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  • Dr. Ingrid Burkett

    (Oceania Region)

    Ingrid is the President of the IACD.  She runs a social business in Australia and is a passionate advocate of community-based practice.  Ingrid specialises in local and international community economic development and is interested in links between community development, community economic development and community cultural development. She has practiced, taught and researched community development for over 20 years.

  • Harminder (Mini) Bedi

    (Asia Region)

    Harminder is the Vice President of IACD and is currently Oxfam Australia's Field Director for North and Western India. 

  • Tiago Miguel de Seixas Fonseca da Silva

    (Europe Region)
     
    Tiago M. de Seixas is the Secretary General of IACD. He has an academic background in Community Development and a Master degree in Community Psychology.

  • Rod Purcell

    (Europe Region)
     
    Rod is the IACD treasurer (job share with Dave Beck) and is currently Director of Community Engagement at the University of Glasgow. He has worked as a community worker, freelance trainer and CD consultant. Rod is also the author of several books on community development.

  • Dave Beck

    (Europe Region)
     
    Dave is the IACD treasurer (job-share with Rod Purcell) and has worked in Community Development in both in the voluntary and statutory sectors since the mid eighties both in Nottingham and Glasgow. His research interests are in the development of community leadership and the links between community development, social capital and change. Currently he manages the Community Development in the University of Glasgow’s Faculty of Education.

  • Stewart Murdoch

    (Europe Region)
     
    Stewart is a Scottish-based community development worker who has over thirty years practice experience in both the voluntary sector and local government. He is currently the Director of Leisure and Communities for Dundee City Council, the Chair of the Scottish Community Development Centre and the Community Development Alliance (Scotland) and a trustee of the Community Development Foundation.

  • Aileen Boyer

    (Oceania Region - job share)

    Aileen Boyer is currently employed as CEO of Armadale Community Family Centre, a local community development agency based in Perth, Western Australia. Aileen has been involved in adult community education and community development as a practitioner for over 12 years and has worked on various advisory committees during this time.

  • Mary-Jane Rivers

    (Oceania Region - job share)
     
    Mary-Jane Rivers is the Development Manager for Inspiring Communities and convenes The Exchange in New Zealand.

  • Wangui Karanja

    (Sub-Saharan Africa Region)

    Interests: Institutional capacity development, interface between leadership and social development, leadership development, organizational learning systems, grassroots initiatives.

  • Dr. James R Calvin

    (North America Region)
     
    Dr. Calvin is currently Associate Professor of Management and Director of the Leadership Development Program (LDP) for Minority Managers at the Johns Hopkins University.
     

  • Prof. Marjorie Mayo

    (Europe Region)
     
    Professor Mayo works at Goldsmith’s University in London and is very highly regarded in the field of community development and social justice, having written many important books and papers over the past thirty years.

  • Keith Cossey

    (North America Region)
     
    Areas of interest: Leadership and decision making processes in rural community-based organizations; social innovation; social enterprise; sustainable community development; photography in community development. 

  • Randy Adams, Ph.D.

    (North America Region)
     
    Randy is retired, however, he engages in intermittent NGO and community development evaluation consultancies and guest speaking. He is also the past President of the Community Development Society (CDS) in the U.S. and serves on three other Boards. He was also the Executive Director of the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) in the U.S.

  • Ignatius Anayo Agu

    (Sub-Saharan Africa Region)
      
    Ignatius is a Non State Actors and Community Mobilisation Specialist, currently working with, ESSPIN, a /UK-AID education project in Enugu, Nigeria.  

  • Dr. Seong-Gyu Lee

    (Asia Region)
     
    Dr. Lee is President of the Korea Employment Agency for the Disabled. 

  • Mohammad Shakeel Abro

    (Asia Region)

    Mr. Abro is engaged with civil society organizations, public & private sector in different parts of Pakistan, and abroad since 15 years. At present he is working with Govt. of Pakistan as Provincial Chief Sindh in Aik Hunar Aik Nagar-One village One product-Pakistan. The not for profit company is dealing with the artisans sector and aimed at reducing poverty.

  • Gary Craig

    IACD Ambassador (Recent Past President)

    University of Hull, England 

  • Position to be filled

    (Latin America Region)

     

    If you are an IACD member living in Latin America, you may be interested in joining our Board of Directors. Click here for more information.  

  • Position to be filled

    (Middle East/North Africa region)

     

    If you are an IACD member living in the Middle East or North Africa, you may be interested in joining the Board of Directors. Click here for more information.