Fostering Transformational Environments for Societal Good: Vanessa Cheng, Executive Officer of the Australian Association of Christian Schools

Vanessa Cheng has been the Executive Officer of the Australian Association of Christian Schools (AACS) since 2020.
  
Prior to accepting that role, she was a Christian school teacher and a policy advisor in the Victorian Departments of Education, and Premier and Cabinet. She also worked as a political advisor to a federal senator, and served as a senior policy advisor within the federal Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

Vanessa is a member of Holy Trinity Anglican Church and resides in Bendigo, a regional city in Victoria, Australia. She lives with her husband, Andrei, and their four daughters and son.