Recognition of Service ceremony honour roll

Staff who have received Recognition of Service at the Department of Education.

Years of service

Staff who received recognition in 2025.

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• 40 years

• Irene Alexandrou
• Michael Alexis
• Cheryl Angus
• Suzanne Armstrong
• Panagiota Athanasiou
• Fatma Aydin
• Arlene Bailey
• Elspeth Baisman
• Melinda Bakopanos
• Angela Banfield
• Rita Barichievich
• Marianne Barrow
• Sandy Bassoukos
• Mark Beatson
• Michael Beck
• Robert Bertagnolio
• Pitsa Binnion
• Kerry Bird
• Adrian Bol
• Sue Bolton
• Covina Bonafede
• Stuart Bott
• Heather Bourchier
• Janice Bowie
• Paul Bowman
• Debra Buggee
• Christopher Button
• John Candusso
• Julie Carroll
• Silvana Cavalcante
• Kerry Chilton
• Yuet Choi
• Bernie Conlan
• William Constantine
• Bruce Corrie
• Nicole Coughlin
• Sophie Cousipetcos
• Alison Crawford
• Anne-Maree Crivelli
• Sheryl Currie
• Paul Cuthbert
• Dianne Davy
• Eugene De Kretser
• Michele Dean
• Vince D’Elia
• Leanne Dellavedova
• Geoffrey Dickson
• Diane Double
• Warwick Dundas
• Penelope Earl
• Trevor Edwards
• Robert Ferguson
• Dianne Ferguson
• Leanne Fitzsimons
• Shirley Fletcher
• Lynne Forck
• Matthew Forster
• Frances Forsyth
• Barbara Fraser
• Peter Freeman
• Nicholas Fry
• Annie Galcin
• Ricky Gervasoni
• James Gillies
• John Gioskos
• Andrew Glab
• Sandra Goldman
• Ian Goldrick
• Ann Goller
• Vladimir Goncharov
• Marie Grant
• Valma Gregory
• Robyn Griffiths
• Susan Grostate
• Chrysanne Hall
• Simon Hamilton
• Susan Hansen
• Helen Harley
• Simon Hartley
• Lorraine Hayes
• Robyn Heeps
• Yildiran Hilmi
• Rebecca Holmes
• Phillip Hood
• Julie Hoskin
• Glynis Hughes
• Megan Jeffery
• Janine Jerram
• Wayne Johannesen
• Gary Johnson
• Amanda Johnson
• Jennifer Johnson
• Wayne Judge
• Mary Kalogianis
• Anna Katsiroubas
• Shannon Keane
• Anne Keehner
• Melinda Keenan
• Shaun Kemp
• Seamus Killeen
• Murray Knight
• Regina Koen
• Jennifer Kofoed
• Helen Koziaris
• Athina Kratsis
• Michael Kyrkou
• Julie-Ann Lach
• Leanne Laier
• My Lam
• David Lamming
• Frank Lanciana
• Neil Laws
• Darren Le Gassick
• Chantal Lebnan
• Denese Lee
• Peter Leos
• Lynda Llewellyn
• Kerry Loren
• Peter Lorenti
• Jenny Low
• Charmaine MacDonald
• Helen Mallia
• Rick Manning
• Harry Margaris
• Robyn Marr
• Jane Marshall
• Vanda Matruglio
• Peter McCaughan
• Melinda McNaughton
• Murray McAllister
• David McBain
• Andrew McCarter
• Robert McLeod
• Kevin Mealing
• Christalla Michael
• Susan Miles
• Brendan Millar
• Ian Mitchell
• Megan Moat
• Vasilka Mogilkoff
• Alastair Mollison
• Norah Moloney
• Annemaree Montgomerie
• Louise Moore
• Yehia Morkous
• Tony Muir
• Elizabeth Muirhead
• Paul Muller
• Jennifer Naughton
• Lynda Newell
• Peter Nicholson
• Sharyn Niclasen
• Brendan O’Brien
• Mark O’Callaghan
• Desiree Osborne
• Georgina Padula
• Carmelo Pagano
• Michael Pakakis
• Parthena Pallasis
• Gary Palmer
• Kelly Panousieris
• Konstantinos Papakonstantinou
• Paul Papettas
• Angela Parisi
• Guy Parkinson
• Frank Parzinkas
• Franca Pascuzzi
• Christopher Peake
• Erica Peck
• Ngoc Thien Pham
• Nicholas Pile
• Judith Powell
• Sarino Prinzi
• Kathryn Reilly
• Gregory Rhodes
• Judith Riddoch
• Giulia Rigoni
• Sandra Robertson-Smith
• Mark Rogerson
• Helen Roumeliotis
• Julie Rovere
• Mandy Ryan
• Gabrielle Ryan
• Joseph Said
• Andrew Scaramozzino
• Gillian Schalkwijk
• Rodney Schober
• Charles Schumann
• Kerri Seedsman
• Leonie Shurdington
• Robert Sieminski
• Glenn Simondson
• Elizabeth Simpson
• Ounsane Siriamphone
• Gayle Skinner
• Christopher Sly
• Andrew Smith
• Margaret Somerville
• Carol Speed
• Bill Sperliotis
• Vernon Spokes
• Raymond Squires
• Graham Stevenson
• Margaret Stothart
• Rodney Stott
• Robert Strachan
• Anna Stucley
• Jeanette Taylor
• Joanne Taylor
• Jennifer Thom
• Peter Thompson
• Kerry Timmins
• Bryan Timms
• Hussein Tiry
• Warren Tofts
• Linda Tsakalos
• Cornelia vanderVoort
• Andrew Veal
• Natalie Veitch
• Lynne Venning
• Sally Watkins
• Ian White
• Merran Widiana
• Andrew Wilkinson
• Jessica Winstone
• Mary Witbooi
• Andrew Wokulski
• Julie Wood
• Peter Wood
• John Zafiropoulos
• Peter Zahra

