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Who we are

Our trustees are elected by WI members to lead the organisation. More than 70 staff work at our head office in London, Denman College our adult residential centre, and NFWI-Wales in Cardiff.

NFWI Board of Trustees


Fay Mansell - Chair NFWI
Fay Mansell - NFWI Chair
Diana Birch
Diana Birch - Board Member		Chair of Public Affairs Committee
Ruth Bond - Chair of Public Affairs Committee
                       Liz Eaton - Chair of Membership and Support CommitteeBoard Member
Stephanie Fort - Board Member 
Joy Greasley
Joy Greasley - Vice-Chair and Chair of Training Committee		Vice Chair & Chair of Denman College
Anne Harrison - NFWI Vice-Chair and Chair of Denman College Committee
Chair of WI Enterprises
Janice Langley - Chair of WI Enterprises Board		Honorary Treasurer
Aleathia Mann - NFWI Honorary Treasurer
Board Member
Fran Saltmarsh - Board Member		Chair of MCS Committee
Maggie Simons - Chair of Membership Communications System
Lynne Stubbings
Lynne Stubbings - Board Member		NFWI ACWW Assisstant Representative
 Joy Thomson - NFWI ACWW Assisstant Representative
Chair of Education Committee
Susan Hornby - Chair of Education Committee		Chair of Federations of Wales Committee
Marylyn Haines-Evans (Ex-Officio) - Chair of Wales Committee

Senior Staff
The NFWI senior staff team is headed up by
Jana Osborne             (General Secretary)

NFWI

Anne Wheeler               (Head of Finance)
Mark Linacre                 (Group Manager - WIE)
Rhian Connick              (Head of NFWI Wales Office)
Amy Bick                     (Head of Public Relations)
Karen Lake                   (Head of Human Resources)
Marianne Sladowsky     (Head of Public Affairs)
Pat Lumsdale               (Head of NFWI Unit/Craft Adviser)

Denman College

Stephen Hackett           (Principal)