Staff, Trustees & Volunteers
Meet our team and find out who is responsible for our work.
Staff and volunteers complete new boardwalk at Gosforth Park Nature Reserve
We currently employ a Director (full-time), an Archivist (part-time) and an Administrator (part-time). Our Reserve Warden is an unpaid role. The majority of the Society’s work is undertaken by dedicated Society members in a voluntary capacity. If you are interested in volunteering with the Society, please see our volunteer opportunities page.
The Society is governed by a Council of Trustees, who are all members of the Society and play an active role in its work. We have around 20 Trustees. Elections to our Council take place once a year at our Annual Meeting.
Staff
Clare Freeman
Director
June Holmes
Archivist
Hazel Makepeace
Admin & support officer
Paul Drummond
Reserve Warden (unpaid)
Trustees
Janet Angel
Mid-week Botany Section
Andy Atkinson
Marketing, Nature Reserve Committee
Stella Chambers
Vice President, Library Committee
Prof. Peter Davis
Vice President. Museum Board
Prof. Jim Edwardson
Newcastle University
Jonathan Hewitt
Chair, Legal
Dr Les Jessop
Chair of the Library Committee
Brian Kram
Treasurer
Prof. David Leat
Education, Bird Ringing Group
Steve Lowe
Mammal Section
Dr Angus Lunn
Vice President, Botany Section
Chris Metherell
Botany Section.
Dr Chris Redfern
Publications Editor, Bird Ringing Group
Prof. John Richards
Botany Section, Newcastle University
Dr Janet Simkin
Botany Section
Prof. Jimmy Steele
Newcastle University.
Derek Teasdale
Geology Section
Michael Turner
Tony Tynan
Vice President, former museum curator