Board and Staff
Meet The Team
Chief Executive
Elaine Oram
Chief Executive Officer
The Chief Executive is accountable for the day to day running of the Association to ensure the effective delivery of its Business Plan and The National Game Strategy.Management team
Ricky Stevenson
Business Development Manager
The Business Development Manager is responsible for and manages the County Development Team at the Association, with a specific remit for Facility Development and Funding.
Craig Lee
Football Services Manager
Responsibility to support the delivery of The FA National Game Strategy in Nottinghamshire, managing the Football Services section of the business, and proactively leading the governance of the game across the County.
Leanne Woodhead
Senior Football Development Officer
Responsible for line managing the Football Development Officers with generic Football Development Officer duties covering Nottingham City, with lead areas on Women’s and Girl’s football.
Football development team
Callum Convery
Football Development Officer
Football Development Officer, covering Rushcliffe Borough Council, Bassetlaw District Council and Newark and Sherwood District Council, with lead areas on Adult 11v11 as well as small-sided football.
Tim Jones
Football Development Officer
Tim is the Football Development Officer, covering Ashfield District Council, Mansfield District Council and Broxtowe Borough council. Leading on areas including the Charter Standard, the FA Coach Mentor Scheme and the Respect programme.
Sara Dickinson
Football Development Officer
Football Development Officer with a specific focus on Disability and Inclusion. Sara will work with external partners to provide participation opportunities across the County.
Marc Birkett
Referee Development Officer
Football Development Officer with a specific focus on Disability and Inclusion. Sara will work with external partners to provide participation opportunities across the County.
Fiona Cantwell
Workforce Development Officer
Fiona is the Workforce Development Officer and is responsible for the strategic delivery of all aspects linked to Workforce Development in line with the Nottinghamshire FA County Plan. Fiona leads on successful delivery of our Annual Workforce Programme to support and upskill our volunteer workforce.
Ali Howie
County Welfare Officer
The Welfare Officer has a key responsibility to safeguard children and vulnerable adults, in line with legislation and FA policy and procedures.
Football services team
Jamie Gingell
Football Services Officer
Jamie’s duties include working with the Chief Executive to control and manage aspects of the Financial Operations at The Nottinghamshire FA.
Adam Wing
Football Services Officer
Responsible for the Disciplinary aspect of The Operations team and specific roles include processing and actioning Referee reports (Cautions and Misconduct) and arranging for Disciplinary Hearings following Misconduct Cases.
Saffron Smith
Marketing Communications Officer
Saffron is the Marketing and Communications Apprentice who has completed her Level 3 Digital Marketing and will now move on to Level 4 in her second year with us. She develops and implements the Marketing and Communications elements of the Nottinghamshire FA County Plan. She provides support to the team with anything Marketing related and is responsible for the maintenance of our website and social media channels.
Brian Hambidge – Chairman
Peter Adams - Vice-Chairman
Robin Bourne
John Wheat
Elaine Oram
