Trainers and Advisors Trainers for courses and workshops are drawn from our extensive contacts with politicians, trainers, leaders of NGOs, media trainers, management trainers, and people in public life from around the world. In order to put everything into an appropriate local context, as well as our trainers, we also try to use women leaders from the local country where the training is taking place. In certain countries we also need to take an administration assistant with us to deal with local administrative details. Eyecatcher and Project Parity trainers and advisors are former Cabinet Ministers and present or recent Members of Parliaments and the US Congress, working Members of the House of Lords, local politicians including Mayors and County Councillors, senior Civil Servants, US Presidential Advisors, Media experts, grass-root campaigners, management experts. Trainers have included: Baroness Williams is the President of Project Parity and was a Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons for 18 years, and served as a Government Cabinet Minister for 5 years. Baroness Williams of Crosby is now a Member of the House of Lords, the Upper Chamber of the British Parliament. Baroness Williams is Professor of Elected and European Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. She is Director and co-founder of Project Liberty. A central element of Project Liberty's work has been assisting the development of future women leaders in the Transition States of Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic republics. Baroness Fookes Recent Deputy Speaker of the British Parliament. Baroness Fookes of Plymouth is one of the most experienced female parliamentarians in British politics. Currently an active member of the British House of Lords, she was Deputy Speaker of the British House of Commons 1992-1997 and a member of the British Parliament 1970-1997. In Parliament her special interests were: defence, penal affairs and animal welfare. In 1985 Baroness Fookes piloted the Sexual Offences Act though parliament. She was the youngest person to chair the House of Commons Education Committee and served on nearly all major parliamentary committees. Before becoming a Member of Parliament she was an elected borough Councillor for 8 years. In one ten year period Baroness Fookes fought 7 election campaigns. From 1979 to 1981 she chaired one of Britain's largest charities - the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals. Gemma Hussey Director European Women's Foundation, former Minister of Education, Republic of Ireland. Josie Heath Advisor to President Clinton on the National Volunteer Program, served in President Carter's Administration, winner of Business Professional Woman of the Year. Karen Shepherd Former US Senator, now US Executive Director, European Bank for Reconstruction / Development (EBRD). Nuala Fennell Former Minister for Women in Republic of Ireland. Franciska Issaka Former Minister of Environment in Ghana, Founder of CENSUDI. Jackie Ballard MP Elected to the House of Commons 1997. Austin Mitchell MP Long-standing Member of Parliament. Rosemary Pockley Chair European Union of Women, former Mayor and Parliamentary candidate. Dr Elizabeth Sidney Director, MANTRA Management Consultancy. Brian Jones Director of the Guardian Foundation, a former Editor on the Sunday Times. Claire Waimsley Ex-BBC senior producer, Founder Box Clever Communications (award winning TV production and Training group). Jo Hawkins Public Affairs and Campaign Consultant, recent District Council Leader, candidate for the European Parliament. Liz Willis Director of SPRINGBOARD training.