• 45 years

• Elizabeth Angwin
• Stuart Baker
• Jennifer Bartlett
• Andrew Batrouney
• Julie Bell
• Lynn Bentley
• Nina Beresford-Smith
• Lynette Bouvier
• Elizabeth Browning
• Michael Caspar
• Robyn Challis
• Lorraine Cole
• Susan Colley
• William Corbett
• Tony Costanzo
• Lynne Coughlan
• Julie Crawford
• Helen Dudley
• Jennifer Easson
• Sue Fisher
• Pamela Gawith
• Theo Gialamatzis
• Annette Godfrey-Magee
• Jennifer Goldsmith
• Vicki Goodman
• Margaret Hirth
• Xandrina Hulbert
• David Hysen
• Angelika Ireland
• Susan Jackson
• Heaton Jarrad
• Jeanette Johnson
• Christine Jordan
• Fay Kelly
• William Kolivas
• Jane Lacey
• Pamela Lambert
• Margaret Logan
• Philip Lumsden
• Julie Maclure
• Lynette Marchetti
• John Matthews
• John Melki-Wegner
• Audrey Michael
• Lawrence Murray
• Gregory Neal
• Julie Ostrowsky
• Jo-Ann Parry
• Janet Paterson
• Anne Pereira
• Harold Petras
• Kenneth Robinson
• Georgina Ruzyla
• Karen Salienko
• Catherine Savery
• Joyce Shaw
• Effie Sheldon
• Carolyn Shiels
• Heather Sinclair
• Barbara Smith
• Christine Spicer
• Margaret Spiteri
• Julie Stephens
• Heather Stevenson
• Buon Thai
• Marjorie Tkatchenko
• Stevan Todorovic
• Terry Traianos
• Allan Waterson
• Jonathan Watson
• Daryll Wegmann
• Christine Weissbacher
• Mark Weston
• Susan Whitelaw
• Dianne Williams
• Marcia Williams

• 50 years

• Lorne Anderson
• Heather Barton
• Kerrie Blain
• Susan Boyd
• Paul Casha
• Phillip de Morton
• Chetin Dervish
• Anthony Dillon
• Wendy Emin
• Wendy Ennor
• Kirsteen Farrance
• David Foley
• Raffaela Galati-Brown OAM
• Geoffrey Gowans
• Graham Haslam
• Jillian Heath
• Paul Kenna
• Bryony Lepoidevin
• Julie Macfarlane
• Rhonda Malone
• Michelle Matthews
• Robert Matthews
• Brenda Mawer
• Gaye McDermott
• Henry Merriweather
• Kathleen Moore
• Susan Mundie
• Lee Murnane
• Vera Narres
• Mario Orsini
• Robert Parker
• Kelvin Perry
• Charles Pierce
• John Pisano
• Denise Purss
• Pauline Rice
• Shane Rudkins
• Kaye Sentry
• Sandra Smith
• Michael Stevens
• Peter Stone
• Susan Stoneman
• Janette Stutchbury
• Rosemary Swindon
• Peter Taylor
• Pamela Thrift-Mulholland
• Glenda Ward
• Ivan Watson
• Kaye Webb
• Diana White

• 55 years

• Leonie Brown
• Paul Calleja
• Helen Fotheringham
• Kathleen Ginnane
• Gregory Hart
• Caterina Naimo
• Elizabeth Ray
• Geoffrey Rigby
• Narelle Robertson
• Christine Tseriotis
• John Webb
• Michael Wilson
• Brian Wright

• 60 years

• Maureen Torney

Recognition of Service ceremony

Celebrating dedication, loyalty and longevity of service to the Department of Education.

Recognition of Service videos

Recipients, teachers and principals from primary and secondary schools around Victoria, reflect on their lengthy careers.

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