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.
Eleanor Dobson Gomez
Programme Administrator
I am the Programme Administrator for the Train to Teach Programme at the OMF. I am the first point of contact for students and members of the public who are interested in attending our programmes. I also deal with routine enquiries and support other members of staff...
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Jo Edwards
Programme Administrator
My background includes working with young people 11-18, vulnerable adults in social services care and with a charity supporting vulnerable people in police custody. I’m qualified in HR management and have wide-ranging administration experience. I enjoy living in a rural environment and spending time...
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Marion Furr
HR & Operations Manager and Teacher, Trainer and Supervisor
Until August 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 and MBCT at Bangor and Oxford, I personally introduced Mindfulness to over 3,000 colleagues at DH...
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Yi-Mei Liu
Mentor, Translator and Zoom Driver
I am a Chinese mindfulness practitioner, MBCT teacher and supervisor with a background in long-term care for ageing, industry and non-profit organization. I benefit from mindfulness practices personally and I am inspired from MBCT courses. I regularly facilitate MBCT...
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Gemma Lush
Online Course Administrator
I have a wide-ranging administrative background from the health service to ski holidays, and I recently returned to the UK from New Zealand. I take care of administration relating to Mindfulness for Life, Introducing Mindfulness, Frame by Frame and Taking it Further...
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Makeda McKenzie
Teacher, Apprentice Trainer and Zoom Driver
Based in Trinidad & Tobago, I am a former human resource professional and the present-day founder and principal consultant of the Caribbean Mindfulness Institute (CMI). After my own experience with workplace burnout and chronic stress, and having benefited tremendously from the mindfulness-based stress...
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Per Norrgren
Teacher, Supervisor, Mentor and IT and Zoom Co-ordinator
Until 2009, I was an IT executive managing services and delivery of large projects around Europe. However, the stress of the role led me to MBCT and I discovered for myself the huge benefits of mindfulness to transform my life both personally and professionally. After training to teach MBSR and MBCT in...
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Kit Turner
Zoom Driver
I am a Life Coach and QEC Practitioner based in France and the UK. I studied with the Mindfulness Coaching School in the US and use both mindfulness and traditional coaching techniques with my clients to support change in their lives. Before becoming a coach I was a Project Manager working in the Arts and...
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Lynsey Wellington
Volunteer
I am a Mindfulness Teacher and Therapist in private practice as well as a keen gardener and DIY fanatic! I previously supported the OMF by helping with all of the incoming emails in the daily inbox, replying, signposting, and encouraging folks to sign up to some...
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