Anne Johnstone, MAPP ( Ex Officio ) Principal Ravenswood School for Girls, Australia
Anne Johnstone is Principal of Ravenswood School For Girls in Sydney, Chair of the International Positive Education Network (IPEN), and Chair and a founding Board Member of the Positive Education Schools Association (PESA). More
She has also been appointed as Chair of the Excellence in Leadership and Teaching Council for the Association of Independent Schools of NSW (AISNSW) in Australia.
Anne holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (with Honours) degree, a Graduate Diploma in Education, and a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. She was the recipient of a Churchill Fellowship during which she explored strategies to foster resilience in learning while based at Cambridge University in England. Anne is currently completing a PhD in education with a focus on wellbeing through the University of Melbourne.
In Australia, Anne has been recognised multiple times for her entrepreneurial impact in designing and implementing innovative positive education experiences, along with her exceptional educational leadership including The Educator Most Influential Educator Award (2023), The Educator Hot List (2022, 2023), and an Excellence Award in The Educator Australian Education 2022 Awards for Principal of the Year. Under Anne’s leadership, Ravenswood has been recognised as The Educator Innovative School of the Year five times (2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023).
In 2019, Anne was the only female to be recognised internationally for her pioneering contribution and leadership in the field of Positive Education at the Positive Education Global Summit in Philadelphia hosted the Eisenhower Fellowships and Positive Psychology Centre, University of Pennsylvania.