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Durham Diocese

Durham Diocesan Board of Education
Board Members (November 2018 - September 2021)

 
Chair - Nominated
1. Mr Nigel Wyrley-Birch
 
Archdeaconry of Sunderland - Elected
2. Mr Richard Thorndyke
3. Reverend Vernon Cuthbert
 
Archdeaconry of Durham - Elected
4. Mr Stephen Pickering (elected 20/12/18)
5. Reverend Peter Kashouris (elected 20/05/2019) 
 
Archdeaconry of Auckland - Elected
6. Mr Martin Stand
7. The Reverend Dr Philip Murray (elected 23/05/2020)
 
Nominated by Bishop’s Council
8. Mrs Amanda Baines
9. Mr Philip Blackburn
10. Mrs Gillian Booth
11. Venerable Robert Cooper
12. Mrs Jo Heaton
13. Vacancy 
 
In Attendance
1. Diocesan Secretary - Mr James Morgan
2. Mr Andy Harris
3. Mrs Sharon Pritchard
 
Officers
1. Mr Paul Rickeard – Diocesan Director of Education
2. Mrs Liane Atkin – Assistant Director of Education (Legal and Governance)
3. Miss Anne Vernon – Assistant Director of Education, School Effectiveness
4. Mrs Jo Warner – Assistant Director of Education, School Effectiveness
5. Mrs Eileen Bell – Bursar
6. Mrs Susie Taylor (Clerk to meeting)
 
Observer Status
1. Chair of NDEB Revd Dr Gill Alexander 
 
The Quorum for this meeting is 8 members of which 4 shall be elected members

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