Emma Dipper
Leadership Team
Emma is Founding Director of GRF having designed and implemented programmes for persecuted minorities with a focus to increase their resilience. Committed to collaboration she has chaired events at UN CSW and is now a representative of GRF on the UK FoRB Forum iaunched in 2020 at the request of the UK government following a ground-breaking report requested by the Foreign Office in which GRF contributed.
Elizabeth Miller
Leadership Team
Elizabeth is co-founder of GRF and Women’s Persecution Specialist for Open Doors (ODI). She is co-author of gender-specific research, lead author of socio-theological training material Restorations and author of Her Deeds Declare.
Funmi Para-Mallam
GRF Senior Advisor
Oluwafunmilayo (Funmi) is a Professor of Gender and Development, Senior Fellow and Member of the National Institute for Policy & Strategic Studies, Kuru, Plateau State, Nigeria, and National Coordinator of Christian Women for Excellence and Empowerment in Nigerian Society (CWEENS)
Jane Showell-Rogers
Events Co-Ordinator and GRF Administrator
Jane is a magistrate, is on the Independent Monitoring Board for two local prisons, has been involved with her husband in the RLP for several years, has worked with different mission agencies and now serves as a board member for others.
Emily Edden
Tech Support
Emily has been part of the GRF team since March 2019, and along with Jessie provides essential web and branding design, and event tech support.
Gail Cook
Pastoral Team
GRF is committed to a high level of duty of care for those who contribute to their conferences and share their stories. Gail attended the GRF conference in Abuja, Nigeria to provide pastoral care for all participants. Gail is based in the USA.
Andy Dipper
GRF Senior Advisor
Andy Dipper was a founding executive team member of The Religious Leadership Partnership and has championed Gender and FoRB since the first Marcham consultation in 2016.
Helene Fisher
Leadership Team
Helene is co-founder of GRF and Global Gender Persecution Specialist for Open Doors (ODI). Co-author of gender-specific research, invited expert and speaker by the UN SR on FoRB and various national government-sponsored working groups.
Floyd Brobbel
GRF Task Force Member
Floyd serves on the Executive Leader Committee for the RLP and is a valuable part of the GRF task force team. As CEO of Voice of the Martyrs in Canada, he develops international relationships with ministries and organizations that support persecuted Christians.
Aashima Samuel
GRF Senior Advisor
Aashima is CEO of EFIC@R in India. She is a Human Rights Lawyer and works in the area of Freedom of Religion or Belief and Anti-Trafficking. She has supported GRF through providing evidence at the Commission for the Status of Women at the United Nations side event and has worked in exploring issues of discrimination for religious minorities in India.
Jessie Furmage
Tech Support and Creative Team
Jessie is a professional musician and leads the creative team in facilitating a musical atmosphere within the consultations and additional events. She is a key part of the tech team providing web and event support.
Petra McMahon
Pastoral Team
GRF is committed to a high level of duty of care for those who contribute to their conferences and share their stories. Petra attended the GRF conference in Abuja, Nigeria in 2019 and Leuven in 2017 to provide pastoral care for all participants. Petra is based in the UK and continues to support many participants of both conferences.
Vicki Townsend
GRF Creative Advisor and Intergenerational Champion
Vicki is a UK based drama practitioner, trainer, writer and founding director of Endeavour 831, an arts organisation specialising in using the arts to empower and engage people with social justice issues and advocacy. Vicki helps to present our research in accessible ways through performance and has supported GRF in presentations in Canada and at the UN Commission for the Status of Women.
Rachel Morley
Researcher & Administrator
Rachel joined the team in 2020, providing administration and research support to GRF and its work as part of the UK FoRB Forum. She recently completed a Masters degree in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding, with a research focus on representation of women of faith in the Nigerian conflict.