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	Sylvia Cliffe, Chairman Sylvia practiced as an Occupational Therapist from 1963 to 1970 working in all areas of mental health. From 1970 to 1975 she practiced in physical medicine and care of the elderly. The British Association and College of Occupational Therapists awarded Sylvia a Fellowship in April 2003. She retired on July 4th 2003. Sylvia then became a governor of Eastgate school in 1998 and has been the Chair of governors since 2005.
	Mike Brown Mike is a retired Bank Official who has been involved in the Voluntary Sector for many years. He currently serves on WNVCA Finance Committee. Mike is the Treasurer of Mencap King's Lynn along with several other local organisations. He also runs King's Lynn & District Holiday Play Group. He is part of the children's worker team at his church.
	Marion Coleman Marion is the current Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Finance Committee for WNVCA. Marion is the Operations Manager and Company Secretary of the West Norfolk Community Transport Project.
	Margaret Cook Margaret was a trained librarian, but worked most recently in Housing and Community development in London Boroughs and Slough. Margaret moved to Norfolk having taken early retirement in 1999. Currently, as well as WNVCA, Margaret is a Board member of Broadlands Housing Association. She chairs Difficult Patients Panel & Dental Disputes for Norfolk Primary Care Trust and chairs Section 3 Reviews for the Mental Health Trust.
	Jane Evans Jane has been the Executive Manager at West Norfolk Carers for five years. She also lectures Social Policy and is a member of the Institute for learning. Prior to this Jane worked as a Social Worker. She also serves as a school governor at a West Norfolk High School. She is passionate about the voluntary sector and the role it plays in providing excellent services to the people of West Norfolk.
	Tess Gilder Tess manages a Hotel for disabled people on the Sandringham Estate. She has been a school governor for the past 12 years and is presently Chairman of governors at KES. She is Vice Chairman of the West Norfolk Tourism Forum and Chairman of the Holidays for All consortium. Tess also attends the British Hospitality Association in East Anglia, the Advisory committee for people with disabilities in King's Lynn, and also Soropitimist International King's Lynn.
	Pat Kavanagh Pat has worked for the Norfolk Constabulary where he is currently responsible for minority and ethnic liaison as part of the domestic violence and hate crime unit since 1988. He previously served with the Royal Air Force from 1980-1988. Pat is contracted to the College of West Anglia where he teaches on the Uniform Services National Diploma Course.
	Janice Minns Retired 3 years ago having worked in various roles including training IT systems. Janice has been involved with volunteering for over 30 years mainly with the Scout Association as both a leader and trainer. Janice recently became involved more widely in Community Partnership work before joining the WNVCA board.
	John Rees John graduated in medicine in 1975. Following various jobs in acute medicine and A&E he became a GP. Later John retrained in public health and from 1989 worked in public health in Norfolk until his retirement from NHS Norfolk in June 2007.
	Eddie West-Burnham Eddie took up the post of Chief Executive of West Norfolk Mind in March 2006. Before this he had enjoyed an eclectic range of experiences including qualifying as a Psychiatric Nurse, working on an oyster farm in New Zealand and spending a number of years working in the USA. He has a BA in Health Studies and MSc in Health Promotion from King's College London, where he still works as a visiting lecturer and has recently been published.

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