Governance

The Council of Arden Anglican School

The School is governed by the Arden Anglican School Council which allows for 10 persons elected by the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney and two other persons appointed by the Archbishop.

Council seeks to serve the Arden community by ensuring long term planning is undertaken, appropriate policies are implemented and that finances are managed in a prudent manner. Council meets on the first Wednesday of each month during term time. There are three Committees of the Council:

Finance
Governance
Property Development and Planning

The day-to-day operations of the School are managed by the Principal who is appointed by, and reports to, the Council.

The School provides a Christian education according to the doctrines and principles of the Anglican Church of Australia.

President of the School Council – The Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Reverend Kanishka Raffel.

MR SANTINO DIMARCO

BEc, CA

Santino has served on the Arden Anglican School Council since 2014 and was appointed Chair in October 2020.

He is the Business Manager at Northern Beaches Christian School and his past working roles have included Executive Pastor at St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Roseville, Principal of Dimarco Financial Advisers Pty Ltd, and positions in banking, tax and financial consultancy firms. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand. Santino was also a director and Honorary Treasurer of The Crusader Union of Australia Ltd for 20 years and was previously a director of Northcross Christian School Limited.

Santino is married to Meredith and their three children, James, Alessandra and Laura, all attended Arden.

Rae joined the Arden Anglican School Council in 2022.

Rae has taught all levels of secondary Mathematics, mostly in Christian schools, for over four decades. She has held the positions of Head of Department, Head of Senior School Years 7-12 and Acting Principal K-12. Currently, she fulfils short-term contracts at Ravenswood in the Mathematics Department.

She is a Justice of the Peace, a member of the International Care Ministries Advisory Board, Australia, and regularly walks rescue dogs. Rae is married to Brian and they have four adult sons, two of whom are married. Rae and Brian enjoy supporting their four grandchildren in their educational aspirations and sporting activities. Rae is an active member of St Andrew’s, Roseville, and participates in the choir at the 8.30am traditional service.

MRS RAE DOAK

TeachCert, BEd (Maths), MEd

MRS ROBYN DONOHOO

BEc (Accounting), BA

Robyn has served on the Arden Anglican School Council since 2016 and is the Convenor of the Finance Committee.

Professionally, Robyn has worked in the financial services sector for over 25 years, specialising in the approval and management of commercial credit risk. She is currently Senior Manager, Financial Difficulty, Business Banking at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Robyn is currently a Synod representative for her church and previously held the position of Treasurer for Eastwood Before and After School Care Inc.

Robyn worships with her family at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Carlingford where she is also involved in leading Bible Studies and music ministry. Robyn is a married to Andrew and has two children, one of whom is a current student of Arden, while the other is a past student.

Jenni joined the Arden Anglican School Council and its Finance Committee in 2020.

A Forensic Accountant with over 20 years forensic investigation, financial crime, and risk and compliance experience, she has led both criminal and civil investigations relating to allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption, and other forms of inappropriate behaviour and corporate misconduct. Jenni currently has responsibility for executing a strategy to manage risk and governance issues within advisory firm, McGrathNicol.

Jenni is married to Greg and they have two sons. They attend All Saints Anglican Church, North Epping. A keen sportsperson, she has been involved in cricket for over 25 years, as a player and administrator, and also plays soccer.

MRS JENNI FLANAGAN

BComm (Accounting), CA

MR ANDREW GIBBONS

BAppSc (Land Economics)

Andrew has served on the Arden Anglican School Council since 2014.

Andrew has been a property advisor in the property industry since 1986. Currently he is Managing Director of Endeavour Property Advisory. Previous roles have included Principal at Gibbons Consulting and National Executive Director at Colliers International, responsible for Corporate Advisory. He has also held the position of Board Member at Uniting Financial Services for the past 14 years.

Andrew is married to Merryn and they have four children. They attend All Saints Anglican Church, North Epping. Andrew has previously represented Australia both in Triathlon (Age Group) at the Hawaiian World Ironman Championship and Duathlon (Age Group) at the World Championship as well as various other international marathons.

