CONGRATULATIONS- AUSTRALIAN CERTIFIED ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS( ACEcD)
Economic Development Australia’ s( EDA) Australian Certified Economic Developer( ACEcD) Program is the national credentialing system, raising capacity and providing a career pathway for economic development professionals. The program also builds awareness of economic development as a sector which is critical to Australia’ s economic prosperity.
ACEcD members are recognised as Australian Certified Economic Developers and are authorised to use the nominals ACEcD and the ACEcD logo to demonstrate their achievement and position themselves as leaders in their field.
To achieve recognition as an Australian Certified Economic Developer( ACEcD), EDA members must complete 4 core and 2 elective modules of the National Education and Training Program, within 3 years.
Congratulations to the following graduates of the National Economic Development Education and Training Program who have recently achieved recognition as Australian Certified Economic Developers( ACEcD).
Haidee Vandenberghe Michaela Hendry Keith Williams James Archibald Courtney Whitehead Rhiannon Llewellyn Tessa Hughes Emma Everett Maree Dougall Kyra Nimmo Deanna Furze Hayley Smythe Elizabeth Reed Stephanie Milan Rachel Berman Kelly Nunn Renaee Giles Poppy Evans Yvette Parker
David Hughes Melissa French Alanah Ward Louis Calitz Amelia Ryan Gaya Arasaratnam Bronwyn Maelzer Philip Osborne Rachel Bailey Suzana Djordjevic Ricky Puata Kasey Lawrence Craig Harrison Josephine Bambling Hayley Hancock Stevie Maclaren Char-lee Chambers Prue McTaggart Zachary Townend
Charisse Santiago Corina Docking Dean Cooper Emma Nesbitt Kelly Smith Kim Hague Leah Rusby Lisa Shaw Melissa Souter-Robertson Rachel Kammerman Rebecca Pedretti Shae Ridgeway Tori Child Vicki Riley Wendy Macdonald Wil Polson Xavier Consedine Tiffany Stodart Renee Tan
Adam Forbes
Emma Blight Kirsty Hill Jenna Turnbull Kristy Frahm Jack Barnett James Bone Craig Copley Emma Joyce Janice Lane Alejandra Ortiz-Arenas Vickey Payne Bridget Ransome Paul Thia Jamie van Iersel Steve Waugh Marina Uys Tallia Gilarry
Recognised Australian Certified Economic Developers retain their credentials by completing Continual Professional Development( CPD).
Since October 2020, 885 people have participated in the National Training Program with 494 EDA members holding recognition as Australian Certified Economic Developers( ACEcD).
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