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
Interim Operations Manager:
Katharine Hikmet
Accountant
Joseph Harrison
Ballroom Branch Faculties (2024-2025)
Ballroom Faculty
Lynn Armsby, Dallas Chapman, Lynda King (Chairman), Michael Sandham, Yvonne Saunders
Latin Faculty
Lynn Armsby (Chairman), Jill Kemp, Lynda King, Michael Sandham, Yvonne Saunders
Sequence Faculty
Dallas Chapman (Chairman), Dawn Parker, Vicki Smith, Tracy Taylor, Andrea Wortley
Freestyle Faculty
Jill Kemp (Chairman), Loraine Hastings, Anna Henrich-Jones, Dawn Parker, Christine Palmer-Green (Reserve)
Quality Assurance Panel – Ballroom
Consists of the four Faculty Chairmen, Chief Executive Officer.
Theatre Branch Faculties (2024-2025)
Ballet Faculty
Virginia Bell, Lynda Cardwell (Chairman), Gillian Hopkinson, Wendy Hazelby, Joanne Kirkland, Donna Wilcox (Reserve)
Contemporary Modern Jazz Faculty
Linda Cook (Chairman), Lisa Handley, Shani Mitchell, Michelle Upton, Phil Winston, Amanda Restell (Reserve)
Tap Faculty
Mariyka Bolubasz, Vicki Durning, Jennifer McCrow, Lisa Lee, Emma Turner (Chairman), Vicky Richardson (Reserve)
Theatre Craft Faculty
Elizabeth Kendrick, Linda Regan, Denise Skinner, Vicki Stansfield (Chairman), Sharon Wood
Musical Theatre Faculty
Cheryl Dodd, Lisa Handley (Chairman), Elizabeth Kendrick, Linda Regan, Denise Skinner, Lisa Lee (Reserve)
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, Phil Diment, Colin Donaldson, Anna Henrich-Jones, Lynda King, Yvonne Saunders, Linda Cook (Reserve).
London Meeting and Congress Arrangement Committees Ballroom and Theatre
Ballroom: Philip Diment, Colin Donaldson, Yvonne Saunders
Theatre: Linda Cook, Loraine Hastings, 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
Wayne Turner (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, Dallas Chapman, Linda Cook, Loraine Hastings, Dawn Parker, Phil Winston (Reserve).
Awards Committee
President, President Elect, Financial Director, Chief Executive, Dallas Chapman, Wendy Heywood, Dawn Parker, Denise Skinner, Loraine Hastings (Reserve).
Overseas Development Committee
President, President Elect, Financial Director, Chief Executive, Dallas Chapman, Wendy Heywood, Dawn Parker, Denise Skinner, Loraine Hastings (Reserve).
IT Committee
Chief Executive, Gavin Stevens (IT Support), Darren Kelly, 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., James Stockdale
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