# List of University of Canberra people

This is an incomplete list of University of Canberra people, including notable alumni and staff.

## Alumni
### Business

* Betty Kitchener, founder of mental health first aid training and CEO of Mental Health First Aid International
* Deborah Schofield, director of the Centre for Economic Impacts of Genomic Medicine, Macquarie University
* Vivek Wadhwa, technology entrepreneur and academic

### Government

* Simon Corbell, Labor member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly and former Attorney-General and senior Minister
* Kelly Hoare, former member of the Australian House of Representatives
* Virginia Judge, former Member for Strathfield and former NSW Minister for Fair Trading, Citizenship and Minister Assisting The Premier on the Arts
* Ben Small, former Liberal Senator for Western Australia
* Ursula Stephens, former Senator for New South Wales and former Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector
* Dr Lotay Tshering, 2018–present Prime Minister of Bhutan
* Steve Whan, Member for Monaro and NSW Minister for Skills and TAFE

### Humanities

* Matt Worley, HIV Scientist
* Wil Anderson, comedian
* Adam Boland, producer Sunrise, Weekend Sunrise and The Morning Show – Channel Seven.
* Genesis Owusu, singer and four-time ARIA Music Awards winner
* Justin Heazlewood, aka The Bedroom Philosopher, comedian/folk singer
* Cate Kennedy, author
* Garth Nix, author
* Jonathan Uptin, weekend presenter of Nine News Queensland
* David Vernon, writer
* JG Montgomery, author

### Law

* Shane Drumgold SC, lawyer, former Director of Public Prosecutions (ACT)
* Kristy McBain, member of the house of representatives, former mayor of Bega Valley Shire Council

### Pageantry

* Hannah Arnold, beauty pageant titleholder crowned Binibining Pilipinas International 2021

### Sport

* Ben Alexander, Australian rugby union player, former Captain of The University of Canberra Brumbies
* Maitlan Brown, Australia, Melbourne Renegades and NSW Breakers cricketer
* Nathan Deakes, Olympic athlete and medallist, World Champion and World record holder in the 50 km Walk
* Scott Fava, Western Force rugby union player
* George Gregan, former captain, Australian national rugby union team
* Joshua Katz (born 1997), Olympic judoka
* Lee Lai Shan, Olympics gold medalist in windsurfing
* Petria Thomas, Olympic swimmer and multiple gold medal winner
* Alan Tongue, Canberra Raiders rugby league player

## Administration
### Chancellors

| Order | Chancellor | Academic qualifications | Term start | Term end |
| 1 | Dr Doug Waterhouse, CMG AO ForMemRS | BSc, MSc, DSc (Sydney) | 1990 | 1992 |
| 2 | Donald Horne, AO | | 1992 | 1995 |
| 3 | Wendy McCarthy, AO | BA, DipEd (New England) | 1996 | 2005 |
| 4 | Ingrid Moses | DiplSozWirt (FAU), MA (UQ), GDipTerEd (DDIAE), PhD (UQ) | 2006 | 2010 |
| 5 | Dr John McKay, AO | BA (Canberra) | 2011 | 2013 |
| 6 | Dr Tom Calma, AO, FAA, FAHA, FASSA | AssocDipCommDev (SAIT), AssocDipSocWork (SAIT) | 2014 | 2023 |
| 7 | Lisa Paul, AO, PSM | BA (Hons) (ANU) | 2024 | incumbent |

### Vice-Chancellors

| Order | Vice-Chancellor | Academic qualifications | Term start | Term end |
| 1 | Dr Roger Scott | BA (Tasmania) | 1989 | 1990 |
| 2 | Don Aitkin, AO | MA (New England), PhD (ANU) | 1991 | 2002 |
| 3 | Dr Roger Dean | PhD (Cambridge) | 2002 | 2007 |
| 4 | Dr Stephen Parker, AO | LL.B (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), PhD (Wales) | 2007 | 2016 |
| 5 | Dr Deep Saini | PhD (Adelaide) | 2016 | 2020 |
| 6 | Dr Paddy Nixon | B.Sc. (Liverpool), PhD (Sheffeld), MA (Dublin) | 2020 | 2023 |
| interim | Dr Lucy Johnston | BA (Hons) (UO), MA (UO), PhD (University of Bristol) | 2023 | 2024 |
| interim | Dr Stephen Parker, AO | LL.B (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), PhD (Wales) | 2024 | 2025 |
| 7 | Bill Shorten | BA, LLB (Monash), MBA (MBS) | 2025 | |