Committee Members

Chief Executive: John Nelson

ACIB Chief Executive of the Foundation and has been running the Registered Office in Tonbridge, Kent since January 1997.
Married to Pam who is one of the Foundation's Administrators. 2 children - Joanna born 1977 with Williams Syndrome and Andrew born 1980.
He retired from banking in 1996 and previously served on the Foundation's Management Committee as Treasurer and Secretary from 1983 to 1996.
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Chairman: Mike Adlam

MBA Married to Valerie 3 children, Charlotte, Melissa and Sam. Sam is the WS member of the family.
MBA via Open University Vice President (manufacturing) Nycomed, Amersham Chairman Gloucestershire Training Group Chairman of Governors Croft School Painswick. 
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Vice-Chairman: Dr Mike Wolfman

I am the father of 4 children, the eldest of whom (Freddie) has Williams Syndrome.  I joined the WSF in 1991 when I was living in North London - a stone's throw from George and Cynthia Cooper.  I now live in Somerset where I work part time as a General Practitioner and part time as a Hospice doctor.  As welll as Vice Chairman of the Williams Syndrome Foundation, I am secretary to the Professional Advisory Panel.  
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Finance Director/Treasurer: Jeremy Hills

FCA retired from a career in the Insurance industry having been involved in the financial discipline all of his working life. He looks forward to helping the Foundation, particularly in this area. He has two grown-up children, and a cousin with a WS daughter (Madeleine, age 19) in Folkestone.
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Patrick Taylor

Married with two children; Owen, born 1994, has WS. Assistant Headteacher and teacher of Design and Technology at a Secondary school in St Albans, Herts.
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Steve Smith

He has been a National Committee member since 1993 and, with his wife Diane is a Regional Co-ordinator for the Northern Region.
They have two daughter's, Heather who has W/S and Sarah. He is employed by N.H.S. Supplies as a Projects Manager and Fork Lift Truck Instructor/Examiner (R.T.I.T.B.).
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Jane Guest

Appointed as a Trustee on 23rd July 2004. Jane's son Joseph was born in 1998.
She is a Bachelor of Education (Hons) and her professional background is in teaching.
More recently, she has also joined the committee of a fellowship for the handicapped and is currently setting up a scheme to help children with statements become more involved in activities outside of school.
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Stephen Dunne

My younger brother Stuart has Williams. After many years of being miss-diagnosed due to poor awareness of the condition amongst healthcare professionals, Stuart was finally diagnosed with Williams Syndrome a few years ago. This has made a huge difference to Stuart and our family; Stuart is no longer searching for answers and everyone now know’s what we are dealing with and how best to support him.

 The Williams Syndrome Foundation have provided invaluable support to Stuart and our family since his diagnosis and as a healthcare marketing and communications professional I feel that I can provide insight and expertise to help raise the profile of Williams amongst healthcare and allied professionals to ensure early diagnosis and appropriate ongoing support. Email: