Who we are

NICA is structured with a leadership team, education staff and trainers, supported by our wonderful admin staff. Below you can put a face to a name, and contact them directly.

Simona Jobbagy 

NICA's Director

sjobbagy@nica.collarts.edu.au

9214 6100

Our Executive Team

Emily O'Connor 

Operations Manager 
(Human Resources)

eoconnor@nica.collarts.edu.au

Faye Stathakis

Head of Finance

fstathakis@nica.collarts.edu.au

Tegan Carmichael 

Acting Head of Circus Studies

tcarmichael@nica.collarts.edu.au

Valentina La Piana

Senior Educator-Academic

vlapiana@nica.collarts.edu.au

Karen Leskiw

Marketing & Communications Manager

kleskiw@nica.collarts.edu.au

Paula McKaskill 

Operations Manager 
(Commercial)

pmckaskill@nica.collarts.edu.au

Franx Ann 

Operations Manager 
(Facilities and Resources)

fann@nica.collarts.edu.au

Josie Byrt

Executive Officer 

jbyrt@nica.collarts.edu.au

Our NICA Ed Team

Martine Howard

Third Year Coordinator

martinehoward@nica.collarts.edu.au

Emily Hughes

First Year Coordinator

ehughes@nica.collarts.edu.au

Hannah Trott

Certificate IV Coordinator

htrott@nica.collarts.edu.au

Alex Gullan

Circus Operations Coordinator

agullan@nica.collarts.edu.au

Linda Sastradipradja

Movement Convenor

lsastradipradja@nica.collarts.edu.au

Katie Cawthorne

Performance Studies Coordinator

kcawthorne@nica.collarts.edu.au

Rong Lu

Circus Trainer

Earl Shatford

Circus Trainer

eshatford@nica.collarts.edu.au

Vasily Ivanov

Circus Trainer

vivanov@nica.collarts.edu.au

Charlie Cheng

Circus Trainer

gcheng@nica.collarts.edu.au

Helene Embling

Circus Trainer

hembling@nica.collarts.edu.au

Jon Griffingham

Circus Trainer

jgriffingham@nica.collarts.edu.au

Brett Franzi

Circus Trainer

bfranzi@nica.collarts.edu.au

Mireille (Mimi) Goyette

Circus Trainer

Felicia O'Brien

Circus Trainer

feliciaobrien@nica.collarts.edu.au

Jian Nie

Circus Trainer

jiannie@nica.collarts.edu.au

Lauren Skopal

Circus Trainer

lskopal@nica.collarts.edu.au

Lauren Eisinger

Business Studies

Antonella Casella

Circus History

acasella@nica.collarts.edu.au

Dr David Munro

Anatomy and Physiology

NICA Rec Team

Jessie Shook

Administration Assistant

Meagan Kenny

Evening and Holiday Program Administration Assistant

NICA Represents

Christina Cox

NICA Represents Agent 

ccox@nica.collarts.edu.au

NICA Connects

Natalie Frijia

Alumni, Industry & Community Engagement Coordinator 

nfrijia@nica.collarts.edu.au

Our NICA Performs Team

Scott Grayland

Production Manager

sgrayland@nica.collarts.edu.au
9214 6406

Kaleb Hawkins

Head Rigger

khawkins@nica.collarts.edu.au
9214 6108

Kyle Raftery

Venue Supervisor & Rigger

kjraftery@nica.collarts.edu.au
9214 6008

Our Marketing Team

Halina Powierza

Marketing & Communications Coordinator

hpowierza@nica.collarts.edu.au

Rosa Quinton

Marketing & Communications Assistant

rquinton@nica.collarts.edu.au

Our Administration Team

Anne Young 

Senior Administration Coordinator

ayoung@nica.collarts.edu.au

Sebastien Pasche

Administration Assistant

spasche@nica.collarts.edu.au

Timmy Foley

Administration Assistant

tfoley@nica.collarts.edu.au

Jenny Vanderhorst

Administrator 
(dance programs)

jvanderhorst@nica.collarts.edu.au

Our Medical Team

Dr David Munro

Head Physiotherapist
PhD., B.Physio (Hons), B.Sci. (Hons), Cert IV (TAE), Churchill Fellow 

davidmunro@nica.collarts.edu.au

Dr Suleiman Halabi

Sports Doctor
M.B.B.S

shalabi@nica.collarts.edu.au

Dr Alex Beaconsfield

Sports and Performance Psychologist


Larry 

Head of Happiness

larrythedog@nica.collarts.edu.au

Cat King

Physiotherapist, Strength & Conditioning Coach


Emily Irvine

Physiotherapist


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