Dr Cassandra Hayward, Senior Lecturer
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne
After receiving her Ph.D. in experimental social psychology, Cassie Hayward (nee Govan) spent two years in the USA as a Research Associate and Co-Director of the Behavioral Lab at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business before returning to Australia.
Cassie is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychological Sciences and she is the Convenor of the Master of Applied Psychology. The Master of Applied Psychology (MAP) is designed for psychology graduates who want to develop practical skills in the applications of psychology to the world of business, government, the non-profit sector, marketing, consumer and social research, and health.
Cassie’s academic research has concentrated on the use of non-conscious attitude measurement tools, ostracism, negotiation, juror decision-making, and the framing of inequity. She has published in top academic journals and books and presented at psychology and and marketing conferences across the USA and Australia.
Dr Kathy Avent, GM Social Innovation & Impact
Lord Mayors Charitable Foundation
Kathy Avent, PhD, joined Lord Mayors Charitable Foundation as the new General Manager Social Innovation & Impact in January 2020. Her role includes managing the LMCF Grants and Impact Team to support the collaborative development of innovative solutions to tough social and environmental challenges in the Greater Melbourne Region.
She has extensive experience in developing and managing long term multidisciplinary collaborations between university, industry and not for profits organisations with the intention of leading to social, economic, environmental, policy and behavioural changes for broader community benefit. A key focus of her new role is demonstrating and maximising the impact of the Foundation’s grants and initiatives.
Kathy undertook her PhD in Biomedical Science, conferred by The University of Queensland in 2001, stemming from an interest in mental health.