Vanessa Cheng has been the Executive Officer of the Australian Association of Christian Schools (AACS) since 2020.
Prior to accepting that role, she was a Christian school teacher and a policy advisor in the Victorian Departments of Education, and Premier and Cabinet. She also worked as a political advisor to a federal senator, and served as a senior policy advisor within the federal Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
Vanessa is a member of Holy Trinity Anglican Church and resides in Bendigo, a regional city in Victoria, Australia. She lives with her husband, Andrei, and their four daughters and son.