College Board

Mrs Rachel Cavalot, Acting Principal, St Teresa’s College, Abergowrie

Mrs Rachel Cavalot is a dedicated and experienced senior educational leader, currently serving as Assistant Principal – Teaching and Learning at St Teresa’s College, Abergowrie, a role she has held since 2025. With a passion for providing meaningful and culturally responsive education, Rachel is deeply committed to supporting Indigenous students and their families, ensuring that every young person has the opportunity to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.

Her genuine interest in working collaboratively with Indigenous communities strengthens partnerships with families, creating a supportive environment where students are encouraged and empowered to achieve their full potential. Rachel’s leadership promotes excellence in both teaching and pastoral care, reflecting her belief in education as a powerful tool for personal growth and community development.

Linda McClelland - CEO, Hinchinbrook Community Support

Linda is a proud Abergowrie woman whose family for several generations have worked and been educated at the college.  Having been educated within the Catholic education system herself and having attended boarding school, Linda is passionate for faith-based education and the opportunities that it brings to the development of the whole student.  She is committed to supporting educational engagement of rural and remote children to ensure that they have second-to-none education and every opportunity to thrive as their city counterparts.  

Kim McCosker, Indigenous Education Adviser, TCEO

Kim is a proud Gamilaraay woman who has been working within the education sector for more than 20 years. During this time she has taught students ranging in age from Kindergarten to Year 12. Kim has worked within Indigenous education (including supporting students from remote communities to attend boarding school) for many years. She is passionate about closing the gap in educational outcomes between Indigenous students and their non-Indigenous peers. She has worked for many years in Catholic schools within the Toowoomba diocese and also spent time as an Education Officer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education in the Toowoomba Catholic Schools Office.  Kim moved to Townsville in 2021 and worked as an Indigenous Education Teacher at St Margaret Mary's College until she joined the Indigenous Education team at the Townsville Catholic Education Office in January 2023.

Elaine Morganson, Emerging Leaders Coordinator, St Teresa’s College, Abergowrie

My name is Elaine Morganson I was born and raised in Ingham. I am the eldest of four siblings – I have two sisters and a brother. I am also a mother of two and a grandmother of three beautiful girls. I am also a Traditional Owner of the Warrgamay clan upon where the College is built.

I have been at the College for almost 44 years this year. My first job was as a domestic worker in 1979 at Abergowrie College. I worked in the kitchen and laundry for 20 years before getting a teacher’s aide position in 2000. In 2001, I was awarded a scholarship from TCE Indigenous Unit and completed my Bachelor of teaching in Indigenous Education at ACU in Brisbane graduating in 2006.

My proudest accomplishment was graduating with a teaching degree while working full-time and raising my two teenage children.  The best part of my job is ensuring that the young men sitting in front of me in my classroom get the best possible education they can get.  It’s my dream that every young gentleman that I teach in the junior school are there to the very end on graduation day.

Fr John Kunnathumadappallil - Parish Priest

Fr John Kunnathumadappallil has been the Parish Priest of Ingham Region Catholic Parish since 1^st January 2024.

Fr John was born into a traditional catholic family in the state of Kerala in India. He is one of six children and has two brothers and three sisters, all married with children.

Fr John joined the Discalced Carmelite Order (OCD) at the age of 15 and was ordained a Carmelite Religious Priest on 4^th February 1991. He has a Master’s Degree (MA) in English Language and Literature from the University of Kerala and a Post Graduate Diploma in English Language and Literature from King’s College, London. He served the Carmelite Order in Kerala as the Formator of Seminarians and as Superior of various religious communities before coming to Townsville. At the invitation of Bishop Michael Putney, Fr John arrived in the Diocese of Townsville on June 23, 2010. He was the Parish Priest of Holy Spirit Parish, Cranbrook from January 2011 till December 2023.