Rachel Stenslunde

Promoting a home away from home where staff and students share mutual respect, care, trust and concern; providing and managing the necessary expectations in terms of the girl’s behaviour, creating opportunities for boarders to develop personal responsibility and facilitating appropriate social, cultural and other activities both within and outside the school, are all areas of focus of the Dean of Boarding, Rachel Stenslunde. Rachel believes that providing an environment for the girls that acknowledges the incredible history and traditions of the St Hilda’s community while also being able to balance with a contemporary flavour equips the girls to thrive in our current landscape.

Rachel has been at St Hilda’s since 2018 and has held the Dean of Boarding position since 2019.  Prior to St Hilda’s Rachel has spent time in Karratha, Sydney and Brisbane working in both the resource sector in the North West and the Financial Planning Industry for NAB/MLC Funds Management.  She has managed large national teams where the development of the personnel within these teams was critically important to the deliverables the team was working towards. Her diverse experiences with a client focus have aided her ability to build strong relationships with people and ensure the girl’s personal development is at the forefront of all decisions.

Rachel Stenslunde lives on campus with her husband and three children.