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Who’s who in IATEFL

Head Office

Chief Executive: Jon Burton

Deputy Chief Executive: Louise Atkins

Senior Bookkeeper: Iwona Minkowska

Conference Programme Coordinator: Neil Moors

Conference Planning Officer: Laura Creed

Exhibition, Sponsorship and Advertising Officer: Annie Scott

Volunteer Support Officer: Charlotte Burton  

Membership and Careers Officer: Freya Rutt

Membership and Publications Officer: Ewa Minkowska

Finance Administrator: Linda James

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Board of Trustees

Treasurer
Bethany Cagnol

Special Interest Group Representative
Andy Hockley

Associate Representative
Jean Theuma

Membership Committee Chair
Tyson Seburn

Digital Committee Chair
Georgia K. Papamichailidou

Trustees can also be contacted by emailing [email protected].

Patron and Advisory Council

Patron:
Jan Blake
Find out more about IATEFL’s new Patron here

Advisory Council:
Amos Paran, Catherine Walter, Fabian Kaslin and Jameela Mohamed, Dr Alessia Cogo (as Editor of the ELT Journal) and Alison Devine (representing the British Council)

Executive Committees

Associates Committee: Jean Theuma (Chair), Beatrix Price, Mirela Cristina Manea Gültekin and Freya Rutt (Head Office representative)

Conference Committee: Aleksandra Popovski (Chair), Sanja Bozinovic, Colm Downes and Metin Esen. Head Office representatives:  Annie Scott, Neil Moors, Louise Atkins, Jon Burton and Laura Creed

Digital Committee: Georgia K. Papamichailidou (Chair), Sanja Bozinovic, Marcio Oliveira, Pola Papadopoulou and Louise Atkins (Head Office representative)

Membership Committee: Tyson Seburn (Chair), Khanh-Duc Kuttig, Anju Moses, Jared Valenzuela, Louise Atkins and Jon Burton (Head Office representatives)

Publications Committee: Christopher Graham (Chair), Marina Gonzalez, Dorothy Zemach and Ewa Minkowska (Head Office representative)

Other Committees

Scholarship Committee: Christian Ludwig (Chair), Wiktoria Allan, Ben Beaumont, Laura Creed, Blerta Mustafa and Nora Tartsay-Nemeth

Voices Editor: Derek Philip-Xu

  • The Editor of Voices can also be contacted by post via: IATEFL, 2-3 The Foundry, Seager Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7FD, United Kingdom

Conference Selections Editor: Deborah Bullock

IATEFL representative on the ELTJ Editorial panel: Shelagh Rixon

IATEFL representative on the ELTJ Advisory board: Richard Smith

IATEFL’s 16 Special Interest Groups:

Business English Special Interest Group

Joint Coordinators: Marjorie Rosenberg & Silke Riegler

Committee:

Conference Events Coordinator: Vicky Margari

Administration & Membership coordinator: Birte Horn

Media Coordinator: Katerina Apostolaki

Publications Coordinator: Shweta Paropkari

Online Events Coordinator: Uma Tadema

ES(O)L English Special Interest Group


Coordinator: Vivi Bairami

Committee:

Website Coordinator: Jenny Mano

Newsletter Editor: Joseph Seaton

Newsletter Assistant Editor: Alison Victoria (Ally)Shepherd & Meagan Gaskell

Social Media Coordinator: Yulia Efremova

Online Events Coordinator: Lesley Painter-Farrell

Online Events Assistant Coordinator: Nesli Kaplan

English for Specific Purposes Special Interest Group


Joint Coordinators: Milena Tanasijevic & Blair Matthews

Committee:

Outreach Officer: Dolon Gupta

Joint Events and Webinar Coordinators: Milena Tanasijevic 

Professional & Academic English Journal Editor-in-Chief: Katalin Egri Ku-Mesu

Scholarships manager: Jemma Prior

Social media coordinator: Christiane Barth

Web manager: Blair Matthews

Global Issues Special Interest Group


Coordinator: Varinder Unlu

Committee:

Publications: Judy Boyle, Hind Elyas

Events: Vacancy

Inclusive Practices and Special Educational Needs Special Interest Group


Joint Coordinators: Giovanni Licata & Aysen Deger

Committee:

Newsletter Coordinator: Boelo van der Pool

Social media coordinator: Diana Margaritescu

Joint Secretary: Sinem Daridere

Treasurer: Jana Jilkova & Wiktoria Allan

Web manager: Agnieszka Dzięcioł-Pędich 

Leadership and Management Special Interest Group


Joint Coordinators: Barbara Craig and Mike Riley

Committee:

Event Sub-committee: Johnnie Yates, Daniella Seong Hui You, Mariana Hidalgo & Özlem Bayka  

Publications Sub-committee Coordinator: Matina Gatsou
Publication Sub-committee: Sandra Pitronaci, Tanya Livarda, Jennifer Lowe & Simon Cox. 

