Our people

We have a small staff team, lead by Jayne Butler our Executive Director.

Our staff team are supported by a range of colleagues from across the National Park Authorities, including close working with the CEOs from each National Park Authority in our membership.

Each member CEO holds responsibility for policy and development of different areas of work. We work together to make change to policy in our key strategic areas.

Staff team

  • Jayne Butler

    Executive Director and Company Secretary

  • Meg Orpwood-Russell

    Communications Director, National Parks UK

  • Deb Brookes

    Programmes and Partnerships Manager

  • Carey Davies

    Senior Media and Communications Officer

  • Rachael Poole

    EDI Project Manager

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    Kate Lacey

    Nature Recovery Coordinator

  • Nel Sumner

    Policy and Research Officer

  • David French

    Projects and Data Officer

Our board of trustees

Our board is made up of the 8 chairs of National Park Authorities in our membership, with a chair and vice chair elected each year at our AGM.

On our current board:

  • Vanessa Rowlands - Chair (South Downs National Park Authority)

  • Tiffany Hunt - Vice Chair (Lake District National Park Authority)

  • Pamela Woods (Dartmoor National Park Authority)

  • TBC(Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority)

  • David Bence (New Forest National Park Authority)

  • James Bailey (North York Moors National Park Authority)

  • TBC (Northumberland National Park Authority)

  • Ken Smith (Peak District National Park Authority)