Edinburgh Executive Members

Edinburgh Local Association Executive - 2025-2026

The 2025-2026 LA Executive Committee started after the Edinburgh LA AGM on Wednesday 12th March 2025.  

The day to day affairs of Edinburgh Local Association are overseen by an elected Executive Committee of up to 30 Edinburgh EIS members.  The LA Executive Committee can have a number of elected sub-committees dealing with the aspects of education, equality, finance, etc.  It also has a negotiating sub-committee which meets with City of Edinburgh Council Children and Families department on all devolved matters affecting teachers in the Edinburgh area.

The LA Executive meets on a Wednesday from 5 - 7 pm, usually at the beginning of each month during term time.  All members are eligible to join and nominations will go live for the 2026-2027 session in January 2026. For more information, please email edinburghla@eis.org.uk.

Organisational Chart - coming soon*

Local Association Executive Members for 2024/2025

Alison Murphy

Tom Britton 

Phill Pearce 

Claire Robertson 

Allan Crosbie 

Jehan Al-Azzawi

Ailidh Bell

Elizabeth Bernstein

Louise Bishop

Maxine Bryce

Claire Chalmers

Martyn Cheung

Tom Colqhoun

Craig Duffy

Donny Gluckstein

Penny Gower

Linda Grieve

Helen Haines

Kirsty Haldane

Katie Hunter

Laura Hunter

Clare Kelly

Sonia Kordiak

Thomas Lindsay

Craig Macdonald

Graham Malcolm

Adela Mansur

Joanne Nicholls

Gerard Wilkie

Nikhat Yusaf