Our Team
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For Australian youth, led by Australian youth.
Teach Us Consent's work is informed by our Youth Advisory Group: a representative group of diverse Australians who advise us every step of the way on the content we create.
The group is made of up 15 young people from around Australia; from metropolitan areas like Melbourne, to regional and rural areas of the country such as Yeppoon. Each member of the group has played a part in shaping the resources we've created and shared for young people to learn about sex, consent and respectful relationships.
With the their help, we make sure our content is made by and for young people.
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Serene Kaur Singh is a Sikh-American advocate and educator passionate about fostering justice through empathy, making it her mission to amplify unconventional voices in mainstream narratives.
As a current Rhodes Scholar and doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, Serene is embarking on catalyzing empathy by dismantling stereotypes, championing justice, and uplifting underserved communities.
In 2019, Serene made history by becoming the first Sikh American woman to win the Rhodes Scholarship and the first woman from the University of Colorado for her leadership, service, character, and activism.
She is the Founder and Executive Director of The Serenity Project 501 (c) (3), an international nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering marginalized women through runway fashion shows across various backgrounds. She is also the author of The Queen Machine, a children’s book inspiring youth to build confidence and self-resolve through embracing their most authentic selves.
Alongside her activism work, Serene is conducting historic academic PhD research on the prison experiences of women who are capitally punished.
For her work in collaboration with other public servants and leaders, Serene has been recognized as a Truman Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar recipient, the winner of the world’s largest pageant - National All-American Miss, a Diana Award recipient, a 2024-2025 John Roberts Lewis Fellow, a Global Changemaker, a Dalai Lama Fellow, and a Boettcher Scholar.
James holds degrees in Law and Commerce from the University of Sydney. He was formerly a private practice litigator in Australia, the UK and the UAE, and subsequently a Vice President and Executive Director at Goldman Sachs. He is currently a Director and Senior Legal Counsel at GSR where he structures and negotiates financial instruments.
Roxana Ghadimi is a resident physician in psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco and a graduate of NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She is passionate about women’s mental health and hopes to advance it through healthcare, education, and advocacy. Drawing from her experience as a maternal mental health researcher, birth doula, and advocate for victims of sexual and domestic violence, she hopes to help create a culture where consent, safety, and mental health are valued, openly discussed, and accessible to all.
After freelance writing for Teach Us Consent for several years, Christiana joined the team as our Director of Strategy and Partnerships in the U.S. With experience in journalism and the non-profit sector, she leads the organisation’s efforts to expand access to consent education across America. Based in New York, Christiana holds a Master’s from Columbia Journalism School. She’s interested in finding new ways to engage young people across diverse American communities, bringing creativity to consent education.
Pnina is an experienced policy and communications professional. She was an advisor to the Federal Communications Minister and for a member of Local Government, and worked in the media space for companies such as The Daily Aus. She is particularly passionate about responding to ways in which emerging technologies can facilitate abuse, and believes young people must be central in solving policy problems across the gender-based violence space.
Annabelle is an experienced Creative Producer & Director who specialises in creating engaging and impactful social & digital content. She is committed to using her creative and communication skills to champion inclusivity, equity and authentic storytelling.
Tess started volunteering for Teach Us Consent in 2021, leading the social media campaign supporting the movement for mandatory consent education. Later, she became their first employee and has most recently led the content production for the organisation’s Promoting Consent Initiative. She has nine years’ experience across women-led social enterprises, not-for-profits, and B-Corps, and has consulted on social media strategy for purpose-driven leaders. An experienced communicator, Tess is committed to using her career to build a more equitable and sustainable world.
Sofia is a published writer, researcher, and activist committed to advancing gender equality, LGBTQIA+ rights, and social justice. She has led communications for not-for-profit organisations, contributed to broadcast media reporting, and conducted policy and governance research on women and LGBTQIA+ in tertiary education. Her work is informed by lived experience and dedicated to ensuring all voices are represented in shaping meaningful social change.
James holds degrees in Law and Commerce from the University of Sydney. He was formerly a private practice litigator in Australia, the UK and the UAE, and subsequently a Vice President and Executive Director at Goldman Sachs. He is currently a Director and Senior Legal Counsel at GSR where he structures and negotiates financial instruments.
Adam has ten years of NGO experience working with education and prevention of sexual violence organisations. He leads Teach Us Consent’s global footprint across systems, cultural and individual-level change programs and initiatives. Adam is also Volunteer CEO of Educating The Future which provides pre-school education in Timor-Leste to three thousand children a year, is an Elected Member of the Australian Council for International Development’s (ACFID) Code of Conduct Committee setting best practice standards, and is a Director on the Board of This Life Cambodia working towards penal justice reform. His NGO and government expertise spans Australia, United Kingdom, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Ukraine, and Cambodia.
Holly Rankin is an ARIA nominated artist and strategist (also known as Jack River). Holly uses the power of pop culture to make political change. She has worked with the Uluru Dialogues, Senator David Pocock, Climate 200 and The Australian Recording Industry Association. As an artist, she spearheaded the viral ‘Our Soundtrack Our Stories’ campaign for tv, radio and ads to use more homegrown music.
Matt Hübner holds degrees in Commerce and Science from the Australian National University and has extensive marketing, brand strategy, and business development experience across both B2B and B2C brands. He is currently Head of Commercial for EWA, overseeing commercial development and business strategy, as well as freelance pro bono consulting for impact-driven startups.
Chanel Contos founded Teach Us Consent. It started on Instagram, and soon evolved to make mandated consent education a political priority. In order to achieve this, she worked closely with politicians from across the political spectrum, including prime ministers.
Chanel was the recipient of the Australian Human Rights Commission Young People’s Medal in 2021, and in 2023 she was named NSW Young Woman of the Year for her persistent efforts towards eradicating rape culture. Chanel has also been presented with the prestigious Diana Award for her humanitarian work, and in 2022 she was listed as one of the BBC’s 100 inspiring and influential women worldwide.
Chanel has a Masters in Education, Gender and International Development from University College London and was recently appointed by Julia Gillard to chair the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership’s Youth Advisory Committee. She also sits on multiple government reference panels, and consults for multinational companies on violence prevention.
She is the author of Consent Laid Bare: sex, entitlement, and the distortion of desire.
Ralph is a Chartered Accountant and has previously served as Treasurer on the board of the NSW Environmental Defenders Office. Ralph has more than fifteen years’ experience in senior financial management roles in the not-for-profit sector and previous experience as an auditor and financial analyst. Ralph currently splits his time working for both Teach Us Consent and the Jane Goodall Institute Australia.