Board of Directors, Faculties and Committees
President 2021-2022: Anna Jones
President Elect 2021-2022: Linda Cook
Immediate Past President 2018-2019: Phil Winston
Financial Director 2021-2022: George Coad
Honorary Director: Len Armstrong
IDTA Director Emeritus: Pat Lupino Thompson, Derek Tonks
Patrons
Lady Fearn of Southport, Anton du Beke Erin Boag, Darcey Bussell CBE, Dame Beryl Grey CH DBE, Karen Hilton MBE, Marcus Hilton MBE, Arlene Phillips OBE, Angela Rippon OBE, Dougie Squires OBE MVO, Ann Widdicombe, Jukka Haapalainen, Sirpa Suttari.
Directors 2021-2022
Lynn Armsby, Philip Diment, Colin Donaldson, Yvonne Goût, Vanessa Hooper, Lynda King, Joanne Kirkland, Dawn Parker, Michael Sandham, Yvonne Saunders, Barbara Sharples, Bryan Thomson.
Chief Executive Officer:
Elizabeth Murphy
Accountant
Martin Pedlow
Examinations Secretaries
Sue Bray, Emma Percy, Grace Merry
Ballroom Branch Faculties (2021-2022)
Ballroom Faculty
Michael Sandham, Lynda King, Dawn Parker, Yvonne Saunders, Lynn Armsby, Colin Donaldson (Reserve)
Latin Faculty
Lynda King, Lynn Armsby, Michael Sandham, Yvonne Saunders, Jill Kemp
Sequence Faculty
Derek Tonks, Dallas Chapman, Tracey Taylor
Freestyle Faculty
Loraine Hastings, Nigel Edgar, Anna Jones, Jill Kemp, Dawn Parker, Lisa McLean (Reserve)
Quality Assurance Panel – Ballroom
Consists of the four Faculty Chairmen, Chief Executive Officer.
Theatre Branch Faculties (2021-2022)
Ballet Faculty
Vanessa Hooper, Annette Bromley, Lynda Cardwell, Gillian Hopkinson, Joanne Kirkland, Christa Collard (Reserve).
Contemporary Modern Jazz Faculty
Phil Winston, Linda Cook, Lisa Handley, Shani Mitchell, Carl Walker
Tap Faculty
Jennifer McCrow, Mariyka Bolubasz, Wendy Cowan, Vicki Durning, Emma Turner
Theatre Craft Faculty
Denise Skinner, Elizabeth Kendrick, Ian Meeson, Linda Regan, Vicky Stansfield
Musical Theatre Faculty
Linda Regan, Lisa Handley, Elizabeth Kendrick, Ian Meeson, 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, Dawn Parker, Yvonne Saunders
Theatre: Linda Cook, Vanessa Hooper
Miss Dance of Great Britain
Joanne Kirkland (Co-chair), Tracey Southern (Co-chair), Sharon Berry, Sandra Houldsworth – Secretary, Linda Lister, Christine Minott, Lisa Sykes.
International Theatre Dance Awards
Michelle Upton (Co-chair), Donna Wilcox (Co-chair), Lucy Clamp, Wendy Heywood
Nationwide Medallist of the Year Committee
Derek Tonks (Chairman) Anglia: Wendy Anderson, Midlands: Dawn Parker (Vice-Chairman), 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, George Coad, Philip Diment, Colin Donaldson, Reserve: Yvonne Saunders
BDC Sequence Advisory Committee: Derek Tonks
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