Karen Dickinson

General Manager, TAFE Queensland Gold Coast

Karen Dickinson is General Manager of TAFE Queensland Gold Coast, joining the TAFE Queensland Executive team in May 2017. Karen was TAFE Queensland’s Project Sponsor for the Commonwealth Games 2018 and worked with many stakeholders across Queensland to ensure the 15,000 volunteers were provided timely and effective training to support their role at Games time.

Prior to this Karen was Managing Director, Kimberley Training Institute (KTI), part of the TAFE network in Western Australia, a position she held for over 7 years. Karen has extensive executive level experience in public sector management across health, employment services and vocational education and training. Karen has a Masters in Health Services Management, Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety and Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing).

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