At the 2014 Annual General Meeting, Charlie McConnell from the UK was appointed IACD President, succeeding Ingrid Burkett. Anita Paul and Stewart Murdoch were appointed the association’s Vice Presidents.
Charlie re-joined the Board in 2013 as Treasurer. He previously served on the Board from 1989-2005 and was for several years IACD’s Secretary General. Principal of Schumacher College until his retirement in 2012, Charlie was previously the CEO of the Carnegie Trust which supported IACD’s programmes for several years.
Anita is co-founder and Director (Community Initiatives) of the Pan Himalayan Grassroots Development Foundation, a voluntary organisation in India which promotes holistic river basin development through active engagement of communities in the central and western Himalayan regions. She is also the Founder-Chairperson of a for-profit Producers Company with 2,000 marginalised women shareholders engaged in sustainable livelihoods improvement efforts.
Stewart has served on the IACD Board for a decade, for much of which as the association’s treasurer and played a key role in securing a core grant from the Scottish Government. He is the Director of Leisure & Culture Dundee with responsibility for the delivery of leisure, sports, library, information and cultural services in Dundee City. Stewart chaired the Community is the Answer 2014 international conference planning committee. He has worked in community development since the 1970s
Anita Paul Stewart Murdoch
