Professor Anne Cummins is currently the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Students, Learning and Teaching) at Australian Catholic University.  Prior to this appointment she held the position of Dean of Students at ACU.

Anne has extensive experience in education as an executive and consultant. For a decade before joining ACU she ran a successful professional services firm with clients in government, all education sectors, human services and the not-for-profit sector.  Anne’s consultancy services included educational renewal at school and system levels, executive development and review, program review, demographic and business analysis, stakeholder management and governance and government relations.

Her background as educator has included leadership as a Secondary College Principal and senior executive experience in Catholic Education.

Anne has a longstanding commitment to equity and access in education and child and young people’s services.  She has extensive experience on advisory and company boards and has consulted widely in the human services sector. Anne is currently a Director of Marist Youth Care Blacktown.  She is also a member of the St Ignatius Riverview Council (NSW).

Anne holds a Bachelor of Education from Canberra College of Advanced Education, Master of Arts from Macquarie University, Graduate Diploma of Education (Religious Studies) from the Catholic College of Education Sydney and Master of Educational Leadership from ACU.  Her current research interests include equity programs in higher education and leadership strategy in educational environments.