Meet the team

Vinita Chanan
Director, Alliances

Responsible for partnership strategy, governance and reporting. Vinita also provides advice to senior leadership and the university community on developing partnerships.  

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Megan Tapia
Manager, Alliances

Megan manages operations, project management, communications and staff development across the Alliances portfolio. 

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Shevaun Cooper
Communications Officer

Coordinates communications and engagement across the Alliances portfolio

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Project Officer, Alliances

Coordinates the administration and operations of the PLuS Alliance projects, ACOSS and the Alliances Business Unit.

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Kayla Lochner
Project Officer, Alliances

Coordinates the Western Sydney partnerships, including UNSW’s partnership with Western Sydney University, and UNSW’s involvement in NUW Alliance and Universities Social Responsibility Network (URSN).

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Jo Watkins
Manager, PLuS Alliance

The PLuS Alliance is a global partnership between Arizona State University, King’s College London, and UNSW Sydney. Jo is responsible for the operational leadership of the PLuS Alliance.

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Project Officer, Alliances

Coordinates the Western Sydney partnerships, including UNSW’s partnership with Western Sydney University, and UNSW’s involvement in NUW Alliance and Universities Social Responsibility Network (URSN).

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Project Officer, IUCA (Climate Alliance)

Provides sustainable education program development advice for the Climate Alliance.

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Chaseley Cameron
Manager, IUCA (Climate Alliance)

Leads the program and operations of the Climate Alliance Secretariat including member engagement, liaison with external climate networks and organisations.  

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Kristy Lenartic
Program Coordinator, IUCA (Climate Alliance)

Coordinates the operations for the Climate Alliance Secretariat. Kristy has extensive experience in operations and communications in NFP and the Higher Education Sector in the Asia Pacific region.

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