Individual members
Dr Alan Blackwell is a lecturer at Cambridge University and the director of the Crucible network for research in interdisciplinary design.
Anthea Case is a Regional Commissioner of Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE). Formerly Chief Executive of the National Heritage Memorial Fund/Heritage Lottery Fund until 2002, Anthea was awarded a CBE for services to heritage in 2003. Anthea is a Community Stakeholder member of the Regional Assembly as well as a member of the National Trust’s East of England Regional Advisory Committee, a trustee of Norwich Heritage and Economic Regeneration Trust and of Lakeland Arts Trust.
Graham Creelman OBE is the Chair of Living East, a member of the Regional Council of the Arts Council of England and a Community Stakeholder member of the Regional Assembly. He is also Vice Chair of Governors of Norwich School of Art & Design as well as Chair of East of England Development Agency’s Creative Industries Sector and an observer on the Board of East of England Government Office. In 2006 Graham received an OBE for his outstanding services to broadcasting.
Ila Chandavarkar is the Chief Officer of Menter, the black/minority/ethnic network for the East of England and is also a member of EEDA’s Investing in Communities Advisory Group.
Murray Foster is the Lead Councillor for Southend-on-Sea Borough Council with a focus on regeneration and growth for Southend. He is also a board member of Southend Renaissance, Southend Urban Regeneration Company, Town Centre Manager for Maldon in Essex and President of South Essex Chamber of Commence.
Andrea Hill is the Chief Executive of Bedfordshire County Council having previously been the Chief Executive of Colchester Borough Council and a champion of Firstsite:Newsite, a new world class contemporary arts gallery for Colchester.
Anthony Hudson is an award winning architect and founded his own practice in 2002. Anthony has a wide architectural and building knowledge both in the UK and abroad. He is a Regional representative for the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), representative on the Regional Assembly Planning Panel and sits on the Steering Panel of the EEDA Urban Renaissance Strategy.
Professor Bob Reeve is a retired professor of Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. He is also a member of the Cambridgeshire Learning & Skills Council.
Mary Sanders is the Chair of Governors of Chesterton Community College in Cambridge and is the Vice Chair of the Cambridge Council for Voluntary Service.
Chris White is a chartered accountant. He is Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Hertfordshire County Council and is Deputy Chair of the East of England Regional Assembly. He chairs the LGAs Culture, Tourism and Sport Board and is a member of the Nations and Regions Group of London 2012.
John Wroe is the Managing Director of Momentum Arts, the regional arts development agency focusing on cultural diversity, social inclusion and regeneration. He was a founder member of the Junction in Cambridge, now a major artistic centre committed to art, music, educational and creative opportunities.
Executive members
Keith Brown is the Chief Executive of East of England Tourism.
Laurie Hayward is the Chief Executive of Screen East, the regional screen agency. He was previously the director of The West Midlands Media Development Agency, prior to working in both the film exhibition sector and the distribution of lottery finance. Laurie was key to the establishment of the Creative Advantage Venture Capital Fund, the first of its type in the UK.
Robyn Llewellyn is the Regional Manager for Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Chairs the Regional Lottery Forum.
Chris Perks is the Director of Sport England, East and since joining he has led work around improving sporting opportunities for young people, as well as focussing on the use of sport in combating social inclusion. He represents Living East on the Regional Partnership Group.
Andrea Stark has been the Executive Director of Arts Council England, East since 1999. She was previously Chief Arts Officer for the City of Dundee and during that time she established the City's new arts department. Andrea's early experience was in youth and community theatre.
Terry Turner is the Chief Executive of MLA East of England, (formerly EEMLAC). He was Director of Cultural Services for Norfolk County Council from 1998-2003, leading the creation of a new department and a programme of major cultural investment including the new Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, the refurbishment of Norwich Castle, and the new Norfolk Archive Centre.
Observers
Graham Long is head of Culture Tourism and Sport at EEDA
Nejla Sabberton is the Department for Culture, Media and Sport Government Office representative for the Eastern Region. She also has thematic responsibilities for Neighbourhood Renewal; the Safer, Stronger, Communities block within the Norfolk LAA, and the cross cutting theme of the Olympics within the Government Office, East of England.
Carolyn Ward represents the wide range of DCMS interests within the East of England. She leads on Regional Commentaries and is a member of the Local Government Improving Performance Network, the Regional Lottery Forum and the Historic Environment Forum.
Company Secretary
Brian Marshall is the Company Secretary for Living East, a solicitor with Mills and Reeve, one of the UK’s leading law firms.
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