Who’s Who at
the P&C
Meet the Bally Boys P&C Executive Committee.
If you bump into any of us at the school, at events, or anywhere really, please say hello or Contact us via the link.
Christie Goldspring, President
Christie joined the P&C in 2021, after first coming along to a few P&C meetings as a spectator. In 2022, she took on the role of Shark Tank Coordinator, with the goal of encouraging more teacher proposals. As an educator herself, she knew that teachers often have great ideas for engaging their students in their learning but, with limited funds available in school budgets, these ideas are often constrained. Therefore, she wanted to get the word out to the Bally Boys teachers that the P&C was there to help. This year she is taking on the role of President.
Christie has one son in Year 10. Through his passion for soccer, she spends much of her spare time ferrying him around Sydney to soccer matches. She also enjoys hunting for good coffee, reading, and doing yoga.
Michelle Vaughan, Secretary
Michelle joined the P&C Executive in 2023. Michelle has two sons at Bally in Year 7 and 11.
Philip joined the P&C in 2024 as the Treasurer. Philip has previously held Exec P&C roles at HPS and Harbord Kindy.
Philip has 3 kids and his eldest is in Year 7. Philip is a Chartered Accountant (CAANZ) and holds a Fellow status with ACCA, where he originally qualified while living in Ireland in 2007. Philip previously worked in International Funds Management in Dublin and Sydney and is currently working with a tech influencer business in their commercial finance team. In his spare time, Philip likes to keep fit and is a member of a Global racing team where he participates in endurance events such as The 3 Peaks and UTA events.
Philip Fylan, Treasurer
Slava joined the P&C in 2024 and has a son in Year 7.
Professionally, Slava has a background in technology and project management.
Outside paid work, she is involved in the Japanese sake sommelier community and is one of the leader judges at the Australian Sake Awards, now in its third year.
Slava also enjoys nature, skiing, reading, debating politics and economic policies, and listening to podcasts while driving.
Slava Beliakova, Vice President
Colin joined the P&C in 2019 and became President in March 2021 having the previous year been a VP. He’s now stepping back, but staying on to support the new President.
He has two sons at the school in Years 11 and 12. Colin runs a software development business which makes games.
Colin is also a keen rugby coach and ex-player, a keen skier, a self-confessed nerd and a trained hypnotist. Loves a good dad joke. Well, any dad joke really!
Colin Cardwell, Vice President
Sue joined the P&C in 2019 and became VP in March 2021 having previously held the Communications role. She has a son in Year 12 and a daughter at University.
Sue has a background in Nursing and Management and also worked extensively in Healthcare in a variety of roles including Asia Pacific Business Management.
She enjoys swimming, walking, music and cooking and volunteers regularly at Lifeline.
Sue Jorgensen, Communications
Tony Boatman, Building a Better Bally
Tony joined the P&C executive in 2024, taking on the role for Building a Better Bally. Tony has a son in Year 8 and another still in primary school at Manly Village
Tony is the co-founder of Impact X and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Sydney Business School. From 1997-2020 Tony was based in Singapore and New York City. He was previously the Head of Marketing for Microsoft & Nokia, Asia Pacific, launching some of the world’s most iconic tech products, from the worlds first smart phone, the Nokia ‘Communicator’ to Xbox 360. In 2012 Tony was named a Global 100 Sustainability Leader after founding Al Gore’s Climate Project in South East Asia (Singapore). Since leaving the corporate world, Tony has Founded three successful technology start-ups. He is a vocal advocate for responsible technology, especially in relation to social media and its impacts on our children. Tony plays AFL football!
Daniella joined the P&C Executive Team in 2024 as the Shark Tank Coordinator. She has a son in Year 7.
Daniella is an environmental and sustainability consultant, passionate about community and business engagement towards a better future. She has been working in this area for the past 20 years in private and non-for-profit sectors. Since 2019, she has been working for Local Government, managing programs focused on how to engage business in reducing carbon emissions, implementing better environmental management and developing ESG strategies.
In her spare time she enjoys being outside surrounded by nature, walking, running, swimming, at the beach or bushwalking. She is also passionate about horses and used to participate in show jumping equestrian competitions.
Daniella MacDowell, Shark Tank
Carmen joined the P&C in 2024.
She has one son at the school in Year 8, one in Year 5 at Harbord Primary and 2 female groodles to try to even up the balance.
Carmen is a qualified accountant and has a long history in software, including both start-ups and large corporate entities. She also self-manages an Airbnb in the Hunter Valley in her spare time and probably drinks far too much gin.