CPRE OXFORDSHIRE - Key Persons


Becky Crockett

Job Titles:
  • Administrator

Brian Wood

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team

Bruce Tremayne

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team

Claudia Lusardi

Claudia Lusardi currently works for Oxford Brookes University managing outreach programmes for underrepresented/ disadvantaged young people to improve access to university and higher education. Equally passionate about the natural world, Claudia hopes to support local communities to protect and preserve the countryside.

David Astor

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team

David Marsh

Job Titles:
  • Vale of White Horse District Secretary
David developed in interest in planning when he was Chair of Harwell Parish Council. He has a background in IT and project management.

Dorian Grier

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Secretary
Dorian worked in Operations Management in the airline and retail industries. Dorian is a keen supporter of the countryside, green spaces to be enjoyed by all, UK farming and fishing, the development of affordable homes and provision of rural homes for rural people.

Dr Lisa Buchan

Lisa has broad experience in business, historical research and corporate social responsibility. Lisa has been involved in planning issues since 2016, particularly the threat to the countryside and Green Belt surrounding Oxford.

Dr Peter Collins

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team

Gillian Salway

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team

Gordon Garraway

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team

Helen Marshall

Job Titles:
  • Director

John Harwood

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Vice - President / Vice - President / Vice - President / Branch Chair / Vice - Chair / Secretary / Treasurer

Julia Benning

Job Titles:
  • Communications Manager

Lynda Moore

Job Titles:
  • Planning Co - Ordinator

Nick Dolden - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Treasurer
Nick has recently retired having held senior finance posts including South Central Ambulance Services. Nick is also a planning volunteer for CPRE Cherwell. Nick believes that development should be sympathetic to the impact on climate change, biodiversity and landscape.

Olivia Field

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Vice Chair
Olivia has a background in Project Management, Change Management, Strategic Planning and Analysis across a range of business sectors. Latterly, Olivia spent two years as Chair of the No Expressway Group, successfully campaigning against the proposed Oxford to Cambridge Expressway.

Philippa Phelan

Job Titles:
  • Chairman CPRE West Oxfordshire
Philippa spent sixteen years as an Officer in the Army and is a qualified teacher and Education and Training Specialist. Philippa is particularly interested in conserving the intrinsic beauty of rural Oxfordshire: its villages and old market towns; protection of the countryside, Green Belt and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty; ending sewage pollution and creating cleaner rivers; the impacts of climate change, including flooding; and working to protect dark skies from light pollution.

Richard Harding

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
For over 30 years Richard worked as a research scientist at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), now retired Richard still holds a fellowship at CEH.

Susie Mather

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair
Susie has had a diverse career largely in central government. She hopes to draw on her experience of strategy, influence, governance and communications to help preserve the English countryside for its climate benefits, for nature recovery and for enjoyment by all.