Lea’s Team
Claire Fortune
Chief Operating Officer and Facilitator
Claire Fortune (MAPP, BHlthSc, AdvDipAppSc, AIMM) is a trainer, facilitator and course designer in positive psychology. She is passionate about empowering people with the tools to flourish in all spheres of life.
Having completed her Masters in Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) at the University of Melbourne, Claire has deep knowledge and training in the field of positive psychology. Claire is a member of the International Positive Psychology Association and Positive Education Schools Association. Claire also holds a Bachelor of Health Science in Complementary Medicine with a particular interest in behavioural neuroscience and the mind body connection and has completed further study in positive psychology coaching with Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener.
Claire has worked in the health and education sectors for over 20 years and has worked both overseas and in Australia as a wellbeing consultant, speaker and practitioner. In the Education Sector, She has worked with both State and Independent schools across Victoria, NSW, QLD, Tasmania and WA to improve wellbeing outcomes by delivering school health and nutrition programs, workshops on positive education, workshops on relationships and through the her role as a facilitator in the Visible Wellbeing™ program.
Trained by Professor Lea Waters as a Visible Wellbeing™ facilitator, Claire has contributed to resources on Visible Wellbeing™, the Strengths Stars Framework and The Strengths Exchange, collaborating with Professor Lea Waters and Lara Mossman on games to encourage strengths awareness through play in children.
Marcelle Prentice
Program Support Manager and Facilitator
Marcelle Prentice (BA [Crim&Psych], MTeach[Prim]) is a qualified primary school teacher who also holds a Graduate Diploma in Psychology. A published Psychology Researcher, she is passionate about combining her two skillsets of Teaching and Psychology to nurture students’ mental and academic wellbeing, knowing that one cannot flourish without the other.
Graduating from her Masters in Teaching at the University of Melbourne with the Dean’s Award, Marcelle has taught in Australia and Singapore in Government International School System. Marcelle Graduated from the Diploma of Professional Psychology at Monash University with the Dean’s Award in 2019. Following this accomplishment she worked at Headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation as a School Wellbeing and Education Consultant.
Trained by Professor Lea Waters as a Visible Wellbeing™ Facilitator and Coach, Marcelle joins our team as Program Support Manager for Visible Wellbeing Schools where she enjoys drawing on her experience in research, leadership and teaching to support with our schools in their whole-school journey with Visible Wellbeing.
