Joan Mitchell Montgomery AM OBE (6 July 1925 – 5 February 2024) was an Australian principal.
She attended Presbyterian Ladies' College in East Melbourne, where she played tennis and baseball.
[4] Montgomery studied at the University of Melbourne and graduated in 1948 with a bachelor of arts degree and a diploma of education.
[5][6] Montgomery served the wider educational community as president of the Association of Independent Girls' School of Victoria and president of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools of Australia (AHIGSA).
During her tenure with AHIGSA she advocated for a merge with the Headmasters' Conference of the Independent Schools of Australia (HMCISA), a move which occurred in August 1985 with the formation of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA).