Board and Directorate appointments from 2008–2012

Prof Alan Rix Chair	Prof Deborah Terry Member	Judith Bell Member
Prof Joanne Tompkins Member	Clare Pullar Member	Dr Campbell Gray Executive Officer

The University of Queensland Art Museum Board was established in 2007 to oversee the development and management of The University of Queensland Art Museum and The University of Queensland Art Collection.

Professor Alan Rix was appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the Ipswich Campus in September 2004 after serving as Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts for seven years. 

• He is responsible for the operations of UQ's Ipswich Campus and academic employee relations for the University.
• Professor Rix has a long association with UQ where his leadership is recognised as being focused on excellence in teaching and research, and strong community engagement activities.
• His achievements include:
  • Building the research and commercialisation activities of the Faculty of Arts
  • Establishing new research centres
  • Overseeing the development of the acclaimed James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre which houses The University of Queensland Art Museum

Professor Deborah Terry is Vice Chancellor and President of The University of Queensland. She joined the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland in 1990.

• She was Deputy Head of School from 1997–1999, Professor of Social Psychology and Head of School 2000–2005, was appointed Executive Dean, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences in 2006. In 2007, Professor Terry accepted an appointment to a half-time role as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning), and in 2008, was appointed as the inaugural Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning). The position was retitled Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) from 2009.
• Professor Terry is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society, previous chair of the Australian Research Council's College of Experts in the social, behavioural and economic sciences, past President of the Society for Australasian Social Psychology, and she currently holds editorial positions with the British Journal of Psychology and the European Journal of Social Psychology.”
   

Judith Bell has a Bachelor of Education, a Bachelor of Arts (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies) and a Diploma of Teaching. She has more than 30 years’ experience as a teacher in Queensland and the United Kingdom.

• She is on the Board of Trustees for the Brisbane Grammar School and is a member of The University of Queensland’s Senate.
• In 2003 she was one of the recipients of the Centenary Medal which commemorated 100 years of Federation, and was awarded to people who have made a contribution to Australian society or government.
• Mrs Bell has an interest in the arts in Australia, especially contemporary and Indigenous art.
• She is a part-time commissioner with the Crime and Misconduct Commission

Professor Joanne Tompkins is Head of the School of English, Media Studies and Art History.

• She is the author of Post-Colonial Drama (with Helen Gilbert), Women’s Intercultural Performance (with Julie Holledge), and Unsettling Space, which explores the politics of contemporary Australian theatre, arguing that theatre regularly stages the nation’s anxieties about space/place/landscape and settlement.
• Professor Tompkins has helped to develop an innovative research tool to enable the analysis of theatre space and cultural space through virtual reality. This interdisciplinary and collaborative project, Ortelia, is now analysing and archiving art gallery and museum spaces and exhibitions.

Clare Pullar has worked in tertiary and secondary education sector fundraising for 22 years, and joined The University of Queensland in September 2009. Prior to this she led community engagement programs at Melbourne Business School (2007–2009) and Trinity College in The University of Melbourne. 

• Clare has a depth of experience in both strategy and operational aspects of raising substantial financial support for all aspects of education – research, endowed professorships, scholarships, cultural collections and infrastructure.
• She has a special interest in the cultural change required for successful philanthropic fundraising, equity, diversity and in Indigenous education, for which she has built significant philanthropic support in previous institutions.
• She was a member of B-Hert (Business Higher Education Round Table) taskforce examining how philanthropic support for Australian higher education institutions can be increased resulting in the position paper: Increasing Private Support for Australian Universities, B-Hert.
• In 2006, she was awarded both the Trevor Wigney Award and the Peter Crook Award for outstanding service in Advancement in Australasian education.
• Clare is a faculty member of the CASE Asia Pacific Institute in Educational Fundraising and a Board member of the Australian Youth Orchestra.