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Kaine Volkov
Bachelor of Applied Science (Human Movement) | Bachelor of Education (Junior Primary/Primary) | Master of Education (Wellbeing & Positive Mental Health)
![Tanya Lancaster](/imager/main/Staff-bios/439694/Tanya-Lancaster_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Tanya Lancaster
Registered Psychologist | Post Graduate Diploma Counselling Psychology | Graduate Diploma Psychology | Bachelor of Education (General Primary)
![Sarah Forgan](/imager/main/Staff-bios/440110/Sarah-Forgan_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Sarah Forgan
Master of Education (Communities and Social Justice) Bachelor of Education (Primary)
![Monique Langley-Freeman](/imager/main/Staff-bios/441068/Monique-Langley-Freeman_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Monique Langley-Freeman
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) | Master of Teaching
![Lisa Hoang](/imager/main/Staff-bios/521442/Lisa-Hoang_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.png)
Lisa Hoang
Bachelor of Arts | Bachelor of Education | Professional Certificate of Adolescent Counselling | Graduate Diploma of Counselling | Professional Certificate of Coaching for Educational Leaders | Professional Certificate of Positive Education
![Andrew Zakrzewski](/imager/main/Staff-bios/521441/Andrew-Zakrzewski_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.png)
Andrew Zakrzewski
Bachelor Arts/ Bachelor Teaching with Special Educational Needs (SEN) specialisation | Certificate IV Training and Assessment
![Doug Bailey](/imager/main/Staff-bios/569821/Doug-Bailey_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Brian Douglas Bailey
Bachelor of Education | Master of Education
![Lena Streiff Kosok](/imager/main/Staff-bios/570095/Lena-Streiff-Kosok_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Lena Streiff Kosok
AMI/NAMTA Montessori 12-18 Qualification | Graduate Diploma Secondary Education | Bachelor Performing Arts
![Simone Kapaun](/imager/main/Staff-bios/640346/Simone-Kapaun_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.png)
Simone Kapaun
Master of Teaching | Bachelor of Music
![Kate Lose](/imager/main/Staff-bios/743846/Kate-Lose_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Kate Lose
Bachelor of Education: Junior Primary and Primary | Professional Certificate of Positive Psychology
Financial literacy trainers
![Berry Street trainer Anita Pell](/imager/main/117418/anita-pell_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Anita Pell
Masters of Social Work | Bachelor of Social Work | Diploma of Business Management | Diploma of Pastoral Care
![Berry Street trainer Gail Walton](/imager/main/117331/gail-walton_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Gail Walton
Diploma of Youth Work | Certificate IV in Training & Assessment
Foster care trainers
![Berry Street Trainer Deb Collard](/imager/main/118054/deb-collard_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Deb Collard
Bachelor of Social Work | Post Graduate Diploma in Developmental Psychiatry | Post Graduate in Play Therapy | Certificate IV in Investigations
Specialist trauma trainers
![Professor of Women’s Mental Health Anne Buist](/imager/main/118253/anne-buist_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Professor Anne Buist
FRANZCP | Doctor of Medicine | Master of Medicine | Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
![Executive Director of the Safe and Together Institute David mandel](/imager/main/116596/david-mandel_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
David Mandel
Master of Arts | Licensed Professional Counselor
![Professor Campbell Paul](/imager/main/116351/prof-campbell-paul_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Professor Campbell Paul
FRANZCP | Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery| Certificate of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
![Associate Director of the Safe and Together Institute Heidi Rankin](/imager/main/117169/heidi-rankin_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Heidi Rankin
Master of Public Administration
![Lisa Bolger](/imager/main/Staff-bios/376613/lisa-bolger_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Lisa Bolger
Mental Health Nurse
![Julie Larrieu](/imager/main/Staff-bios/374288/Julie-Larrieu_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Julie Larrieu, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry | Director, Division of Clinical Psychology
![emma toone](/imager/main/Staff-bios/398478/emma-toone_headshot_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Emma Toone
Master of Child Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy | Graduate Diploma Psychoanalytic Studies | Bachelor of Health Science Naturopathy
![Chandra Chosh Ippen](/imager/main/Staff-bios/510492/Chandra-Chosh-Ippen_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.png)
Dr Chandra Ghosh Ippen
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology | BA Psychology and French
Take two trainers
![Social Worker Jessamy House](/imager/main/Staff-bios/98637/jessamy-house_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Jessamy House
Bachelor of Social Work (Hons)
![Executive Director Statewide Services Annette Jackson](/imager/main/112439/annette-jackson_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Annette Jackson
Master of Social Work | Bachelor of Social Work | Certificate of Developmental Psychiatry | Creswick Fellow, 2004 | Diploma (Therapeutic Life Story Work) | Child Trauma Fellow, ChildTrauma Academy
![Take Two Team Leader Clare Ryan](/imager/main/112191/clare-ryan_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Clare Ryan
Bachelor of Social Work | Certificate IV in Workplace Assessment and Training | Certified Trainer in NMT | Diploma of Project Management
![Take Two Clinical Practice Development Consultant Kathleen Wood](/imager/main/111721/kathleen-wood_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)
Kathleen Wood
Bachelor Social Work | Cert IV Health (Nursing) | Cert IV Training & Assessment
![Ariane Barton](/imager/main/Staff-bios/704849/Ariane-Barton_2a915bcfd71be34a2136451500eb56d9.jpg)