Who are we?

Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey imagines worlds within worlds to whimsically celebrate life. A published nonfiction author, academic,  consultant and teacher, her love for  imagining grew as a young observer of  extraordinary worlds living in Asia. Her love for literature developed in Australia as an English scholar and teacher, but really blossomed when she became mindful of life amongst the smallest creatures and inanimate objects celebrating life in her garden. Her stories offer meaning and warmth for children and the young at heart.

Diann is also the Founder and Principal of the Australian  Centre for Leadership for Women (ACLW) – a virtual Centre which she founded in 2000. She is an Adjunct Professor in The Cairns Institute of James Cook University and has lectured in leadership, management and education in the University of Wollongong. She has held positions of leadership and management in Sydney and London in diverse sectors including education, business and the not-for-profit sector. She has coached and mentored women and men in leadership and management and worked with organisations to advance leadership pathways since 2004. 

Diann was the recipient of the University of Wollongong’s 2015 Alumni Award for Social Impact. In 2014, she was named as one of the ‘100 Women of Influence’ in Australia by Westpac & the Financial Review.’ She was also selected as one of the 100 women who have “made a world of difference” to the economic empowerment of women by The International Alliance for Women (TIAW) in Canada for its 2009 World of Difference Awards.

Her non-fiction publications include books and articles on gender and leadership, and government and democracy. She is also a Reviewer for international journals including the Gender in Management Journal, Advancing Women and the Journal of Women, Politics and Policy.

Several of her non-fiction publications to do with leadership and gender are available freely at the Australian Centre for Leadership for Women website.