Lizana Oberholzer is a senior lecturer in teacher education and programme lead for the leadership in education MA at the Cass School of Education and Communities at the University of East London. She is passionate about teacher development and is the BERA special interest group convenor for teacher education in England, BELMAS research interest group convenor for governing and governance, BAMEed steer group member, WomenEd regional lead for London, CMI Women in Management steer group member, CMI fellow, Chartered College of Teaching founding fellow, principal fellow of the Higher Education Academy, CollectiveEd fellow, vice chair of the UCET CPD Forum, and MAT director. Lizana is the Chartered College of Teaching network lead, at the University of East London, and led on the joint WomenEd and Chartered College of Teaching Early Career Teacher Annual Unconference. Lizana supports the IPDA annual conference as a co-chair of the conference committee and is a member of the IPDA England Committee.