Merry Albright
Merry was born in Herefordshire and now helps run her family business, Border Oak - who are based in Kingsland and design and build oak framed homes across the UK and abroad.
Alongside her personal and professional interest in all environmental issues, Merry has been a Nutrient Management Board member for 8 years, also attending the Wye Catchment Partnership and more recently helped found the River Arrow Trust.
Katie Alcott
Changemaker, social entrepreneur and creative innovator, Katie is passionate about creating a water secure world.
Katie has 20 years experience in the NGO, social enterprise and water sector and is a leading member of her local community environmental group in Herefordshire.
Edward Bulmer
Edward Bulmer is an interior designer specialising in historic buildings.
He is a past Chair of the Bulmer Foundation (now Brightspace) and founded Edward Bulmer Natural Paint, based on the family farm at Pembridge.
Craig Carney
Craig has 14 years' experience as an ecology professional working on nature restoration and nature policy across the UK and internationally.
He is currently the Director of Carney Ecology Ltd; a consultancy providing bespoke biodiversity services to local government, authorities, and the private sector.
Gemma Dando
Chief Operating Officer, Resident Services.
Economy and Environment Directorate, Herefordshire Council.
Kate Darby
Kate Darby is an RIBA chartered architect, principal of Kate Darby Architects and co-lead of a design studio at the Master of Architecture programme at the Royal College of Art in London.
Kate's project Croft Lodge Studio designed with David Connor featured in the Design Museum's Waste Age exhibition as an exemplar of retrofit and waste minimisation through innovative design.
Alan Dawson
Alan is Chief Strategy and Planning Officer, and Sustainability Lead Director for Wye Valley NHS Trust.
Alan joined the NHS as a student nurse in 1989 and held senior nursing positions in national cardiac centres before moving to Herefordshire to focus on strategy, planning and service improvement.
Sally Green
Sally has worked for Natural England for 20 years and lived and farmed in Herefordshire, alongside the River Wye for nearly 40 years.
Sally's priority is to build partnership and develop collaboration to integrate action where nature can recover at scale and farmers can be resilient and sustain nature friendly farming, supporting food production and wider societal benefits.
Jackie Jones
Jackie is Director of Pomona Solar Co-op (a community energy scheme), co-chair of Herefordshire Green Network and former editorial director of an international renewable energy magazine.
Steve Klenk
Steve has worked as farm manager for a large estate of 1100 acres in north Herefordshire. He is co-chair of Farm Herefordshire Partnership.
James Marsden
James is Member of The Office of Environmental Protection 'College of Experts' and former adviser on environmental policy to the UK government and parliament.
He is a cider and perry producer in Herefordshire.
Tom Oliver
Tom Oliver MA, DipLA, worked for the National Trust, Council for National Parks, Campaign to Protect Rural England and Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust.
He is the joint owner of a small farm in south west Herefordshire.
Martin Quine
Martin is environmental manager with the Environment Agency, overseeing operational environmental delivery across Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Gloucestershire, working with partners to support sustainable growth, environmental protection, and local environmental outcomes.
Councillor Elissa Swinglehurst
Llangarron Ward Councillor; Cabinet Member for Environment; Deputy Leader of the Council, Herefordshire Council.
Tim Yair
Tim has worked in a range of roles for local authorities and NGOs. Originally based on ecological and scientific principles gained through a degree in environmental biology, Tim has developed a broad sustainability, environmental and energy management knowledge.
Since 2019, Tim has been working for the Midlands Net Zero Hub to support the capacity of local authorities in the Marches to identify and deliver local energy strategies and projects.