Senior Management

Dr Forsyth is an outstanding educational professional. His educational philosophy is based upon the holistic education of every child and the importance of nourishing the strengths and needs of each individual student. Dr Forsyth has embraced the role of Principal of Collegiate, drawn by the School’s vibrant and supportive community, unique heritage, extraordinary history of academic success and ongoing commitment to innovation.

Read more about Adam on our Meet The Principal Webpage

Brian has been a valued member of the Collegiate community for over 15 years, leading a dedicated team of maintenance staff in caring for our extensive buildings and grounds. In this time he has overseen significant redevelopments and coordinated major building projects.

With three individual campuses to maintain, as well as Collegiate’s sporting facilities at Tolmans Hill, Brian’s attention to detail is clearly evident. The time and effort required to ensure the preservation of Collegiate’s many historic buildings is testament to Brian’s outstanding project management skills.

Brian has recently completed a Certificate IV in Leadership & Management.

Deb has had a wonderfully diverse teaching career. Her first position was in Papua New Guinea at Madang International Primary School. She went on to teach in Greece, London, Indonesia and then in Hobart for the Department of Education. Working mostly with primary age students, along with early learning, she has also enjoyed coaching international students in preparation for university.

Appointed as the Literacy Coordinator for Prep to Year 6 at Collegiate, Deb graduated as a Master Teacher in 2006. She took on the position of Director of the Enrichment, Differentiation and Gifted Education (EDGE) program in 2007.

An Old Girl of the School (as are her sister and three nieces), Deb knows that she covered a lot of ground between being a student and returning as a teacher. She highly values the strong bond within the school community and feels privileged to be working at Collegiate.

Deb received an ASG National Excellence in Teaching Award in 2010. She is married and has two sons.

Hailing originally from South Australia, and having travelled and lived across Australia together, Erin, her husband Ben, and their two sons have found their home in Tasmania. Erin brings with her a broad range of skills and experience, including more than ten years in leadership roles in the tertiary education sector, where she has been responsible for developing and delivering exceptional strategic, financial management, governance, and business outcomes.

Erin specialises in strategic planning and delivery, business management and project management across tertiary, government and not-for-profit industries. Erin enjoys building and managing high performing teams, and seeks to build a culture of continuous improvement, growth, and development with her staff. Erin also has extensive experience in corporate governance and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Erin and her family enjoy walking at the beach, hiking and camping. She is also a prolific reader, and welcomes suggestions for new books to read.

Reverend Kate Boughton is the Chaplain at St Michael’s Collegiate School in Hobart. She was ordained as a Deacon in 2008 and a Priest in 2010. Before coming to Collegiate her roles have seen her work extensively with children, youth, young adults and their families, both here in Tasmania as Assistant Curate at St David’s Cathedral and Diocesan Ministry Assistant, and in Melbourne as an Associate Minister at St Jude’s Anglican Church.

In Parish context, Kate reflects that she might see students for four hours each week. In comparison, the school environment can see communication with students for up to where it can be thirty-five hours plus. Schools have a huge influence on our young people – second to the family – and Kate is honoured to be here serving the Collegiate community, its students, staff, and families.

Kate’s prayer is that our students will indeed flourish, that they will think well and thoroughly about the Christian faith and that they will believe in Jesus as Lord and Saviour.

Kate continues to work with the Arrow Leadership Program in Australia and holds a Bachelor of Music with Honours, a Master of Divinity and is currently completing a Master of Teaching.

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10

Louise Waterworth has thrived in Early Childhood Education and Care all her working life and accepted her first management position when she moved to the Northern Territory.

On her return to Tasmania, Louise became the State Manager for CatholicCare Children’s Services and enjoyed a fabulous five years in that diverse, challenging and rewarding role.

In order to spend more time with her children as they began upper primary school, Louise stepped back and worked part-time at Lady Gowrie Tasmania.

Louise is excited to join Collegiate as the Manager of ELC and OSHC. Our students, families and educators have given her a warm welcome and she finds the learning environment engaging, stimulating and authentic. She has fed the chooks, run across the field and enjoyed lunch with the children.

Louise enjoys gardening, swimming, water polo, days at the beach with her children and spending time on the East Coast.

I am an experienced accountant with over 25 years of accounting experience, working predominantly in the not-for-profit sector, firstly in the aged care industry and now over 3 years with Collegiate.

My responsibilities include oversight of the payroll, accounts payable and receivable along with the preparation of financial reports, budgets, cash flows and statutory reports to various government agencies.

I have a Bachelor of Business graduating with distinction from the University of Southern Queensland along with completing his Professional Year with the Institute of Charted Accountants.

I am married to Sandy. On weekends I enjoy exploring new parts of Tasmania and walking my German Shepherd x Border Collie.

Rodney has been a member of the teaching staff at Collegiate since 1999. His roles have included Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 classroom teacher and mentor, Junior School sports coordinator, teacher of HPE, House Dean of Kilburn, Year Level Coordinator in the Middle School and Head of the Faculty of Mathematics (K-12).  Rodney has great loyalty and commitment to Collegiate, he is a strong advocate for the importance of girls education and has been a key contributor to the formation of the Middle School culture.

Rodney was a keen sportsman and is now an avid supporter who enjoys early morning runs, backyard cricket and football games with his family. He is a passionate supporter of the Melbourne Football Club and enjoys watching cricket. He lives with his wife Rebecca and their two boys.

I grew up in southern Tasmania and after graduating from UTAS, I travelled to England where I began my teaching career.  After living overseas for five years, I returned to Tasmania and started working in a variety of schools.  Throughout my career, I have worked in government schools, Catholic Schools and the independent sector.  I have taught everything from Kindergarten to Year 6 and enjoy the challenges and developmental stages of each year level.  Prior to coming to Collegiate, I also had the opportunity to take on the roles of Student Learning Support Coordinator and Assistant Principal in Teaching and Learning, in addition to being a classroom teacher. As an Alumni of the School, I was excited to start working at St Michael’s Collegiate in 2011 and have thoroughly enjoyed being part of such an amazing community.  During my time at Collegiate, I have taken on a variety of roles at various times, including Mentor Teacher on a range of year levels, Master Teacher in Mathematics, Acting Head of Junior School, Lead Teacher on the Year 9 ASPIRE Solomon Islands trip, Junior School House Coordinator for Kilburn and Mitchell, Daily Organiser and Timetabler for the Junior School and Pastoral Care Coordinator in the Junior School.  I find my roles at Collegiate to be particularly rewarding and truly enjoy sharing the students’ learning journeys as they progress through the School.

Todd graduated UTAS with a Bachelor of Human Movement leading to an early career as a primary HPE teacher.  The next phase of his career included four years living and teaching in the Torres Strait undertaking a diverse range of teaching and leadership roles as well as completing a Masters of Education.  On returning to Hobart, Todd took on the position of Director of Outdoor Education at The Hutchins School, a role he held for 15 years.  Appointed as the Director of Experiential Learning in 2020, Todd oversees outdoor learning, project-based learning, service learning and global learning.