Northumberland National Park Authority Assessment Team 2005

Michael Graham

Michael Graham – Estate and Moorland Officer – North Yorks Moors National Park Authority

Michael Graham is the Estate and Moorland Officer for the North York Moors National Park Authority.

Michael has worked for the Park since 1995. Previously, he has had substantial agricultural experience in running a hill livestock farm for 12 years.

Nick Atkinson

Nick Atkinson – Chief Executive – Dartmoor National Park Authority

Nick Atkinson has been the Chief Executive at Dartmoor National Park since 1997. He is lead officer for both Sustainable Tourism and Forestry and Woodlands with the Association of National Park Authorities, and is one of three lead officers in NPAs' response to DEFRA's Modernising Rural Delivery Agenda.

Professor R K Turner

Professor R K Turner – Chairman – Broads Authority

Kerry Turner is Director of the Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research and Director of CSERGE. Kerry chairs the Broads National Park Authority, serves on the East of England Sustainable Development Round Table, and the Agency's Estuaries Advisory Group. He has published widely on environmental economics and management issues from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Ruth Marlow

Ruth Marlow – Chief Executive – North Kesteven District Council

Ruth Marlow is currently the Chief Executive of North Kesteven District Council (Lincolnshire), a post that she has held since October 1997.  Before taking up this post, Ruth was Director of Consumer Services at Oadby and Wigston Borough Council in Leicestershire.  Ruth was the Chairman of SOLACE, East Midlands Branch (2001-2004), and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing.