Board of Directors, Faculties and Committees

President 2024-2025: Joanne Kirkland
President Elect 2024-2025: Lynn Armsby
Immediate Past President 2024-2025: Yvonne Saunders
Financial Director 2024-2025: Michael Sandham
Honorary Director: Len Armstrong

Patrons

Lady Fearn of Southport, Anton du Beke, Erin Boag, Darcey Bussell BBE, Simon Green, Dollie Henry MBE, Karen Hilton MBE, Marcus Hilton MBE, Bonnie Langford, Dame Arlene Phillips DBE, Angela Rippon CBE,  Jukka Haapalainen, Sirpa Suttari, Joanne Clifton.

Directors 2024-2025

Dallas Chapman, Philip Diment, Colin Donaldson, Loraine Hastings, Anna Henrich-Jones,  Wendy Heywood, Darren Kelly, Lynda King, Dawn Parker, Michael Sandham, Barbara Sharples, Denise Skinner, Bryan Thomson, Phil Winston, Linda Cook, Jill Kemp.

Chief Executive Officer:

James Stockdale

Chief Operations Officer:

Elizabeth Murphy

Accountant

Joseph Harrison

Ballroom Branch Faculties (2023-2024)

Ballroom Faculty

Lynn Armsby, Lynda King (Chairman), Dawn Parker, Michael Sandham, Yvonne Saunders, Carol Hammond (Reserve)

Latin Faculty

Lynn Armsby, Anna Jones, Lynda KIng, Michael Sandham, Yvonne Saunders (Chairman), Jill Kemp (Reserve)

Sequence Faculty

Dawn Parker (Chairman), Tracy Taylor, Carol Hammond, Dallas Chapman

Freestyle Faculty

Anna Henrich-Jones, Jill Kemp (Chairman), Dawn Parker, Loraine Hastings, Nigel Edgar, Christine Palmer-Green (Reserve)

Quality Assurance Panel – Ballroom

Consists of the four Faculty Chairmen, Chief Executive Officer.

Theatre Branch Faculties (2023-2024)

Ballet Faculty

Annette Bromley, Lynda Cardwell, Vanessa Hooper, Gillian Hopkinson, Joanne Kirkland (Chairman), Christa Collard (Reserve)

Contemporary Modern Jazz Faculty

Linda Cook (Chairman), Lisa Handley, Shani Mitchell, Michelle Upton, Phil Winston, Amanda Restell (Reserve)

Tap Faculty

Mariyka Bolubasz, Wendy Cowan, Vicki Durning (Chairman), Jennifer McCrow, Emma Turner

Theatre Craft Faculty

Elizabeth Kendrick, Linda Regan, Denise Skinner, Vicki Stansfield (Chairman)

Musical Theatre Faculty

Lisa Handley (Chairman), Elizabeth Kendrick, Linda Regan, Denise Skinner, Cheryl Dodd

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