Who's who in IATEFL

Head Office

If you have a question, please contact the IATEFL Head Office team, who are all now working from home (09.00 - 17.00 UK time Monday - Friday), following UK Government guidelines.

For membership matters, please email our Membership Officer, Lucy Julians at [email protected] or call Lucy on +44 (0) 7340 406 821 during office hours.
For finance matters, please email our Finance Administrator, Linda James on [email protected]. To make a payment please call Linda on +44 (0) 7821 531 255 during office hours.

Other staff members can be reached via their personal email accounts or via [email protected]

  • Chief Executive: Jon Burton
  • Deputy Chief Executive: Louise Atkins
  • Senior Bookkeeper: Iwona Minkowska
  • Conference Organiser: Michelle Gossling
  • Deputy Conference Organiser: Sarah Ward
  • Exhibition, Sponsorship and Advertising Officer: Annie Park  
  • Membership Officer: Lucy Julians
  • Special Interest Groups and Publications Officer: Eleanor Baynham
  • Jobs Market and Careers Fair Officer: Freya Rutt
  • Finance Administrator: Linda James

Postal address for IATEFL Head Office: IATEFL, 2-3 The Foundry, Seager Road, Faversham, ME13 7FD, UK

Patron, Trustees and Advisory Council

Patron: Professor David Crystal, OBE, FBA

Board of Trustees:

President
Harry Kuchah Kuchah

Vice President
Gabriel Diaz Maggioli

Treasurer
Bethany Cagnol

Secretary
Ros Wright

Membership Committee Chair
Mojca Belak

Special Interest Group (SIG) Representative
Judith Mader

Associates Representative
Lou McLaughlin

Digital Committee Chair
Shaun Wilden

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

Advisory Council: 

  • As Patron: David Crystal
  • As Editor of the ELTJ: Dr Alessia Cogo
  • Individual members: Amos Paran, Roy Cross, Catherine Walter and Johannes Wassenberg

Executive Committees

Associates Committee: Lou McLaughlin (Chair), Marta Bujakowska and Lucy Julians 

Conference Committee: Harry Kuchah Kuchah (Chair), Louise Atkins,  Jon Burton, Michelle Gossling, Sarah Mount, Annie Park, Sarah Ward and Ros Wright

Digital Committee: Shaun Wilden (Chair), Louise Atkins, Sanja Bozinovic, Marcio Oliveira, Pola Papadopoulou and Georgia Papamichailidou

Membership Committee: Mojca Belak (Chair), Syke Annamma Kumaran, Gerhard Erasmus, Lucy Julians, Maria-Araxi Sachpazian and Bozica Saric-Cvjetkovic

Publications Committee: Gabriel Diaz Maggioli (Chair), Eleanor Baynham, Marina Gonzalez, Vicky Papageorgiou and Arum Perwitasari

Other Committees

Scholarship Committee: Maureen McGarvey (Chair), Ben Beaumont, Christian Ludwig, Amos Paran, Nora Tartsay-Nemeth, Adrian Tennant and Sarah Ward

Voices Editor: Tania Pattison

  • 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

Business English Special Interest Group

Joint Coordinators: Rob Howard and Maria Szugfil

Committee:

English for Speakers of Other Languages Special Interest Group

Coordinator: Lesley Painter-Farrell

Committee:

  • Newsletter editor: Mike Chick 
  • Reviews editor: Lesley Painter-Farrell
  • Social media manager: Roshii Jolly
  • Website coordinator: Pauline Blake-Johnston

English for Specific Purposes Special Interest Group

Coordinator: Caroline Hyde-Simon

Committee:

Global Issues Special Interest Group

Joint Coordinators: Rose Aylett & Varinder Unlu

Committee:

  • Publications: Linda Ruas
  • Publications & events: Hind Elyas & Margarita Kosior
  • Online: Gergö Fekete & László Hajba

Inclusive Practices and Special Educational Needs Special Interest Group

Coordinator: Anne Margaret Smith

Committee:

  • Secretary: Aysen Deger
  • Treasurer: Jana Jilkova
  • Events coordinator: Anette Igel 
  • Newsletter editor: Maha Hassan
  • Social media coordinator: Rachael Harris
  • Committee member without portfolio: Giovanni Licata
  • Web manager: Agnieszka Dzięcioł-Pędich 

Learner Autonomy Special Interest Group

Joint Coordinators: Christian Ludwig and Lawrie Moore-Walter

Committee:

Leadership and Management Special Interest Group

Coordinator: Andy Hockley

Committee:

  • Publications & networking: George Pickering
  • Publications and mentoring: Gerhard Erasmus 
  • Events & publications: Liam Brown
  • Events & publications: Evrim Üstünlüoğlu
  • Events & membership: Josh Round
  • Mentoring & web team: Marina Gonzalez
  • Design & web team: Katherine Martinkevich
  • Networking & mentoring: vacancy
  • Membership & secretary: vacancy

Literature Special Interest Group

Coordinator: Rob Hill

Committee:

Learning Technologies Special Interest Group

Joint Coordinators: Sophia Mavridi and Vicky Saumell

Committee:

Materials Writing Special Interest Group

Coordinator: Aleksandra Popovski

Committee:

  • Events coordinators: Clare Maas and Katherine Bilsborough
  • Publications coordinator: Ceri Jones
  • Deputy publications coordinator: Penny Hands
  • Technology and social media coordinator: Jennifer Dobson
  • Website manager: Nicholas Tims

Pronunciation Special Interest Group

Joint Coordinators: Gemma Archer and Adam Scott

Committee:

Research Special Interest Group

Coordinator: Ana Inés Salvi

Committee:

Teacher Development Special Interest Group

Coordinator: Tyson Seburn

Committee: 

 

  • Publications: Serkan Aras, Chris Farrell, Cecilia Lemos, Fiona Mauchline and Irene Varela
  • Website/social media: James Taylor and Irene Varela
  • Social media innovator: Karine Guerra
  • Developod: Tania Meridew, James Taylor and Christian Tiplady
  • Scholarships: Tania Meridew and Irene Varela
  • #tdsiglive: Cecilia Lemos, Fiona Mauchline, (Vacant)

 

Teacher Training and Education Special Interest Group

Coordinator: Bahar Gun

Committee:

Testing, Evaluation and Assessment Special Interest Group

Coordinator: Vacancy

Committee:

  • Social media coordinator: Saeede Ide Haghi
  • Testing Evaluation and Assessment Today editor: Maggi Lussi Bell
  • Webinar coordinator: Anna Soltyska
  • Webmaster: Thom Kiddle
  • Events coordinator: vacancy

Young Learners and Teenagers Special Interest Group

Coordinator: David Valente

Committee:

Being a member of IATEFL has helped me build a network of professional colleagues, develop my knowledge, and also the chance to make my first presentation at an international conference.
Adriana
Lecturer in TESOL
Brazil