Amy Kirkham is a Montessori teacher trainer from Melbourne. She has been involved in the Early Childhood Education sector since 1988. Amy has worked with young children in a variety of different settings including early childhood centres, Montessori Children's Houses, services for children with hearing impairment and in the Haematology/Oncology ward at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Amy is actively involved in the provision of professional development for Montessori staff as well as parent and community education. She is a 3-6 AMI teacher trainer for the Australian Montessori Teacher Education Foundation (AMTEF). In 2008 Amy is the Director of Training for AMTEF in Melbourne. Amy is a board member of several Montessori organisations and is also a member of the Australian Quality Assurance Working Party. The MANZ 2010 Conference will be Amy's third trip to New Zealand.

Joen Bettman is a Montessori teacher trainer, examinier and consultant from the USA. HSe has been involved in Montessori education for 30 years. She currently is Director of Training for the Ohio Montessori Training Institute and Montessori Institute of Atlanta. Joen has also directed summer training in Australia in 2004. Joen has a MS in Montessori education and is an adjunct professor at Loyola College in Maryland, USA. 

Donna Bryant Goertz founded Austin Montessori School in Austin, Texas, in 1967.  She directed the school and taught there for thirty-four years.  While continuing to direct the school, Donna is now head of parent education, staff development, and new programmes initiation.  Educators, professors, and students from all over the world have studied Austin Montessori School’s continuum of service to families of children from 14 months through 15 years to learn more about the philosophy of Montessori education and the particular school culture.   Donna has received her Montessori Elementary diploma from the Fondazione Centro Internazionale Studi Montessoriani in Bergamo, Italy, and her Assistants to Infancy diploma from The Montessori Institute of Denver, Colorado.  She is a founding member of Educateurs sans Frontiers, a select group of 26 Montessorians from 16 countries dedicated to applying Montessori principles beyond the school walls.  She has been published in several well known educational journals and has spoken at conferences throughout both North America and the rest of the world.  Donna and her husband, Don, are the parents of 7 children and grandparents of 15.