SPELD NSW Team

Veronica Alexander

BA (UNSW) MTeach Primary (CSU)

Professional Learning and Development Lead

Veronica is an experienced educator and a passionate advocate for explicit reading and spelling instruction. She has worked as a classroom teacher, in learning support and in tertiary education for over 15 years. Veronica is the Professional Learning and Development Lead at SPELD NSW where she shares her love for the English language and all things reading and spelling with teachers and school leaders. She also works as an interventionist with struggling readers and writers. Veronica is passionate about supporting all learners to achieve success, whether it is in her intervention work or in her Professional Learning workshops empowering teachers and school leaders to implement evidence-informed instruction.

Kerrie Daley

Bachelor of Education

Clinician

Kerrie loves all aspects of learning, problem solving, and client advocacy and has completed specialist training in Learning Difficulties (ECU).

Lee Doyle

B.Teach, B.Ed,M.Ed

Professional Learning Officer; SPELD NSW Tutor

As a SPELD NSW Professional Learning Officer, Lee provides personalised support to children and their families and valuable information to teachers and school executives.

Amanda Wright

Bachelor of Education (Primary)

SPELD NSW Clinician

Amanda is passionate about the science of reading and was instrumental in driving change to ensure evidence-based practices be implemented so that all students could benefit from explicit and systematic teaching of reading, writing and spelling.

Suzi Johnson

BA (VisComm), MTeach (PrimaryEd)

Professional Learning Educator

Suzi is a passionate educator and advocate for explicit and evidence-informed reading, writing and mathematics instruction. She has over 13 years’ experience teaching and leading in NSW primary schools as well as guest lecturing at university level.

Amanda Nguyen

BA/LLB Bachelor of Arts and Law

Receptionist

Amanda joined SPELD NSW in August 2022. She has a BA/LLB from the University of Sydney is interested in expanding her experience within the education sector.

Manjita Gurung

Finance & Office Coordinator

Manjita joined SPELD NSW in August 2021 as a Finance & Office Coordinator. She brings extensive experience in the not for profit sector including working with human rights organisations in Australia and overseas.

Danielle Colenbrander

(BLibStud) University of Sydney, Master of Speech Language Pathology (MSLP), PhD Macquarie University

Educational Adviser

Danielle is an educational advisor for SPELD NSW and a researcher in the Macquarie University Centre for Reading.

Dr Jennifer Lorenzo

BA(Psych), GradDip(Psych), MPsych(Ed & Dev), PhD(Med), FAPS

Educational and Developmental Psychologist

Jennifer is an educational and developmental psychologist with extensive training and experience in the diagnosis and treatment of cognitive and learning disorders.

Belinda Dekker

Information & Referral Officer

Belinda brings extensive knowledge to SPELD NSW to help answer parent and professional enquiries. Belinda has experience as a high school teacher and has completed extensive professional development in learning difficulties.

Vanessa Maher

Information & Referral Officer, SPELD NSW Tutor

Vanessa has a Diploma in Education and a daughter with disabilities. As a parent advocate for children with disabilities and a teacher she is dedicated to supporting students and adults with learning difficulties.

Melinda Matthews

Information & Referral Officer

Melinda is a specialist learning and attention tutor and has completed The Orton-Gillingham approach to Multisensory Structured Language Education and the SPELD NSW Teachers Certificate Course.

Georgina Perry

BA/LLB (Hons)

SPELD NSW Executive Officer

George works to strengthen partnerships with educators, parents and the community to deliver support to students and adults with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia across New South Wales.

Nick de Jongh

IT Services

Nick has a Cert IV in Information Technology and a varied background in database management, small business administration and freelance journalism.

Kellie Lithgow

Bookstore and Office Administrator

Kellie joined the SPELD NSW team in 2019 as our Bookstore and Office Administrator. Kellie has non-profit experience and a daughter with learning difficulties.

Chantale Dorrington

Professional Learning and Office Administrator

Chantale plays a key role organising the logistics for the SPELD NSW professional learning and parent workshops. Chantale joins SPELD NSW with both non-profit and events experience and is a great addition to our team.

Heather Hossack

Assessments and Office Administrator

Heather joined SPELD NSW in 2021 as the Assessments and Office Administrator. Heather was first introduced to the work of SPELD NSW when she was a teacher and is looking forward to supporting families seeking assessments.

Contact Us

If you are looking for support for your family, yourself, your student or your school contact us.

First Name

Last Name

Phone

Preferred Contact

Your enquiry

Message

SPELD NSW Team

Veronica Alexander

Kerrie Daley

17574

Lee Doyle

17474

Amanda Wright

17470

Suzi Johnson

17417

Amanda Nguyen

16389

Manjita Gurung

9769

Danielle Colenbrander

6343

Dr Jennifer Lorenzo

3245