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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Our Board of Trustees is a voluntary body which
has legal responsibility for the overall governance and management
of Lighthouse. Its members bring a wide range of skills and knowledge
to the organisation.
Sue Gollifer (appointed January 2006)
Sue is a Principal Lecturer
in Fine Art in the School of Arts and Communication in the Faculty
of Arts and Architecture at the University of Brighton and the Course
Leader of the MA in Digital Media Arts and the MA in Printmaking
and Professional Practice. She is an early pioneer as a computer
artist and her work can be seen in the Digital Art Museum DAM. Her primary research
is on 'the impact of new technology within the practice of Fine
Art' and she has presented a number of evaluative and analytical
papers on this subject at major international conferences. She is
on a number of National and International Committees, including
a Director of DACS, the UK Design and Artists Copyright Society
and Vice Chair of CADE, Computers in Art and Design Education. In
2004 she was selected as the SIGGRAPH Art Gallery Chair 2004, the
first European to be selected for this prestigious role. She is
also the Curator of ArCade, the UK Open International Biennale of
Electronic Fine Art Prints 1997 - 2007.
Emma Morris (Chair, appointed March 2006)
A graduate of Hull University with a joint degree in English and
Drama, Emma has over fifteen years experience in financial and arts
management. Her early career was spent working in the fringe theatre.
Emma was employed as General Manager at the Old Bull Arts Centre
in Barnet for three years where she was involved in developing a
sustainable business plan for the organisation. She then spent seven
years as Deputy Director at The Photographers’ Gallery and was closely
involved in the feasibility study for the capital project. Since
December 2002 Emma has been Deputy Director at the De La Warr Pavilion. She
is responsible for the financial management of the whole organisation,
including the £8 million capital project. Emma also handles the
trading subsidiary (restaurant/bookshop/hires), personnel, legal
and building operations and is Vice Chair of the Bexhill Town Action
Group whose remit is to contribute to the regeneration of Bexhill.
Maeve O'Brien (appointed January 2005)
Maeve is a lecturer and convenor of the Arts and Cultural Management
Masters Degree programme at the University of Sussex. Working through
the field of arts and cultural management Maeve has devised, promoted
and executed projects that link higher education to the creative industries
through training and research. Maeve represents the University of Sussex
as lead researcher on the DCMS funded national gallery education project Enquire.
she is a member of the UK subject specialist board for Arts and Cultural Policy and ENCATC,
the European association of arts and cultural management training centres. Her work in
higher education is informed by 14 years of experience in a diverse range of arts
organisations and her ongoing consultancy and research practice. Maeve holds a Masters
Degree in Museum & Gallery Management and her research interests include governance,
leadership and cross sector professional learning.
Ken Smith (appointed June 2004)
Ken is a financially orientated senior executive with
seven years of UK FTSE (250) main board experience, a founder director
and divisional MD of UK airline with £500 million turnover.
He is former President of an international airline association based
in Brussels now with non-executive and consultancy roles within
the aviation sector. He is a member of the Arts and Business Board
Bank and Mentoring Scheme. Ken is completing his doctoral research
in strategic management as part of a DBA at Kingston Business School
and has a passionate interest in the contribution of the Arts to
the development of strategic exploration within companies.
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