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Green Liberal Democrats Executive

Chair

Susan Heinrich

green-ld@hotmail.com

Vice Chair (Organisation)

Jonathan Coles

jwaco@btopenworld.com

Treasurer

Henry Cox

Henry Cox has been Hon. Treasurer for over 10 years. He practised as an engineer for over 35 years, changing to transistor and digital systems in 1958. He now applies his experience of plant control systems to the design of policies. He is an experienced gardener, and remembers the "compost fiends" of the 1940s. After parting with paid work in 1985, he has done more gift work in gardens and houses, and objects to domestic work being denied as work, as productive. He follows new economics, but is still waiting for academia to change. Henry was at the two green gatherings of 1983, when the SDP Greens had brought the word Green into politics, and has attended Party Conferences ever since.
cox225@btinternet.com

Executive Member "Challenge" Editor

Paul Burall

Paul Burall has edited Challenge since 2003. He is a Borough Councillor in West Norfolk and was previously a County Councillor in Berkshire. He is chair of the Natural Environment policy working group. A former member of the East of England Regional Assembly, he is now on the Boards of the East of England Development Agency and Renewables East. He works as a freelance journalist and lecturer, specialising in planning and the links between business, design and the environment. He has written or contributed to books on subjects ranging from design and the economy to product development and the environment.
paul.burall@tiscali.co.uk

Executive Member

Adam Carew

Adam Carew is an ecologist, lecturer and spokesman on environmental issues. Adam is an experienced County, District and Town Councillor and was Parliamentary Candidate for NE Hants in 2005. He is a Member of the LGA Environment Board (reserve), Lib Dem Group Leader of the National Younger Cllrs Forum and a Member of the PCA Executive. Adam has been a member of English Council (2005), Regional Policy Committee (2004-5), South Central Regional Executive (2004) and is currently on the party's Federal Policy Committee.
adam@greenlibdems.org.uk

Executive Member

Graham Cliff

Graham Cliff obtained his first degree in Physics and Electronic Engineering at the University of Manchester, after which he became what is now described as a nanotechnologist in Materials Science in 1971. His career goal was to analyse at atom-detection limits using the analytical electron microscope (AEM). Material Scientists around the world now employ his Cliff-Lorimer k factors in AEM analysis. He has been an amateur astronomer since 1957 and is now an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences at the University of Manchester.
http://www.lightpollution.org.uk/

Executive Member

Peter Hirst

Peter has been a member of the Green Liberal Democrats since 1989, joining the Liberal Democrats in 1988. He stood as the PPC for Stroud in 2005. He is a local town councillor and has been a Congleton Borough Councillor. He is presently the PPC for Congleton and is a North West European candidate. He was previously a locum consultant in the health service. He is presently a life and corporate and executive coach. Peter is taking responsibility for compiling, organising and delivering conference motions for the Green Liberal Democrats.
peter@hirst51836.fsnet.co.uk

Executive Member

Christian Vassie

Christian joined our Executive in September 2009 and is a city councillor for York. As a councillor he has been responsible for a number of ground breaking initiatives including the creation of the largest straw clad building in in Europe and a smart meter library scheme. Residents can borrow a smart meter for free enabling them to monitor energy consumption - an idea that is now copied across the UK and Europe. In addition he is an accomplished author, film/television composer and an international speaker on energy and environmental matters.
xianvassie@yahoo.com

Executive Member

Ray Jones

He was a founder member for the Social Democrats and has been Chairman of both Newbury and Oxford West & Abingdon Constituencies. He is a Centre for Alternative Technology shareholder, a member of Campaign for Better Transport, Friends of the Lake District, CPRE, Friends of the Earth, Friends of the National Parks, Open Spaces Society, Living Streets and Ramblers Association. He is a retired JP, Physics graduate of Bristol University and a Fellow of the British Computer Society. He first installed solar panels in 1975 and also has a photo-voltaic array.
rhj@phonecoop.coop

Green Liberal Democrats Honorary Officers

President

Simon Hughes MP

Has been spokesman on Housing, Local Government, Education, Youth Affairs, Environment, Food, Health & Social Welfare and Shadow Home Secretary 2001-3
020 7219 6256
020 7219 6567
simon@simonhughesmp.org.uk
http://www.simonhughes.org.uk/

Vice President

Chris Huhne MP

chris@chrishuhne.org.uk/

Vice President

Martin Horwood MP

martin@martinhorwood.net

Vice President

Catherine Bearder

Catherine is a member of the European Parliament for the South East of England. She has been an active campaigner at every level and has worked in the voluntary sector, including as the manager of Bicester CAB, development officer for the National Federation of Women's Institutes and for Victim Support Oxfordshire. She was the Regional Director for Britain in Europe in the South East. She is married to Prof Simon Bearder, who heads the Nocturnal Primate research group at Oxford Brookes University. She spent 4 years in African reserves studying Hyenas and Bushbabies. Catherine is active in many local and national groups and has a special interest in environmental protection and rural areas.
catherine@bearder.eu