College Council

The College Council is responsible for the governance oversight of Wesley College. There are two student councilors (including the Senior Student) and clerical members nominated by the NSW Synod of the Uniting Church. The balance is elected by the Old Collegians. The Master is also a member of the Council.

Council members

Name	Position
Mr Neil Gibson	Chair, Independent Council Appointee
Mrs Lisa Sutherland	Master, CEO
Mr Richard Cross	Uniting Church Appointee
Dr Larry Cornell	Old Collegian Elected Member
Ms Sally Kay	Old Collegian Elected Member
Ms Fiona Nash	Old Collegian Elected Member
Ms Catherine Hallgath	Uniting Church Appointee
Ms Sharon Flynn	UC Synod Appointee
Mr Trevor Robertson	Uniting Church Appointee
Mr Hugh Aldersey	Senior Student
TBC	Student Representative

Neil Gibson

Chair of Council

Neil Gibson (fr 82) was appointed as Chairman of the Wesley Council at the AGM held on May 2022, having previously been a Council Member for the prior two years.

Neil is an Old Collegian (1982 to 1985) and was Senior Student in his last year. He achieved another successful “Wesley marriage” when he married Suzie Carlon (who attended Wesley during the same years) in 1993. Neil has maintained close links to Wesley in recent years as his three children, Jack, Harry and Lily all attended Wesley, whilst Suzie has been actively involved in the Wesley Foundation.

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