The OMF is fortunate to have a family of dedicated and skilled mindfulness teachers/trainers/researchers and operational staff who share the OMF’s values/mission. They work to deliver the OMF’s goals across research, training, MBCT provision and education. They are a vital, valued and essential part of the OMF.
Ally Burton
Chief Operating Officer
I am professionally experienced and qualified in finance and in education. I trained to teach MBSR/MBCT at Bangor University alongside obtaining a MSc in Mindfulness-Based Approaches. I am additionally trained to teach the .B Foundations, MBCT-L and Introducing Mindfulness curricula. I...
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Marion Furr
Co-Director Teaching & Training. Teacher, Trainer & Supervisor
I am professionally qualified as an Occupational Psychologist and until 2016, was Director of Ministerial Business and Parliamentary Accountability at the UK Department of Health (DH) and Chair of the DH Staff Health and Wellbeing programme. After training to teach MBSR/MBCT at Bangor University and Oxford...
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Sharon Hadley
Chief Executive Officer
Working with Chair of the Board of Trustees, I take joint responsibility for OMF strategic leadership. I am a business person who has been fortunate enough to find a field where I love to work. Following many years in leadership roles, I am now a Fellow...
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Claire Kelly
Co-Director Teaching & Training. Teacher, Trainer & Supervisor
I am a teacher of MBCT and MBSR, having trained at the University of Oxford and Bangor respectively. I have taught mindfulness to adults in a range of settings, including the NHS, Multi-Academy Trusts, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, to clinical and educational psychologists, in...
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Alison Yiangou
Development Director – Training and Curricula. Teacher, Trainer & Supervisor
I am the Development Director – Training and Curricula for the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation (OMF). I am also a member of the University of Oxford Mindfulness Centre (OMC) Curriculum Development Group. I have an academic background in Psychology (MA Oxon). Most of my working life was spent in a business...
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