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British Dance Council Committees & Committee Members

Equity, Diversity & Inclusivity Committee

Chair/Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity Officer: Malcolm Hill
Members: Christopher Hawkins (President), Mark Lunn (Vice President), Cora-Ann Leonard, Jaime Dieguez

Current Invitees: UKEDC Chair, Black in the Ballroom – Director, Paradance – Director

Safeguarding Committee

Safeguarding Officer: Nicola Nordin
Members: Christopher Hawkins (President), Mark Lunn (Vice President), Natalie Hayes, Jaime Dieguez

Current Invitees: BDC Safeguarding Officer: Mike Hawkins

Teachers’ Committee

Chair/ Officer: Christopher Hawkins
Members: Mark Lunn (Vice President), Laura Tudor-Williams (ADA), Antonio Franchitti (ABD), No delegate (BATD), Dawn Parker (IDTA), Nick Jury (ISTD), Helen Jessop (NATD), Cora-Ann Leonard (NCDTA), Warren Brown (SDTA), Carol Perry (WAPTD)
Independent Members: Terry Perkins, Phil Meacham. Honorary Secretary: Julie Williams

Freestyle Committee

Chair/ Officer: Christopher Hawkins
Vice Chair: Mark Lunn
Members: Anna Henrich-Jones, Cora-Ann Leonard, Frances Dawson
Invitees: To be announced

Sequence Advisory Committee

Chair/Sequence Membership Officer: Robert Aldred
Members: Christopher Hawkins (President), Mark Lunn (Vice President), Andrew Pigg (UKA), Louise Aldred (ISTD), Helen Blackburn (ADA), Kevin Page (NATD), Dawn Parker (IDTA), Jayne Burnett (ABD), John Rainey (BATD), Stuart Hatton (NCDTA), Kris Turner (DPA)
Honorary Member: Jean Hodgkinson

Emergency Executive Decisions Committee

Chair: Christopher Hawkins

Vice Chair: Mark Lunn

Members: Nicola Nordin

International Professional Affairs Committee

Chair/International Professional Affairs Officer: Christopher Hawkins
Vice Chair/Assistant International Professional Affairs Officer: Mark Lunn
Members: Mark Elsbury (ABD), Margaret Redmond (ADA), Diane Isaac (BATD), Krystof Grzelak (BCDC), David Sycamore (BDF), Natalie Hayes (BECL), David Trueman (DPA), Yvonne Saunders (IDTA), Warren Boyce (ISTD), Christa Udell (NATD), Michael Conway (NCDTA), Donnie Burns (SDTA), Philip Perry (WAPTD)

Attendees: : Robin Short (WDC Honorary President), Kenny Welsh (BDC Delegate to WDC AGM), Steve Powell (WDC Vice President of WDC BoD), Len Armstrong (BDC Honorary President)

Finance & General Purposes Committee

Chair/F&GP Officer: Christopher Hawkins

Vice Chair/Assistant F&GP Officer: Mark Lunn

Members: Michael Conway, Philip Perry, Jaime Dieguez, Nicola Nordin, Antonio Franchitti Attendees: Len Armstrong (BDC Honorary President)

Public Relations Committee

Chair/Public Relations Officer: : Morgan Hemphill
Members: Christopher Hawkins (President), Mark Lunn (Vice President), Jaime Dieguez, Hannah Trever

Rules Committee

Chair/ Rules Officer: Christopher Hawkins

Vice Chair/Assistant Rules Officer: Mark Lunn

Members: Nicola Nordin, David Trueman, Jaime Dieguez, Warren Boyce, Natalie Hayes

Attendees: Len Armstrong (BDC Honorary President)

FRC Committee

Co-Chairs/ Freestyle Membership Officers: Christopher Hawkins and Tracey Walters

Members: Anna Henrich-Jones (BDC), Diane Corbett (ADFP), Kemi Chandler (ADFP), Frances Dawson (BDC), Cora-Ann Leonard (BDC), Vicki Cooper (ADFP)

Competitions & Championships Committee

Chair/ Rules Officer: Christopher Hawkins

Members: David Trueman (DPA), Michael Williams (BECL), Tony Clipstone (EADA), Mark Elsbury (BCDC), Kenny Welsh (BDF), Hilary Mouat (DSS), Michael Webley (DSW), Mark Lunn (Vice President)

Attendees: Len Armstrong (BDC Honorary President)

Future Development Committee

Chair/ Rules Officer: Christopher Hawkins
Vice Chair: Mark Lunn
Members: Warren Boyce, Nicola Nordin, Hannah Trever Invitees: To be announced