Ray has worked with a number of successful and unsuccessfulCanadian CED and social enterprise organisations and undertaken research into their sustainability.

See Ray Dart’s presentation from the 2010 CED Conference here

Charlotte Young’s background was in Management Education and Development – from 1973 to 1986 in the Management School of Polytechnic of Central London (now University of Westminster) rising to Dean of Management from 1981-6 and from 1986-90 as Head of Management Development for ThornEMI plc responsible for Senior Management Development worldwide.

In 1990, she was involved in setting up YSC Limited, which has become the prime corporate psychology consultancy in the UK.

From 1992 – 98 she was a non-executive director of Mount Vernon and Watford Hospitals NHS Trust.

Since 1995, she has worked independently and her consultancy assignments have ranged from large scale restructuring and change programmes through to much more individual or team interventions in private, public and voluntary sector organisations.

In 1998, she was involved with Michael Young (no relation) in setting up the UK School for Social Entrepreneurs where she ran the first 2 year’s programmes and has for 5 years been Chair of Trustees and unofficial researcher.

She now works predominantly with community and citizen sector organisations and with social entrepreneurs.

See Charlotte Young’s presentation from the 2010 CED Conference here

The Trust currently has nine community services, with an annual turnover of seven million dollars. The Trust provides care using a holistic and integrated approach model of care and services now include: Baptist HomeCare Waitakere, Community Care Programme – Chaplain and Advocacy Services, Focus Counseling, Glen Eden Baptist Budgeting Service, Glen Eden Baptist Community Kindergarten, Glen Eden Baptist FoodBank, Family Services including Mainly Music and Parenting programmes, Social Housing – emergency and long-term supported housing.

Lisa has been working within Community Services for most of her adult life, either as a volunteer or a paid employee. For the last eleven years she has been working for the Friendship Centre Trust, starting as the Manager of the Trust’s HomeCare service and then moving to the CEO role, which she has been doing for the last eight years. Her role is oversight of all the community services of the Trust; ensuring that the vision and mission of the Trust is worked out in the community; involvement with community development projects such as addressing homelessness and ensuring that the Trust is in a financially viable and sustainable position for the future. Lisa has a Graduate Diploma in Not for Profit Management and is currently studying towards a Masters in Social Practice.

David’s recent doctoral research activities include international review team membership for the Metropolitan Auckland Project; research team leader for ‘Sustainable Economic Development in the Kaipara Harbour Region’ and for ‘Business Social Investment Activity in New Zealand’.

David is a member of the EDANZ (Economic Developed Association New Zealand) professional development committee and secretary of the Auckland Regional Economic Development Association. He has an extensive business background including sales and marketing, product and strategic business unit management, as well as owning and operating his own successful retail business for 17 years.

Founder and Director of Heritage Futures International (NZ) Ltd, over the past two decades David has worked with over 700 communities from local to international level, across New Zealand, Australia, Somalia-West Africa, Malaysia and India.

Her previous work experience spans travel and tourism, and management and policy. She has worked within private and public sector organizations in Auckland Wellington & Rotorua.

In 2003 Arihia moved to Opotiki to care for elderly parents. Arihia says “My view of the world, small communities, and the people of Opotiki has changed drastically since moving to Opotiki six years ago. I thought firemen were firemen, not the local store owner and real estate man; the store owner was just the store owner, not the surf life saving club chair, rugby ref as well as being the fireman; and my fellow hapu member was just that – I didn’t realize they were holders of the torch for over 10 years to see the aquaculture dream come true, with the vision to create jobs and wealth for our people for the long term”.

Arihia is quick to say “I was not there when those dreams and visions began to take shape. But I am here today to share my observations as to how Whakatohea have reached this exciting phase of the development which has both local and global potential.”

See Arihia Tuoro’s presentation from the 2010 CED Conference here

Rachael is Waitakere based and works as a freelance researcher, evaluator and facilitator across a broad range of topics and sectors. With her background in local government and social research and evaluation, Rachael is a generalist whose key interest is the linkages between ecology and social systems, or nature and people.

In 2007 she undertook a piece of work with Megan Courtney on community economic development for the ASB Community Trust and this has since become another area of interest.

Rachael believes the community sector is on the cusp of reinventing itself to respond to the complexity and dynamics of this era, and aims to be part of this transformation. She also believes that community economic development is a cornerstone of this change and can point the way to a different set of values and priorities guiding the way we live, for the benefit of all.

David Thompson is CEO of Jobs Australia Limited, the national peak organisation for more than 270 non-profit providers of employment and related services for unemployed people.

David is also Chair of the National Roundtable of Nonprofit Organisations Limited; President and Executive member of the Australian Council of Social Services; Chair Jobs Australia Foundation; Chair, COMMACT International and Director of it Australian Chapter; Chair of Community 21 Limited; Director, Beyond Empathy Limited.

David is also a member of the Board of the Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of the Social Solidarity Economy. He is also a member of the federal government’s Community Response Task Force.

The Development Trusts Association is a dynamic UK-wide movement, bringing together over 450 community-led organisations, which use self-help, social enterprise, and community asset ownership to bring about long-term social, economic and environmental renewal to transform their communities for good. The DTA – in common with many of its members – generates over half its income from trading activities, and the rest from governmental and independent grant-makers.

Jess Steele leads the DTA’s consultancy service, the Pool, drawing on the practitioner expertise of the UK’s development trust movement to provide high-quality consultancy on community enterprise and community assets. She develops new products and ventures for the DTA and is currently exploring international opportunities for joint ventures that nurture and network community enterprises from the ground up.

In a recent secondment to central Government she took the policy lead for assets and developed new policy and programmes to promote ‘meanwhile uses’ of empty town centre buildings and land.

Jess formerly worked for the British Urban Regeneration Association and in her background as a community activist and entrepreneur she led the award-winning ‘Get Set for Citizenship’ regeneration programme and established a range of local social enterprises including a publishing company, an environmental consultancy, a children’s nursery, and a community finance company. She founded the creative outreach charity Magpie and has published extensively on local history. Jess developed the Community Allowance proposals to enable people on benefits to take up community regeneration work opportunities. She now lives and works from Hastings and is trying to save Hastings Pier.

Policy expertise includes asset-based development, community enterprise, worklessness and welfare, community participation, and seaside regeneration. All her work bridges policy and practice and aims to bring practitioners into a more central role in shaping policy.

See Jess Steele’s presentation from the 2010 CED Conference here

He lives on Waiheke Island where he founded the Orapiu Grove Organic farm, which houses several families and produces lavender products and award-winning wines.

He is also the founding director of Clean Stream Waiheke Ltd, which was responsible for refuse and recycling collection and management for the island. This enterprise employed 20 staff and is committed to developing some of the community’s least advantaged employees.

The community arm of this “waste-to-jobs” initiative is the Waste Resources Trust, which leads education and change strategies around waste and recycling, and hosts the popular annual Waiheke festival.

See John Stansfield’s presentation from the 2010 CED Conference here