Peter Gavin FCCA Year appointed - 1997. Chair of Three Rivers Housing Association. Retired NHS Director of Finance and Trust Board Secretary. President of the Northern Counties Society of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants 2000-2002. Trustee of The Children’s Foundation (Yellow Brick Road Appeal).

Hilary Parker LLB LLM (Cantab) Solicitor Year appointed - 2002. Vice-Chair of Three Rivers Housing Association and Chair of Remuneration Committee. Partner at a law firm in Newcastle and is a former law lecturer at Hull and Newcastle Universities. Non-Executive Director of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust.

Bill Worth Year appointed – 2005. Retired Chief Executive of North Durham NHS Trust. He previously held senior management positions in Gateshead and South Tyneside Heath Authorities and other NHS organisations in Liverpool and West Midlands. He is Chair of Northern Pinetree Trust, member of the management committee of Craigilea Nursing Home, a Board Member of County Durham Probation Service and governor of two schools in County Durham.

Marie-Therese Pinder BA (Hons), ALA, CQSW Year appointed - 1979. Retired Social Worker with City of Newcastle upon Tyne. Member of Management Committee of Durham Young People’s Centre Association: End House.

Peter Hunter MIEH Year appointed - 1996. Chair of Performance Committee at Three Rivers Housing Association and Chair of Care & Repair in Derwentside. Retired Chief Environmental Services Officer with Derwentside District Council.

Steve Anderson Year appointed - 2005. Chair of Audit Committee at Three Rivers Housing Association. Retired Finance Director of South Tees NHS Trust. Prior to that, Steve worked for South Tees Health Authority, Coopers and Lybrand as a Management Consultant, water authorities in Wales and North West. He started his career in local government. A founding member of the ‘Free From Pain’ charity in Teesside.

Ian Wardle Year appointed - 2005. Head of Regeneration at Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council. Former Project Director of Sunniside Partnership. He was also previously Development Director of George Wimpey with responsibility for major residential developments in Westoe Crown Village (South Shields), Wilton Castle, Norton Hall and Longbenton.

Susan Dodds - Tenant Board Member Year appointed - 2006. Tenant Board Member and Chair of Residents Advisory Group. Tenants Advisory Committee member for past 15 years, the Bridge newsletter editorial team, retired retail employee of John Lewis, and former matron in children’s public school. Susan has also been a resident for the past 27 years.

Jan Parkinson Year appointed - 2005. Managing Director of Local Government Employers. The organisation carries out pay and pensions negotiations for the employers for local government employees (over 2 million employees) in England and Wales. Jan was also former Strategic Director of Human Resources at Gateshead Metropolitan Council and has held management positions for North East Regional Health Authority, Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead and Bishop Auckland Hospital.

Daniel Keenan BA, CQSW Year appointed - 1983. Retired Manager/Social Worker with City of Sunderland.

Dennis Strange, Tenant Board Member Year appointed - 2004. Tenant Board Member. Residents Advisory Group member, the Bridge newsletter editorial team, former tutor and assessor in adult and youth training (literacy & numeracy) and former telecommunications installation engineer.