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Judith Cooke

Vice Chair

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Professional background: Civil servant, mainly criminal justice, negotiator and market researcher in private and public sectors, project manager for range of change projects including improving budget management and delivering diversity.

Local background: living in Lake District for last 15 years, working in health and criminal justice, parish councillor and member of Lake District National Park Authority for 8 years (chaired planning committee for 4 years).  

Interests include walking, boating, swimming as well as involvement with local groups. Trustee of Wordsworth Trust and member of heritage and garden societies.

Published: 1st July, 2014

Updated: 13th August, 2019

Author: Dawn Groundsell

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John Campbell

Chairperson

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Professional background: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) with specialism in commercial properties, combined with Business Management. Over the years has been non-exec Director of Health Authority, and worked with Outward Bound.

A long time connection with the Lake District living locally near Troutbeck, and having had family in Langdale. Supporter of Lakeland Arts Trust and other local bodies.

Other interests include historic buildings and gardens. Passionate about the preservation of the Cumbrian landscape.

Published: 1st July, 2014

Updated: 28th August, 2018

Author: Sophie Hodge

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Martin Brimmer

Trustee

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Professional background: academic, senior civil servant – Cabinet Office and Department of Education, ministerial support labour and employment, industrial relations and pay policy.

Additional skills: Charity law, governance and Trustee responsibilities.

Published: 13th March, 2015

Updated: 13th August, 2019

Author: Sophie Hodge

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Philip Cropper

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Professional background: Retired stockbroker/ investment fund manager and previously fellow of the Institute of Securities.

Additional skills: Fundraising for a number of charities often through film making and current chairman of Art Fund Cumbria.

Published: 14th March, 2017

Updated: 19th December, 2017

Author: Dawn Groundsell

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Sarah Hodgson

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Professional background: Founder of a Windermere based international tour operator specialising in guided mountain adventure holidays. BSc Hons Geography, University of London. MTUK Mountain Leader. Professional specialisms in marketing, branding and social media.

Local background: Living in Ambleside, with my husband who is an author of Cicerone Lake District guidebooks, a child who goes to school locally, and Maximus my Bernese Mountain Dog.

Interests: Fell walking, mountaineering, ice climbing, adventure travel, trail and fell running.

Published: 7th September, 2017

Updated: 13th August, 2019

Author: Chris James

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Catherine Grezo

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Professional background – landscape architect in the public sector for 30 years.  Responsible for landscape, ecology and tree officer teams.  Project management of landscape projects, advising planning authorities on landscape matters including protected landscapes. Advised a number of environmental charities on landscape issues.  Special interest in historic parklands, worked with English Heritage on reassessing all listed parklands within the county.

Born and brought up in west Cumbria, Catherine moved back to Cumbria in 2011 and now lives in a village near Cockermouth.

Interests include historic parks and gardens, natural history, walking, volunteering, art. She works part time at a museum and art gallery.

Published: 3rd November, 2017

Updated: 13th August, 2019

Author: Chris James

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Antony Leeming

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Professional history: Plant scientist, farmer, builder, landowner

Voluntary sector: Former Chairman Planning and Policy, Lake District National Park Authority

Former Chairman North West Region, National Trust

Interests: Landscape architecture, ornamental forestry, upland ecology, rural and manual skills

Published: 21st August, 2018

Updated: 1st August, 2019

Author: Dawn Groundsell

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Dave Felton

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Professional background: Music, book and digital publishing; most recently founder of Inspired by Lakeland, a Cumbrian publisher specialising in books and gifts relating to wild places.

Local background: Live near Keswick. Volunteer for Princes Trust and The Lake District Folk Weekend. 

Interests: Wild places, traditional music, pizza, walking.

Published: 21st August, 2018

Updated: 1st August, 2019

Author: Dawn Groundsell

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Lucy Hetherington

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Professional background: television producer & executive, commissioning and delivering numerous documentary and current affairs programmes, mainly for BBC and often international partners.

Family roots in Cumbria; life-long connection to Crook and Staveley area.

Interests include fell-walking, swimming, and exploring the artistic and cultural heritage of the Lake District.   

Published: 1st August, 2019

Author: Dawn Groundsell

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Tiffany Hunt

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Professional background: National Trust staff member for 28 years and was successively Regional Director for Northumbria, Yorkshire and the North West. Currently Chair of the National Lottery Heritage Fund Committee for the North. Awarded an MBE for services to the NW’s heritage in 2015.

Now a Cartmel resident, my love of the Lake District derives from long standing family connections with Cumbria and walking, swimming and skating there since childhood.  Other interests include gardening, natural history, music, books and volunteering with various organisations in Cumbria and Yorkshire.

Published: 13th August, 2019

Author: Dawn Groundsell

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Michael Day

Trustee

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Professional Background: Emeritus professor and former Director of the School of Education, Roehampton University. Previously senior civil servant in Department for Education. Trustee of the National Foundation for Educational Research and Board member of the US based Center for International Educational Benchmarking.

A Windermere resident, and family connections with Cumbria for many years. Supporter of Lake District Summer Music, Hafner Orchestra, Lakeland Arts, Royal Windermere Yacht Club

Interests: Walking, rock climbing, sailing, music, architecture and planning, DIY, education, cultural history

Published: 13th August, 2019

Updated: 3rd September, 2019

Author: Dawn Groundsell

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In a world of fast pace and change and more external pressures than ever before, it is easy to forget that landscape is all around us and supports us. This is why we created our Why Landscape Matters campaign. We are asking people to join with us and remember why our landscapes matter to us, celebrate and enjoy them, and support our work to keep them special.

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