Kaye Schofield
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 Kaye Schofield (BA, Dip.Ed. M.Ed) is one of Australia's leading independent commentators, researchers and policy analysts in the field of adult and vocational education. Since 1994, she has led and managed influential assignments at national, State and Territory levels including Ministerial inquiries and reviews. She has also undertaken international assignments in USA, the Pacific and in South-East Asia. Over the past three years her work has been focused largely on overseas development assistance in Samoa, Kiribati, PNG, Philippines and Timor-Leste. She is a member of AusAID's Capacity Development Panel of Experts and has been advising on the establishment of the Australia-Pacific Technical College.
Kaye is the Chairperson of the NSW Board of Adult and Community Education and a member of the NSW TAFE Commission Board - positions she has held since 1998. She has been a Trustee of the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust since 1996. She is also a Director of the International Centre for Excellence in Water Resource Management. Past appointments include Commissioner of the Australian Sports Commission, board member of the Australia-Indonesia Institute, Chairperson of SA TAFE Board and Trustee of the Dusseldorp Skills Forum.
She holds an honorary appointment as Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Technology Sydney. In 1994 she received the National AUSTAFE Award for Educational Leadership in TAFE and in 1999 was awarded the College Medal by the Australian College of Education for her contribution to education and training over more than thirty years.
Before establishing her firm in 1994, she was the Chief Executive Officer of the South Australian Department of Labour, Public Works and Administrative Services and, before that, the CEO of the South Australian Department of Employment and TAFE following a successful career in TAFE college management in NSW.
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