Board of Directors, Faculties and Committees
President 2023-2024: Yvonne Saunders
President Elect 2023-2024: Joanne Kirkland
Immediate Past President 2023-2024: Linda Cook
Financial Director 2023-2024: Michael Sandham
Honorary Director: Len Armstrong
Patrons
Lady Fearn of Southport, Anton du Beke, Erin Boag, Darcey Bussell BBE, Karen Hilton MBE, Marcus Hilton MBE, Dame Arlene Phillips DBE, Angela Rippon CBE, The Rt. Hon Anne Widdecombe PC DSG, Jukka Haapalainen, Sirpa Suttari.
Directors 2023-2024
Lynn Armsby, Dallas Chapman, Philip Diment, Colin Donaldson, Loraine Hastings, Wendy Heywood, Vanessa Hooper, Darren Kelly, Lynda King, Joanne Kirkland, Dawn Parker, Michael Sandham, Barbara Sharples, Denise Skinner, Bryan Thomson, Phil Winston.
Chief Executive Officer:
James Stockdale
Accountant
Michael Sandham (Financial Director) currently overseeing Accounts
Ballroom Branch Faculties (2022-2023)
Ballroom Faculty
Linda King (Chairman), Lynn Armsby, Dawn Parker, Michael Sandham, Yvonne Saunders, Jill Kemp (Reserve)
Latin Faculty
Yvonne Saunders (Chairman), Lynda King, Lynn Armsby, Anna Jones, Michael Sandham, Jill Kemp (Reserve)
Sequence Faculty
Dawn Parker (Chairman), Dallas Chapman, David Harwood, Tracey Taylor
Freestyle Faculty
Jill Kamp (Chairman), Nigel Edgar, Loraine Hastings, Anna Jones, Dawn Parker, Lisa McLean (Reserve)
Quality Assurance Panel – Ballroom
Consists of the four Faculty Chairmen, Chief Executive Officer.
Theatre Branch Faculties (2022-2023)
Ballet Faculty
Joanne Kirkland (Chairman), Vanessa Hooper, Annette Bromley, Lynda Cardwell, Gillian Hopkinson, Donna Wilcox (Reserve).
Contemporary Modern Jazz Faculty
Linda Cook (Chairman), Lisa Handley, Shani Mitchell, Carl Walker, Phil Winston, Michelle Upton (Reserve)
Tap Faculty
Vicky Durning (Chairman), Mariyka Bolubasz, Wendy Cowan, Jennifer McCrow, Emma Turner, Vicki Richardson (Reserve)
Theatre Craft Faculty
Vicky Stansfield (Chairman), Elizabeth Kendrick, Ian Meeson, Linda Regan, Denise Skinner
Musical Theatre Faculty
Lisa Handley (Chairman), Elizabeth Kendrick, Ian Meeson, Linda Regan, Denise Skinner
Quality Assurance Panel – Theatre
Consists of the four Faculty Chairmen, Chief Executive Officer.
Finance & General Purposes Committee (F&GP)
Financial Director (Chairman), President, President Elect, Chief Executive, Colin Donaldson, Lynda King, Joanne Kirkland, Michael Sandham, Yvonne Saunders.
London Meeting and Congress Arrangement Committees Ballroom and Theatre
Ballroom: Philip Diment, Colin Donaldson, Dawn Parker, Yvonne Saunders
Theatre: Linda Cook, Joanne Kirkland, Vanessa Hooper, Phil Winston
Miss Dance of Great Britain
Joanne Kirkland (Chair), Sharon Berry, Sandra Houldsworth – Secretary, Linda Lister, Christine Minott, Lisa Sykes.
International Theatre Dance Awards
Michelle Upton (Co-chair), Donna Wilcox (Co-chair), Wendy Heywood
Nationwide Medallist of the Year Committee
Dawn Parker (Chairman) Anglia: Wendy Anderson, North East: Cynthia Coleman, North West: Wayne Turner, South East: Dawn Armitage, South West: Keith Laughton, Tyne Tees: Ann Haining.
Supreme Medallist Couples Competitions Committee
President, Financial Director, Chief Executive, Lynda King, Philip Diment, Michael Sandham, Bryan Thomson.
Publicity Committee
President, President Elect, Financial Director, Chief Executive, Phil Diment, Colin Donaldson.
Awards Committee
President, President Elect, Financial Director, Chief Executive, Lynn Armsby, Barbara Sharples.
Overseas Development Committee
President, President Elect, Financial Director, Chief Executive, Anna Jones, Joanne Kirkland, Yvonne Saunders, Bryan Thompson.
IT Committee
Chief Executive, David Cooke (IT Consultant), Gavin Stevens (IT Support), Joanne Kirkland, Michael Sandham.
IDTA Representatives
British Dance Council (BDC)
BDC Council: President, Philip Diment, Colin Donaldson, Reserve: Yvonne Saunders
BDC Sequence Advisory Committee:
BDC Teachers Committee: Michael Sandham
BDC Contemp / Freestyle Advisory Committee: Anna Jones res Dawn Parker
Sports and Recreation Alliance
Joanne Kirkland
Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre
Lynn Armsby., Elizabeth Murphy
Theatre Dance Council International
Linda Cook, Barbara Sharples
Federation of Dance Awarding Bodies
Michael Sandham
Note: All committees, chairmen and representatives are elected annually in September by the Board of Directors. A list of IDTA Examiners is available from IDTA Head Office. Please call 01273 685652 or email info@idta.co.uk