Secretariat
The Federation’s secretariat is an independent not-for-profit company registered as an income tax exempt charity. It is located at the Australia Council offices in Sydney, Australia. The company name is International Arts Federation Services Pty Ltd, Australian Business Number (ABN) 19 096 797 330.
Sarah Gardner, Executive Director
Since March 2001, Sarah Gardner has been the founding Executive Director of IFACCA. She was previously the Director, Strategic Initiatives at the Australia Council, where she held various senior executive roles from 1990. She was formerly the Director of Public Affairs for the Australian Bicentennial Authority and a consultant in the private and public sectors for the leading Australian firm Issues Australia. Prior to that she was technical manager with the German company, Schering AG, and worked freelance in the tourism industry and community sector in England, Italy, Scotland and Spain. She has a BSc and Masters in Public Policy from the University of Sydney. For more detail, see Sarah’s ConnectCP profile.
Christopher Madden, Research Analyst
Christopher Madden is a cultural policy analyst and cultural statistician. He has worked for a variety of policy agencies in Australasia, including the New Zealand Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Creative New Zealand, the Australia Council and the National Centre for Culture and Recreation Statistics of the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Christopher has had independent research work published in the International Journal of Cultural Policy, Media International Australia, the Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society, and the Australian Bulletin of Labour. He is on the editorial advisory board of Cultural Trends. His main research interests in cultural policy are: the meaning and analysis of creativity; cultural advocacy; cultural statistics; and the modelling of the cultural sector. For more detail, see Christopher’s ConnectCP profile.
Louise Godley, Administrator
Louise Godley has been in Australia since November 2000 and has worked at the Australia Council for the Arts, spending a brief time with the Policy, Communication and Research division on the development of the Council’s Youth and the Arts Policy, and more recently with the Literature Board. Louise was previously Patient Services Manager for Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority, spending eight years in the UK’s National Health Service. Louise studied in Winchester, England, and has a BA (Hons) in History and Archaeology.
Natasha Eves, Research and Project Officer
Natasha comes to IFACCA from the Australia Council for the Arts, where she was a Project Coordinator. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Languages) from the University of Sydney, part of which was undertaken at the Sorbonne University, Paris, and speaks French, Italian and some Spanish. She is currently studying toward a Master of Media Practice and is an accomplished trumpet player.
Diane Dodd,IFACCA European Liaison Officer and Coordinator of ConnectCP
Diane Dodd works part-time for IFACCA as both its European Liaison officer and as co-ordinator of ConnectCP. In addition to her work with IFACCA she is conducting research at the University of Girona for a UNESCO study into cities with historic academic centres. In 2006, she co-authored 'a Cultural Component as an integral part of the EU's Foriegn Policy?' - a study into the foreign cultural policies of the EU member states. Prior to working with IFACCA, Diane co-ordinated the RECAP network of cultural documentation centres; CPRO - Cultural Policy Research On-line and during 10 years, she managed the secretariat of CIRCLE. She has edited a number of books in the field of cultural policy and cultural management on subjects related to cultural management training; youth culture; eCulture; cultural citizenship and European cultural tourism. For more detail, see Diane’s ConnectCP profile.
Santiago Jara Ramirez, IFACCA Coordinator for Latin America
Santiago is the IFACCA Coordinator for Latin America based at the Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia. Since graduating in 2001 he has worked in public institutions dedicated to the support of artistic and cultural expressions: the Teatro Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, affiliated to the District’s Institute for Culture and Tourism, and the Department of Cinematography. He is also interested in research, teaching and text editing, such as the report on the Latin American Conference on Artistic Education and academic publications like Juan de Solórzano y Pereira: pensar la Colonia desde la Colonia. He has undertaken research on public cultural policy at the Instituto Distrital de Cultura y Turismo and is currently enrolled at the Universidad de los Andes’ Master in Political Philosophy. For more detail, see Santiago's ConnectCP profile.
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