Contact details for everyone below can be found in the members’ area of the website.
Executive Board members
Nicola
King (Chair and Members’ Services)
Nicola came to indexing after being an archaeologist, working for Which? magazine and managing elections. She enjoys the challenges that indexing presents.
Sue Goodman (Vice-Chair)
Sue has been a member of the Society for about 7 years, completing her indexing training in 2016. She has a background in teaching (mostly primary school) and is particularly interested in indexing books for children. She has also recently taken over as organiser for the Southwest Group. Her personal interests include crafts, local history and local amateur dramatics, particularly singing.
Philippa Jevons (Secretary)
Philippa qualified as an indexer in 2014 and has previously worked in drama, education, and the preparation of research transcripts and legal paperwork.
Ruth Ellis (Internet and social media)
After a career in the food & drink industry and then business consultancy, Ruth has been a professional indexer since 2010. She manages the website and is the main coordinator of the Society’s LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook accounts. She was the instigator of the first National Indexing Day.
Rachel Gee (Training Director)
Rachel is an advanced member of the Society of Indexers and has been indexing professionally since accreditation in 2011. She was group co-ordinator of the Sussex group between 2012 and 2018.
Tanya Izzard (Marketing Director)
Tanya has been indexing full-time since 2017, after a career in higher education administration. She is also the Sussex local group co-ordinator and a member of the Training Course Committee
Office holders
Paul Machen (Office Manager, Training and Workshops Administrator)
Mary Coe (Editor of The Indexer)
Mary is a former president of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI), and was appointed as Joint Editor of The Indexer in January 2018, working alongside Maureen MacGlashan. She has previous editorial experience and both academic and international contacts.
W. Stephen Gilbert (Editor of Sidelights)
Wendy Baskett (CPD Committee Chair)
Kim Birchall (Training Course Co-ordinator)
Kim has been an indexer since 2008 and more recently a copy-editor and proofreader. She has been involved with the SI course since 2012 and took on the role of Training Course Co-ordinator in 2021. In her spare time, Kim enjoys acting, running, and learning languages.
Pam Scholefield (Groups Co-ordinator)
Pam has built her indexing business over the past 11 years while also giving time to the Society in various committee roles. She really enjoys coordinating the friendly Three Choirs group.
Ann Kingdom (International Representative)
Ann has been a professional indexer, editor and proofreader since the mid-1970s. She has been involved with the governance of the Society since 1997, serving in a variety of capacities (most recently as Chair: 2008-13 and 2015-18), which has given her a familiarity with almost every aspect of SI activities. Now semi-retired, she is looking forward to having more time for other activities, including a much-neglected allotment.
