Barb Cargill

Barbara Cargill is now retired from her last working role as Dean of the Pathways School at Trinity College, a position she held for 7 years until early 2014, during which time she implemented many quality assurance and change processes and marketing directions to set the foundation studies program up for considerable growth. Prior to that, Barbara was an academic for 22 years at Swinburne University of Technology, in a range of roles including 7 years as Dean of Business, and one as acting Deputy Vice Chancellor, finishing there as a Professor. She was also at various times a student appeals chair, chair of the Equal Opportunity committee, and a long-serving member of its Academic Board. Her academic interests, both teaching (undergraduate and graduate) and research, were in the fields of human resource management, organisation behaviour, change management, leadership, strategy and university entrepreneurship as was her consulting work. She began her working life as an organisational and counselling psychologist. For many years, Barbara has also undertaken occasional expert and advisory work for both the State and Federal government agencies which are charged with overseeing quality in higher education and especially scrutinising and registering private providers in that field. Since retiring, Barbara has stayed active within the Trinity community, serving on the Board’s subcommittees as Buildings and Grounds Committee Chair, and member of Governance, Nominations and Remuneration Committees. Her wide experience of higher education, of its quality requirements and of most elements of the College itself, are now brought to the Board table.