The people who shape and safeguard the institution.
The Change Awards is upheld by an independent community of practitioners, academics and industry leaders who contribute their expertise to recognising excellence, advancing professional standards and strengthening the institution over time.
Institutional Roles
Different roles. One purpose.
The Change Awards is supported by people who fulfil different institutional responsibilities while working towards a shared purpose: recognising excellence and advancing the profession.
Founder
Establishes the institution and provides its long-term strategic direction.
Advisory Board
Provides strategic perspective, market expertise and constructive challenge to support our long-term direction.
Head Judge
Leads the independent judging process and safeguards professional standards.
Judge Emeritus
Provides continuity, long-term perspective and institutional memory following active judging service.
Judge
Independently evaluates submissions against published assessment criteria and contributes to collective professional judgement.
Ambassador
Represents the institution, promotes recognised excellence and strengthens engagement across the professional community.
Institutional leadership
Our Leadership.
The Change Awards is led by a small leadership group responsible for the institution’s strategic direction, governance and independent judging framework.
Margo Waldorf
Founder & CEO
Mike Fekete
Head of Judging
Richard Smith
Judge Emeritus
David Foster
Judge Emeritus
Anna Bart
Chief Operating Officer
Kieren Stephens
Advisory Board
Judging Committee
Independent judgement from across the profession.
Isabella Brusati
Italy
Steve Coles
USA
Jennifer Coulter-Lissman
USA
Ceren Eryilmaz
Turkey
Ani Filipova
Greece
Sarah Glenister
Australia
Prof. Julie Hodges
United Kingdom
Katie Kelly
United Kingdom
Wioleta Kicman
Poland
Mark Lean
United Kingdom
Ket Patel
United Kingdom
Beth Rylatt
United Kingdom
Jenn Zuber
Australia
Institutional Ambassadors
Strengthening the institution across the profession.
Ihab Ahmed
United Kingdom
Dr Vicky Haji-Ghassemi
United Kingdom
Damian Jordan
United Kingdom
Thomas Poedenphant
United Kingdom
Duygu Turkan
Turkey
Contributing to the Institution
Become a contributor.
Experienced practitioners help strengthen the Change Awards by contributing their expertise as judges, ambassadors, advisers and future institutional leaders.
Tell us about yourself and how you believe you could contribute to the institution.
Learn about the ambassador programme.
A guide to the purpose, role and appointment of Change Awards Ambassadors.
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