Gordon Gray Stephens - Chair
Gordon Gray Stephens is the diector of Scottish Native Woods, a conservation charity that aims to restore native woodlands as well as the links between people and woodlands. He is also one of the founding members and the Company Secretary of the Argyll Green Woodworkers Association (AGWA).

Ian Whitehead - Vice Chair
Ian Whitehead works as Forest Habitat Network Officer for Edinburgh and the Lothians. He has an extensive track record of facilitating community environmental initiatives in both urban and rural settings. He has worked in diverse locations including the Welsh Borders and the North East of Scotland where he previously managed Aberdeen Countryside Project. Ian has also worked as a VSO forester in Nepal.

Anna Craigen
Anna has worked for Borders Forest Trust, a woodland conservation charity based in the Scottish Borders, since 2002. In her role as the Community Liaison and Education Officer she provides ongoing support for Community Woodland Groups in the region; leading public events; developing woodland projects and providing educational activities (predominantly Forest Schools) for local schools and youth groups. Anna is a firm believer in the benefits of Forest Schools and is a member of the Scottish Forest Schools Sub Group, where she has recently assisted in the development of a Quality Assurance scheme for Forest Schools in Scotland.

Piers Voysey - Treasurer
Piers is a freelance forester and woodland co-owner. From 2003 to 2007 Piers worked as the project manager for the Anagach Woods Trust, the community woodland group in Grantown on Spey. He has previously worked for Scottish Native Woods, the Forestry Commission Scotland and on community woodland projects in Papual New Guinea and Guatemala.

Henry Fosbrooke

Henry is an active member of Milton Community Woodland Trust.  With his company Woodland Orchestra Henry also travels around the country, sharing his musicl talents with people of all ages, encouraging them to play musical instruments made from wood. He is dedicated to getting people back into nature, teaching them practical uses for wood and building eco homes using timber construction techniques.   

Margaret Davidson

Margaret is a member of Abriachan Forest Trust and a Highland Councillor.  In the past she was part of the Forestry For People Panel and also a director of Reforesting Scotland.  She sits on many relevant committees in the Highland Region including Highlands and Islands Forestry Forum and continues to support community woodland development across Scotland.

Paul Cookson    

Paul works as a woodland officer with Glasgow City Council, which involves reintroducing woodland management to over 1000 hectares, setting up timber utilisation projects and developing community involvement. The urban woodland connection is a great asset to the team of directors. Paul also played an important role in the establishment of Dunning Community Trust, which owns a small oak wood, but his place on the Board of Directors has been supported by Drumchapel Woodland Group.

Michaela Hunter

Sasha Mitchell

Sasha is in her final year studying for a BSc in Sustainable Forest Management at the Scottish School of Forestry, hoping to continue on to an MSc. She has been working with Environmental Charities for the last six years, helping to facilitate personal enpowerment through building connections with the Scottish Highlands. She is the Executive Officer for the School of Forestry representing the student body on a wide variety of committees including the Forestry Advisory Committee. A continued member and one time Director of the North Highland Forest Trust, she came into contact with the CWA through the ELAV project and has been a fervent supporter of the works carried out by the CWA as an Individual Member until becoming a Director in late 2009.

Mark Lazzeri

Mark trained originally as a botanist and then as an agronomist.  After a brief sojourn in forestry he started work as an arboricultural consultant and then moved to agricultural research before migrating to agricultural and environmental economics and land management.  Mark is a dog owning, whisky, drinking deerstalker with an abiding passion for the outdoors, particularly woodland.  Currently the Development Manager for the Assynt Foundation – a 44,500 acre community owned estate in SW Sutherland Mark's career history contributes practical knowledge and experience of land management to the Board, particularly in the areas of deer stalking, sporting potential, and estate management.  Mark also bring a familiarity of dealing with national and local government, government advisory bodies, and NGOs.

Mike Steele

Mike Steele is a Director of Nith Valley LEAF Trust in Dumfriesshire striving to acquire Clauchrie Woodlands from FCS. He is also a community councillor. He keeps sheep and runs an academic society about animal science. Mike has been planting trees since 1971 from coconuts to Scots pine in the firm belief they will add much to our communities, economy & environment.