

AFT is run by a number of committees that report to the Board of Directors and Trustees. The Board meet quarterly and consist of the Executive Directors: Sue Jones, Chair; John Hills, Co Vice Chair Shan Tate, Co Vice Chair, Erica Widdowson, Treasurer; Dorothy Ramsay, Post Chair; Robert McCandless, Company Secretary; Ian Lea, Chair of Branches Committee; and Sue Kennedy, Executive Officer.
Chairs of all committees are members of the Board, together with elected members and co-opted representatives.
The Board of Directors as at October 2011
Sue Jones - Chair - elected September 2010
Dorothy Ramsay - Post Chair - elected September 2010
Barbara Warner – Chair of Ethics Committee
•John Hills – Co Vice Chair - elected September 2010
•Shan Tate – Co Vice Chair - elected September 2009
•Erica Widdowson -Hon Treasurer- elected September 2010
•Robert McCandless – Company Secretary- elected September 2011
•Jeanette Neden – Chair of CRED committee
•Gill Goodwillie – Chair of Professional Affairs Committee
•Ged Smith - Chair of AFT Publishing Committee
•Ian Lea - Chair of Branches
•Lorraine Davies Smith – Ordinary member elected September 2010
•Kate Waters –Ordinary member- elected September 2009
•David Amias – Co-opted member elected September 2009 and EFTA rep
•Cherrith Marshall – Co-opted member September 2011
•Theresa Hendra - Co-opted member September 2011
•Mark Rivett – JFT Editor
•Paul Fletcher – Chair of David Campbell Creative Initiative Fund
•Patrick Belas - Branch rep
•Margaret Henning - Branch rep
•Peter Stratton - Advisor to the Board (Academic and Research Development Officer)
•Jan Parker - Advisor to the Board (Communications Officer)
•Melissa Adams - Young Minds Rep
•Judith Lask - Advisor to the Board (Training Standards and Workforce development) and UKCP rep
•Kate Daniels - Confetti Rep
•Rory Worthington - Chair of DEI Committee
AFT 7 Executive Suite, St James Court, Wilderspool Causeway, Warrington Cheshire WA4 6PS.
Company No. 03018026, Registered Charity No. 1063639