Principal Profile
Name: Dr Napoleon Rodezno
Current School: Caroline Chisholm Catholic College, Braybrook, Vic
Previous Position: Aquinas College, Ringwood, Vic
First Year as a Principal: 2025
My big picture for my current school is: Continue to offer our students the opportunities they deserve
The Joy of becoming a Principal is: In living Jesus' Ministry, having impact and promoting Gospel Values
Favourite Book: 100 Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Favourite Food: Anything Vietnamese
Interests / Hobbies: Playing AFL Masters, reading, stand up paddle boarding
My Favourite Well-Being Strategy: Dinner with my wife; walking and playing with my dogs
Advice for an Aspiring Leader: Be yourself and be a long-life learner
Favourite Leadership Quote: Leadership is about transforming limitations into possibilities, Robin Sharma.
What Title would you give to your TED Talk or Book: Displacement: insights of a life as a young refugee and the impact on a lifetime.
Name: Heidi Senior
Current School: St Mary’s College, Adelaide
Previous Position: Director of Professional Practice and Partnerships, Edmund Rice Education Australia
First Year as a Principal: 2025
My big picture for my current school is: To realise the deep history and traditions of the College through a modern lens. To enable young women to activate and develop those same dispositions that have shaped our story – compassion, independence, bravery, grit, curiosity and kindness.
The Joy of becoming a Principal is: The gift of story.
Favourite Book: A Short History of Nearly Everything – Bill Bryson
Favourite Food: Cheese
Interests / Hobbies: Baking, gardening and landscaping, home improvement and renovation, reading.
My Favourite Well-Being Strategy: Working on a project that I can finish.
Advice for an Aspiring Leader: Be curious and work hard to understand and be confident in your own strengths.
Favourite Leadership Quote: The really important kind of freedom involves attention and awareness and discipline, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them over and over in myriad … ways every day. David Foster Wallace
What Title would you give to your TED Talk or Book: Elder wisdom and current learning.