Daniel Smith is an experienced educator who has been working as a teacher for over thirty years and as a small school Principal for twenty years.

Daniel is currently the Principal at Cooran State School in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.

Daniel has a deep knowledge of yoga practice and philosophy studying under a number of systems in both India and Australia over more than twenty tears. This understanding has led him to The River School and our neo humanist philosophy.

Alan Richardson is a psychologist and educator based in Brisbane, Australia and runs his own Centre for Psychotherapy, Couples’ Counselling and Research. He is involved in work on counselling efficacy, grief, loss, and trauma, and the impact on relationships.

Alan is  involved with the International Association of Process Oriented Psychology (IAPOP), and actively engages in the training, education, skill development and clinical supervision of professionals, internationally.