QCEA announces new director
'Tracey Martin has over twenty-five years of management experience in the international development sector, at head office, regional and country levels.'
Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has announced that Tracey Martin will be its new director.
Jeremy Lester, co-clerk of QCEA’s executive committee and general assembly, welcomed the Quaker activist and facilitator to the organisation: ‘Tracey has a tremendous reputation for her work on peace, social justice and the climate crisis, most recently at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre. QCEA’s impact will surely grow as Tracey helps QCEA to focus and be heeded where most it is needed.
‘QCEA has long had a special place amongst civil society active in the European policy arena… Tracey Martin… has just the right experience, values and skills to guide QCEA’s work at a critical time for Europe.’
Tracey Martin said that she was delighted to have been asked to serve as director of QCEA. ‘I have long been impressed by the work this small organisation has done and I am excited to be a part of it. These are challenging times. I believe that my work is to build and support a strong team, grounded in Quaker values, that can work together and with others to influence decision-makers in European institutions to work towards peace, equality and just responses to the climate crisis.’
A former clerk of the peace sub-committee of Quaker Peace & Social Witness, and the Quaker World Relations Committee, Tracey Martin has over twenty-five years of management experience in the international development sector, at head office, regional and country levels. She is also known for her work at Woodbrooke, where she coordinates the peace, social justice and climate crisis work as well as running courses on climate justice, peace and poetry.
Tracey Martin’s appointment follows the controversial departure of QCEA’s former director Timmon Wallis who left his post last year before completing his probationary period.
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