AFPA Board and Committees

The AFPA is governed by an Executive Committee comprised of members who deal with matters of governance concerning the AFPA.

The current Executive Committee is as follows:

Chair	Deirdre Murphy
Treasurer	Fiona Jennings

Members	Sadie Higgins Sean Hooper Sean Murphy (Lay Member) Stephanie Davis

The following committees operate in order to assist the board in it's work.

Special Adviser Bernadette Ward

Membership Committee
Education Committee
Ethics Committee
Internal Governance Committee
Public Relations Committee
Website Committee
Regional Co-ordinators

	Membership Committee Sadie Higgins - Chair Nancy Li Michael Logan Catherine Laverty
	Education Committee Concepta Corbett - Chair Janet Kenny Condron Bernadette Ward (Special Adviser) Linda Heffernan Deirdre Murphy
	Ethics Committee Sean Hooper - Chair Patricia Walley Denise Delaney
	Public Relations Committee Caoimhe McGlinchy
	Internal Governance Committee Fiona Jennings - Chair Concepta Corbett Janet Kenny Condron
	Website Committee Mark Rooney
	Provincial Co-ordinators Leinster: Tess O'Toole Munster: Pat Tiedt Connaught: Nora Keane Ulster: Kathleen King

Membership Committee

The primary purpose of the Membership Committee is to establish, implement and review procedures for interviewing applicants for membership of the Association, and to liaise with the Education Committee in order to ensure equivalence of current standards with accredited teaching institutions. In addition, this committee will provide advice on the provision of range of services for members, including: annual membership renewal; block insurance; and group advertisement.