Below is a list of the elected BAAT Council Officers and their area of interest. To contact BAAT Council Officers, please email info@baat.org
Claire Louise Vaculik: Chair - Education, Children, Young People & Adults
Simon Richardson: Honorary Secretary - Homelessness
Richard Whitaker: Vice-Chair, Adult Mental Health
Dr Liz Ashby: Learning Disabilities, IJAT & Newsbriefing
Dr Susan Carr: IJAT & Newsbriefing
Sophia Cowx: Adult Mental Health, EMDR
Karen Fenna: Wales Council Director, Education, Hospice & Palliative Care
Cliff Free: Children and Young People, Eating Disorders
Vivienne Gibbons: Community-based art therapy
Dominik Havsteen-Franklin: Adult Mental Health, Mentalization, Research
Colin Sims: Northern Ireland Council Director , Education
Jude Smit: Adult Mental Health, PTSD, Education & Research
Co-opted Council members:
Nikki Linfield: Children & Young People Advisor
Also attending BAAT Council meetings:
Gary Fereday: Chief Executive Officer
Dr Val Huet: Director of Research & Development
Alex McDonald: Senior Communications & CPD Commissioning Officer
Honorary Position:
President: Professor Diane Waller, OBE.
Research Officer:
Dr Sue Holttum