Colin Cooper – REN Manager (staff)
Manages REN, with direction from other members of the Management Committee as well as drawing on the experience of REN's other staff and volunteers in their specific areas of expertese. Colin previously worked within project & spatial management and procurement in the commercial sector. Colin has completed studies in Ecological Building and Community Leadership and is currently undertaking a Masters Degree in Charity Management at St Mary's University College, Twickenham. Colin is also a Trustee of Richmond Coucil for Voluntary Service, London 21 Grey Court School Farm (in Ham) and Greener Upon Thames.

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Maria Longley - Volunteer Advisor (Volunteer)
Maria is our volunteering expert and advises us on such matters. Maria is experienced in working with and supporting volunteers, holds a NVQ level 3 in Volunteer Management as well being an experienced youth worker and has previously been involved in setting up a youth community cafe. Maria has previously been a paid member of the team and more recently worked for London Wildlife Trust. She currently works for Richmond Youth Partnership and GIGL (Greenspace Information for Greater London),  the capital's open space and biodiversity records centre.

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Simon Howlett - Communications & Media (volunteer)
Simon has joined the team after a Student Placement with us from St Mary's in his final year. During his placement Simon worked to develop two new Biodiversity Actions Plans for Hedges and Private Gardens. Simon now manages our comunications and media, in particular the events listings being submitted to local media.

Dr Katherine Varvill - ZWIN Manager (Volunteer)
Katherine manages  ZWIN (Zero Waste Initiative) with Mark, with Katherine looking after the more technical aspects. Katherine a previous ZWIN Assessor joins us to manage the ZWIN project with Mark.

Mark Parker - ZWIN Manager (Volunteer)
Mark manages ZWIN with Katherine, with Mark co-ordinating the ZWIN Assessors and audits. Mark was sustainability champion within his previous employment in the commercial sector, implementing smarter travel plans.

Danni Paffard - Eco Teams Co-ordinator
Danni manages our Eco Teams project, including getting it up and running, promoting it and co-ordinating with Global Action Plan who are supplying the expertise. Danni is a recent Oxbridge graduate and also works part time teaching Biology and working with a university to help them go green.

Phil Morris - Finance (volunteer)
Phil has recently joinned us and helps us process all our invoices, volunteer expense claims and keep an eye on our finances.

Vicky Phillips - Food Projects (volunteer)
Vicky will be helping us research and help develop food related projects as well as support food projects being developed in the borough. Vicky also Chairs our Advisory Group.

vacant role  - Events (volunteer)

The ZWIN Assessors
Julian Ingham, Robin Hewitt, Sue Williams, John Gallop, Clive Messenger, Richard Clayson, Simon Howlett, Don Firth, Lilya Garcia, Philip Kassanis, Ben Karp, Sanghom Kim, Liam Bolton,  Penny Beauchamps,  Maurice Misso and Samay Arnold.