Committees

Our Learning and Development Committee is responsible for guiding the development of our professional development programmes. It has taken the lead on developing our qualifications framework and our work on fundraising apprenticeships.

• Karen McKenzie (Chair), Income Generation Director, Douglas Macmillan Hospice
• Caryn Skinner, Director, Sharpstone Skinner
• Di Gornall, Director of Fundraising and Supporter Engagement, Sustrans
• Frances Milner, Director of Fundraising, Prince’s Trust
• Jane Banks, Consultant, Independent Consultant
• Loretta Bresciani Murray, Consultant, Independent Consultant.
• Paul Farthing, Chief Executive, Shooting Star Children's Hospices
• Joel Voysey, Fundraising Consultant
• Jennifer Dougan, Fundraising, Marketing & Strategy Consultant
• Sofia Zeenat Sheikh, Charity Director, RAISE (West Hertfordshire Hospital Charity) (Chartered Institute Trustee)

Our Finance and Resources Committee is responsible for overseeing all of our finances, risks and resources to ensure the short and long term viability of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising, and advises our Board of Trustees on those matters.

• Caroline Rand (Chair & Chartered Institute Hon. Treasurer), Assistant Director of Finance, RSPCA
• Graham Darnell - Graham Darnell Consulting
• Leanne Wenham, Fundraising Development Manager, Age UK
• Dan Fletcher, Director, Moore Kingston Smith LLP

The Nominations and Elections Committee is responsible for overseeing the application and selection processes for elected and co-opted Trustees and promoting and advising on nominations for our Lifetime Contribution Award and Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising. They are also responsible for recommending suitable recipients to our Board.

• Valerie Morton, (Chair) - Consultant
• Gill Jolly - Director, Achieve Consultants Ltd
• Jen Boyson, Head of Community & Events - Public Fundraising, RSPCA
• Harpreet Kondel, HCH Consulting Ltd, (Chair of the CIOF board of Trustees)

We are committed to culture change across all parts of the Chartered Institute and our fundraising community. Our Equity Diversity and Inclusion committee leads on this mission, supporting us to deliver our strategic objectives to make the profession, and us as a Chartered Institute, more equal, diverse and inclusive, and to provide challenge and advice to the Board and staff team.

• Monwara Ali, Chair, CEO, Waltham Forest Community Hub (Chartered Institute Trustee)
• Paul Amadi, Chief Supporter Officer, British Red Cross
• Rebecca Mansell, Chief Executive, British Deaf Association (Trustee observer)
• Neal Somerville, Face to Face Manager, RNLI
• Electra McPhillips, Founder & Head of Development, Athena Arts Development Consultants
• Georgina Shute, Founder, KindTwo
• Tjivejo Pennylope Kapere, Community Development Manager, ELBA
• Giada Ciccozzi, Corporate Partnerships Manager, British Legion
• Graham Dew, Founding Director, Bamboo Fundraising
• Jenn Flores, Trusts and Foundations Manager, Little Village 
• Matt Parkes (Chartered Institute Trustee)

The Professional Conduct Committee drives forward the Chartered Institute’s ambition to have the highest possible standards of professional conduct within the fundraising profession across the UK. The Committee will have responsibility for continuing to develop the Chartered Institute’s Member Code of Conduct, the Code of Behaviour for its events, have oversight of all complaints and disciplinary policies and processes relating to professional conduct, and set up disciplinary and appeals panels as needed.

• Lindsay Bartling, Senior Associate at Clyde & Co solicitors and Deputy District Judge 
• Graham Briscoe, Retired with a governance portfolio
• Kirsty Mavor, Clerk to Board of Management, Glasgow Clyde College
• Matt Radford, Lead Consultant, Vulnerable Paths
• Gary Richardson, Chief Executive, Countryside Learning
• Martine Koch, Head of Membership, Royal Town Planning Institute
• Claire Hagon, Independent Nurse Consultant and Life Coach 
• Isobel Michael, Consultant, NSP Philanthropy & Fundraiser, Southside Family Project

The Fundraising Talent Working Group has been established to look specifically at how we recruit and nurture fundraising talent for the future. This group will be help us identify the challenges facing organisations as they look to recruit new fundraisers, explore and share solutions and make recommendations to the Chartered Institute on the role we can play to support our members and member organisations to nurture fundraising talent.

• Harpreet Kondel, (Chair) HCH Consulting Ltd (Chair of the CIOF board of Trustees)
• Bruce Tait, Bruce Tait Associates, (Chartered Institute Trustee)
• Charlotte Cole, Head of Individual Giving & Legacies, YMCA
• Ian MacQuillin, Director, Rogare
• Naomi Breen, Community Fundraising Manager - Northern Ireland and Scotland, Diabetes UK
• Claire Griffiths, Marketing Director, CharityJob
• Jonathan Levy, Managing Director, Resolute Fundraising
• Owen Thomas, Head of Grants and Contracts, Stonewall, and Chair of Chartered Institute of Fundraising Cymru

• Kelly Maklowicz, Associate Director-Fundraising, Mind
• Angela Cluff, Fundraising Consultant
• Hannah Hyde, Consultant, THINK Consulting Solutions
• Jane Trenaman, Fundraising Consultant
• Jit Pundal, Founder, Legacy Life Cover
• Jo Bussey, Director of Development, Ripon Cathedral
• Norma Gerrard, Head of Individual Giving, RSPCA
• Sarah Emerson, Lead Development Officer, Colchester Museums Development Foundation
• Symond Russell, Executive Director of Individual Giving and Lotteries, Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex
• Victoria Hurwood, Senior Relationship Manager, Pancreatic Cancer UK

We have committees to steer our work and support our members in the devolved nations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Find out more about our work in the nations

Our regional groups support fundraisers across England, with training, networking and mentoring opportunities. As with the nations, our regional committees bring local expertise to our work as a Chartered Institute.

Find out more about our work in the regions

Our special interest groups bring passionate fundraisers together to network, share and learn from each other across a range of specialisms and communities.

Find out more about our special interest groups

Our Fundraising Convention Board has a vital role in curating the programme content for Fundraising Convention.

The board is made up of passionate fundraisers who bring with them a wealth of perspectives, experiences and backgrounds from across our fundraising community.