Advisory Council representatives

IfL's first Advisory Council has been in post since January 2010 and sees a greater proportion of members involved in the strategic running of their professional body. The elected representatives are named below.

Member Representatives

Member representatives include five seats reserved for equality and diversity, six for members from different parts of the sector, and nine for regional representation:

Click the relevant name to read the candidate statement for each representative.

Reserved seat Representative
Age Zaeem Mohammad Zaman
Black & Ethnic Minority Lisette D'Cruz
Disability Marianne Beamish
Gender Ms Beatrix E Groves
Sexuality No candidate

Adult and Community Learning Karen Gray
FE Colleges Dave Bains
Ministry of Defence Douglas Dummett
Offender Learning Lynne Western-Lait
Sixth Form Colleges Govind Bharadia
Work-based Learning Stella Austin

East Midlands Andre Verwijs
East of England Alan Kemp
Greater London M Ade Lawal
North East England Margot Cambridge
North West England Angie McConnell
South East England Nigel Beckford
South West England Caroline Huntley
West Midlands Tony Armstrong
Yorkshire and the Humber Phil Hodgkinson

Member representative Mary Bennett
Member representative Anne Brookes
Member representative Sue Broster
Member representative April Carrol
Member representative Dick Cervantes
Member representative Stuart Emmerson
Member representative Jan Hanson
Member representative Melanie Jones
Member representative Fiona Joy
Member representative Sue Lloyd
Member representative Rosalind Pearson
Member representative Sarah Louise Pigott
Member representative Sue Rhodes
Member representative Ed Sallis
Member representative Mick Smith 
Member representative Anthony Wilkes
Member representative Debbie Betteridge
Member representative Susie Andrade
Member representative John Clossick
Member representative John Chorley
Member representative Paula Jones
Member representative Saire Jones
Member representative Rania Hafez
Member representative Jacki Hughes

Stakeholder Representatives

Stakeholder Representatives

                      Name of Organisation

Stakeholder Representative

Association Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training (ACCETT)

Dr. Maggie Gregson
Co-Director

Association of College Management (ACM)

Nadine Cartner
Head of Policy

Association of Learning Providers (ALP)

Paul Eeles
Director of Sector Reforms

Association of Colleges (AoC)

Martin Doel
Chief Executive

Association of Teachers & Lecturers (ATL) Martin Freedmsn
ATL Hesd of Pay, Conditions & Skills

HOLEX

Rosemary Sloman
Head of Adult Learning & Skills

Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK)

Ivor Jones
Deputy Chief Executive

The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)

Peter Lavender
Deputy Chief Executive

National Union of Students (NUS)

Shane Chowen
Vice President

Gemma Painter
FE Policy Officer

Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET)

James Noble-Rogers
Executive Director

University & Colleges Union (UCU)

Dan Taubman
Senior National Official

UNISON

Christine Lewis
National Officer

Observers

Name of Organisation

Observer

Department of Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS)

Vince Keddie
Education Directorate

Department for Children, Schools  and Families (DCSF) Lucy Andrew
Head of 14-19 workforce
General Teaching Council for England (GTCE) Kathy Baker
Acting Head of Policy
Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) Markos Tiris
Head of Teaching & Learning

Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills(OFSTED)