Gareth Davies (Chairperson)
has been a longstanding active member of the Action 21 Waste and Recycling Group and now the Eco-house project, lives in Cubbington and is the newest member of the Management Committee.

Steven Coulsting is a local architect with a background in Environmental Science, and has a special interest in ecologically friendly buildings. He also coordinates the Energy Group.

Matthew Rhodes is active in the Action21 Energy Group. He runs Encraft, a Leamington-based business that develops innovative and small-scale energy projects. Matthew's background is in engineering and economics. Before establishing Encraft he worked for a number of international energy and industrial companies.

David Beal. David's background in the recycling industry gives him an insight into waste issues from a business perspective. David is committed to community involvement and sees this as an essential way of changing our society and culture with regard to the environment.

David is a keen cyclist. David has previously undertaken fundraising tasks for Action 21 and provides a strategic lead to the board with regard to recycling and waste activities.

Trudy Worth has spent her career in media roles including 12 years as a director of an international PR company. More recently Trudy has been spending time writing a book and working as a freelance consultant. Trudy has worked with Action 21 voluntarily since 2006 as an adviser on our communications strategy and how we present ourselves to the public. She looks forward to being able to contribute more in these areas in the role of company director.

Margaret Begg. Margaret has recently retired from being a local councillor after 23 years in this role, latterly with responsibility for environment on Warwick District Council. This has given her extensive experience of the local democratic process which will be very helpful to Action 21. Margaret looks forward to working with the board to develop new environmental projects of lasting impact in the local community. Margaret is a Trustee of Hill Close Gardens. She is keen to develop links between the Hill Close Gardens Trust and Action 21 and believes that it should be possible to instigate some beneficial work involving both organisations.

Bernard Perkins. Bernard has a strong passion to get on with the work of bringing about a more sustainable society. He has a long track record of providing consultancy and project management services via his own business and also has the enterprise skills necessary to initiate and promote projects. Bernard has knowledge of sustainable energy, sustainable change management and environmental management.

Nicky Conway is a senior strategic advisor at Forum for the Future, a sustainable development charity working nationally to accelerate sustainable development across business, government and education. Prior to that Nicky worked for the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives in Australia where she gained direct experience of helping local authorities to move towards sustainability.

Nicky hopes to bring to Action 21 a national perspective by highlighting relevant broader issues from direct experience of working with regional and local government. Nicky has extensive experience in project management and of business development, communications, research and advocacy across a wide range of subjects from transport to sustainable procurement. Nicky would like to see Action 21 grow and become a beacon nationally for what is possible in promoting practical sustainability.

 Barbara Weed