Staff team

The Board is supported by a staff team, based at our offices in Chinnor.

If you’d like to contact a member of our team and their details are not listed below, please call 01844 355500 or email office@chilterns.org.uk and the relevant person will get back to you.

Senior Leadership Team

Dr Elaine King

Role: Chief Executive Officer

Dr Matt Thomson

Role: Head of Strategy & Planning

e: planning@chilterns.org.uk

Annette Weiss

Role: Head of Engagement & Partnerships

Dr Kate Heppell

Role: Head of Landscape

Andy Brock-Doyle

Role: Head of Operations

Core staff team

Gareth Clay

Role: Farming in Protected Landscapes Officer

e: farming@chilterns.org.uk

Dr Wendy Morrison

Role: Heritage & Archaeology Manager

e: chap@chilterns.org.uk

Nick Marriner

Role: Nature Recovery Manager

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Harriet Bennett

Role: Landowner & Farming Engagement Advisor

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Melinda Dresser

Role: Landowner & Farming Engagement Advisor (North Chilterns)

Vicki Pearce

Role: Communications Manager

e: communications@chilterns.org.uk

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Fiona Skeggs

Role: Communications Officer

e: communications@chilterns.org.uk

Lynne Cordice

Role: Senior Administration Officer

e: office@chilterns.org.uk

Eloise Small

Role: Administration Officer

e: office@chilterns.org.uk

Kathryn Foster

Role: Senior Finance Manager

Laura Baker

Role: Administration Officer (Finance & Operations)

e: office@chilterns.org.uk

David Willis

Role: Citizen Science Coordinator

Chilterns Chalk Streams Project

Adrian Porter

Role: Chilterns Chalk Streams Project (CCSP) Project Manager

Ceri Groves

Role: Education & Engagement Manager (CCSP)

Laura Silverstone

Role: Education & Engagement Officer (CCSP)

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Dr Claudia Bernardini

Role: Project Support Officer (CCSP, SWC)

River Chess Smarter Water Catchment

Steph Horn

Role: Chess Smarter Water Catchment (SWC) Project Coordinator

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Iona McMillan

Role: Citizen Science Coordinator (SWC, CCSP)

Mend the Gap

Ruth Staples-Rolfe

Role: Mend the Gap Programme Manager

e: mendthegap@chilterns.org.uk

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Janet Tuppen

Role: Project Support Officer

Not Bourne Yesterday

Fran Crowther

Role: Not Bourne Yesterday Development Manager

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Martha Glennon

Role: Engagement Coordinator (Not Bourne Yesterday)

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Chilterns Chalk Streams Project

The Chilterns Chalk Streams Project works with local people across the Chilterns to improve river habitats, improve access and enjoyment and promote the sustainable use of water.

Chilterns Chalk Streams Project

People carrying out river restoration work on the River Chess

Mend the Gap

How we are reducing and compensating for the visual harm done to the Chilterns and North Wessex Downs National Landscapes by the electrification of the Great Western main line.

Mend the Gap

Frosty sunrise image of a river winding through fields with woodlands in the distance.

River Chess Smarter Water Catchment

The River Chess Smarter Water Catchment project is tackling the issues that face the river and its catchment through partnership working.

River Chess Smarter Water Catchment

Not Bourne Yesterday

Not Bourne Yesterday aims to reconnect communities with their local chalk streams, restoring both the rivers and landscapes they flow through.

Not Bourne Yesterday

Farming in Protected Landscapes

By supporting the farmers, land managers and people who live and work in the National Landscape, we can help protect this exceptional place and support local communities.

Farming in Protected Landscapes