Toby has served on the Arden Anglican School Council since 2020. Previously a member of the Property Development and Planning Committee, he is currently convenor of the Governance Committee.

Toby works in strategy and transformation at Port Authority of NSW, the NSW Government-owned business responsible for safe passage of cruise and cargo ships into and out of NSW’s commercial ports. In his current role, he is responsible for an organisation-wide program to identify and deliver initiatives to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Previous roles include strategy & transformation at WaterNSW, capital program governance and project delivery systems at Sydney Airport, business improvement and program management at Endeavour Energy, and mechanical engineering and strategic marketing at Rolls-Royce in the UK. He served previously as a committee member for BASECAMP Men’s Convention.

Toby is married to Katherine, and they have five children. They are members of St Mark’s Anglican Church, Pennant Hills.

MR TOBY ISRAEL

BE, BA, PGCert Aerospace Mgmt

Anton Marquez

BCom, DipEd, BDiv, MA (Theology)

Anton joined the Arden Anglican School Council in September 2024.

Anton has been the Senior Minister at All Saints Anglican Church, North Epping since 2021. He was previously Young Adults and Sunday Gatherings pastor at Christ Church, St Ives Anglican Church. Anton has also worked as a primary school teacher at Shore School.

He has continued to serve and teach school-age children over the years in teaching Scripture classes at Epping North Public, coaching his daughters’ netball teams and through the kids club at All Saints’ Church.

Anton is married to Katie and they have four daughters.

Jeremy joined the Arden Anglican School Council in 2023.

Jeremy currently serves as the 10am Congregational pastor at St John’s Beecroft. He has over 10 years’ experience in youth, children’s and families’ ministry, having served at St Andrew’s Roseville as Youth Minister and at St Bede’s Drummoyne as Families’ Minister prior to attending St John’s.

Jeremy was ordained in the Anglican Church in 2018. He is passionate about fostering partnership between local Christian schools and the local church in their shared calling to promote Christ.

Jeremy is married to Mim, has three young children and is right at the beginning of his schooling stage of parenting.

Jeremy is also a member of Pennant Hills Golf Club and enjoys a round of golf.

Rev Jeremy Morris

B Comm (Liberal Studies), B Divinity (Hons 2A)

REV PAUL SAMPSON

BComm (IR), GradDipMgt, BDiv, DipMin

Paul joined the Arden Anglican School Council in 2017.

Paul is the NSW/ACT Regional Officer for The Bush Church Aid Society of Australia (BCA). He has previously served as Rector of Sylvania Anglican Church and All Saints Anglican Church North Epping, and Assistant Minister at St Phil’s, Caringbah and St Swithun’s, Pymble. Paul and his family also served in Nairobi, Kenya from 2009 -2017 as a CMS Missionary, Director Academic Affairs/Vice Principal, Bible and Missions Lecturer Carlile College, Itinerant Bible Lecturer and Preacher and Executive Assistant GAFCON Bishops’ Training Institute. Paul has served on various boards in Australia and Kenya.

Paul is married to Cathy and they have three adult children.

Penelope joined the Arden Anglican School Council and its Property Committee in 2016.

Penelope and her husband Malcolm have for the past 20 years, owned and operated Colourwise Nursery, a wholesale plant nursery. Penelope’s role encompasses various parts of the business and include HR, WH&S, staff recruitment, liaising with government departments, coordinating the importing of plants and the coordination of the Company’s merchandisers.

Previously, Penelope has held positions with The John Lewis Partnership, UK, David Jones Australia, Williams Business College Sydney and TAFE, Sydney.

Penelope and Malcolm continue to be active members of St Alban’s Anglican Church, Epping. Penelope has served on Parish Council, as a member of the Servers Guild, Mother’s Union and various Strategic, Planning and Centenary Committees.

Penelope and Malcolm have three daughters and three grandchildren.