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, I 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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