Meet your advisory council

IfL Advisory Council: includes 42 member representatives and 13 representatives from partner organisations representing the diversity of the sector, as well as four observers.

Advisory Council members are involved in the strategic running of the professional body. The elected representatives and their contact details are 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.

Name Reserved seat
Tony Armstrong Member representative - West Midlands Region
Stella Austin Member representative - Work Based Learning
Dave Bains Member representative - FE Colleges
Sue Banting Member representative
Marianne Beamish Member representative - Disability
Nigel Beckford Member representative - South East England Region
Mary Bennett Member representative
Debbie Betteridge Member representative
Govind Bharadia Member representative - Sixth Form Colleges
Anne Brookes Member representative
Susan Broster Member representative
Rosie Brown Member representative
David Carpenter Member representative - North West of England Region
April Carrol Member representative
Dick Cervantes Member representative
John Chorley Member representative
Sue Crowley IfL Chair, Greater London representative
Lisette D'Cruz Member representative
Douglas Jack Dummett Member representative - Ministry of Defence
Dr Stuart Emmerson Member representative
Karen Gray Member representative - Adult and Community Learning
John Grocott Member representative
Beatrix E Groves Member representative, Gender (President)
Kathryn Gundle Member representative - East of England Region
Rania Hafez Member representative
Jan Hanson Member representative
Wendy Henwood Member representative
Phil Hodgkinson Member representative - Yorkshire and Humber Region
Melanie Jones Member representative
Paula Jones Member representative
Fiona Joy Member representative
Steve Lane Member representative
Zaeem Mohammad Zaman Member representative - Age
Charlotte Nancarrow Member representative
Rosalind Pearson Member representative
Penny Petch Member representative
Sarah Louise Pigott Member representative
Sue Rhodes Member representative
Professor Ed Sallis, OBE Member representative
Margot Skeleton Member representative
Lynda Snowden Member representative
John Williams Member representative