Brenda Lipson

Brenda Lipson believes passionately in the contribution that civil society organisations can make in transforming our societies, and has dedicated the past three decades to working in international development and civil society strengthening. 

Formerly an INTRAC Director for 8 years, Brenda joined Framework in 2009 and provides consultancy and training services in the fields of organisational capacity building; organisational reviews and change management; and development of policies and programmes on civil society strengthening amongst other topics.

Brenda has considerable experience of living and working in the Latin America & Caribbean region, having in the past worked there with local civil society organisations in non-formal adult education programmes and also held country and regional manager posts with international development organisations.

The past ten years have seen her geographic experience extended to many other countries and regions across the globe. In addition to providing consultancy services with a range of  individual NGOs, local Civil Society Organisations and Official Agencies, Brenda has also worked with a number of global civil society membership organisations such as Amnesty International; International Council of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) and Public Services International (PSI – a global public sector Trade Union Federation).

Brenda has an MSc in Management Development and Social Responsibility (Bristol University). She has a particular interest in the role of values in capacity building work and is the co-author of ‘Capacity Building Framework: A Values-Based Programming Guide’.

As with all Framework members, Brenda is committed to equality, social justice and ethical practice.