Website & Social Media Sub-committee Coordinator: Lucie Cotterill
Website & Social Media Sub-committee: Katherine Martinkevich, (Filomena) Petra Rovitti

Social Media and Website Subcommittee Webmaster: Paul Ashe

Learner Autonomy Special Interest Group


Coordinator: Sandro John Amendolara

Committee:

Digital event organiser: Metin Esen

Joint Event organisers: Annika Albrecht and Carmen Becker

Independence newsletter editors: Tracie Mackenzie and Lesley Fearn

Social media manager: Gamze Sayram & Thomas Stringer

Literature Special Interest Group


Coordinator: Gerhard Finster

Committee:

Publications officer:  Laura Hadwin

Events coordinator: Eugenia Carrión Cantón

Treasurer: Sara Mount

Extensive reading: Thomas N. Robb

Website Manager: Diana Martinez

Social Media Manager: Conny Loder

Learning Technologies Interest Group


Coordinator: Maria Diakou

Committee:

Content Manager: Susana Galante

Administrative officer: Ruby Polygenis

Social media manager: Savannah Davies

Joint event organiser: Eftychis Kantarakis

Webmaster: Belen Albarracin

Materials Writing Interest Group


Coordinator: Heather Buchanan

Committee:

Website manager: Ciaran Lynch

Events coordinators: Niki Joseph & Sandy Millin

Publications coordinator: Luis Carabantes

Editor: Maria Antoniou

Social media coordinator: Amanda Stroia

Pronunciation Interest Group


Joint Coordinators: Gemma Archer & Adam Scott

Committee:

Treasurer: Ivana Duckinoska- Mihajlovska

Joint webinar coordinators: Victor Hugo Medina Soares & Taylor Veigga

Blogger: Ana Paula Biazon Rocha

Social media assistant: Syndhya J 

Social media assistant: Tamara Bustos

Speak Out! Journal co-editors: Kristýna Červinková PoesováTarik Uzun

Webmaster: Beata Walesiak

Assistant Webmaster: Ashley Louise Brown

Research Interest Group


Coordinator: Ernesto Vargas Gil

Committee:

Events and webinar coordinator: Vanita Chopra

Joint outreach coordinators: Eric Ekembe & Marisol Guzman Cova

Newsletter co-editors: Chris Richards (Lead), Jessica MackayAna García-Stone & Josianne Block 

Web and digital media manager: Loreto Aliaga Sala

PCE Coordinator: Vanita Chopra

Teacher Development Interest Group


Joint Coordinators: Cecilia Lemos Harmer & James Taylor

Committee:

Publications:  Elizabeth Coleman and Jake Kimball

Website/social media: Maria Eugenia Ianiro and Helen Slee

Events:  Elizabeth Coleman and Maria Eugenia Ianiro

Developod: Helen Slee 

Scholarships: Taiza Lombardi

Testing, Evaluation & Assessment Interest Group


Joint Coordinators: Maria Davou & Joanna Wrzesinska

Committee:

‘Testing, Evaluation and Assessment Today’ Editor: Panagiota Vampoula

Joint Webinar Coordinators: Anna Soltyska & Will Pearson

Webmaster & Social Media Coordinator: Natassa Manitsa

Face to Face Events Coordinator: Selda Gumus Sambel

Teacher Training & Education Interest Group


Coordinator:   Clare Hayward 

Committee:

Website manager: Ozlem Inan

Scholarship Coordinator:  Jim Fuller

Event officer: Cristina Gultekin Manea

Treasurer: Khanh-Duc Kuttig

Social Media Officer: Anna Hasper

Young Learners & Teenagers Interest Group


Joint Coordinators: Leticia Moraes & Leandro Paladino

Committee:

Joint events coordinators: Elizabeth Cicconi & Michelle Worgan

Publications Editor: Romina Muse 

Publications assistant: (Blogs): Adrienn Szlapak

Blog Editor assistant: Leandra Meddings

Joint Communications Officer & Liaison: Annie Altamirano & Eugenia DellOsa

IATEFL has made me a better teacher, and also to mature as a person and professional while giving me the tools to develop.

Rob, Educator