Board

Board members are appointed by the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors Committee (NZVCC). The Chair is appointed by NZVCC. The Deputy Chair is appointed by NZVCC from the appointed Board members and after considering the advice of the Board. Functions of the Board are defined in the Constitution.

The current AQA Board membership is:

  • Professor John Morrow (Chair) 
  • Daniel Haines (Deputy Chair)
  • Professor Grant Edwards
  • Professor Emerita Deborah Willis
  • Dr John Egan
  • Dr Sharon Toi
  • Alan Shaker 

Emeritus Professor John Morrow

- Chair of the Board

      

Daniel Haines BA MBA

- Deputy Chair of the Board

Daniel (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) has bones in the Hokianga, but his heart is in Tāmaki Makaurau. Employed at Panuku Development, Daniel leads the Māori outcomes team where he partners with iwi to build the biggest Māori city in the world. He has also held elected roles in workers and student unions.

Daniel has a BA and MBA from the University of Auckland.

Dr John Egan BA (Oswego), MA, PhD (British Columbia), MHigherEd (Auckland)

- New Zealand Tertiary Education Union Nominee

Dr John P Egan is Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching) Director in the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, where he has been involved in a range of initiatives related to academic programmes and teaching quality. Previously, Dr Egan was Senior Manager, Strategic Curriculum Services at the University of British Columbia. He holds a PhD in Educational Studies from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Higher Education from the University of Auckland.

Dr Sharon Toi MBA, PhD (Law)

- Lay member

     

Professor Emerita Deborah Willis PhD (Well), BA, MA (Hons) Canterbury, Dip Teaching.

Emeritus Professor Deborah Willis was the Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington from 2004 - 2014. During her term she was also PVC of the Faculty of Education.

She lectured in the Victoria University School of Education for over 10 years specialising in curriculum, assessment and evaluation issues. Previously, following a period of teaching and research in the Pacific region, she was appointed Director of the Victoria University Teaching Development Centre and then Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Academic) with responsibility for academic policy and all aspects of teaching and learning quality. 

In 2016 she was appointed acting Dean of the Waikato University Management School.

Emeritus Professor Willis has served on numerous internal, national and international review panels and was an inaugural member of the national tertiary teaching awards committee. In 2005 she was appointed by the Government to chair the Teaching Matters Forum. She served as the New Zealand representative on the Grants Committee of the University of the South Pacific for six years.

 

Alan Shaker

Alan Shaker is a Board Member representing student perspectives. 

Professor Grant Edwards

- Vice-Chancellor

Professor Grant Edwards is the Vice-Chancellor of Lincoln University - Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki Lincoln University.