Katy Shore-Kapsis - Chairperson (Trustee) I worked as an adult trainer for many years and have experience of working with people both in industry and the public sector, helping them to develop their skills. Having taken early retirement, I enjoy a variety of activities through Tamworth U3A particularly in history, science and gardening. I have an involvement with the RSPB Middleton Lakes reserve, participating in bumblebee surveying and in the role of ‘Meeting and Greeting’ visitors to the reserve. Beekeeping is a hobby I share with my husband, managing a few colonies. I also taking an active role in the local Beekeeping club contributing to bee awareness days, educating the public about the importance of bees and how they can garden to help pollinators.
	Philip Bowers - C.Eng. M.I.Mech.E - Health and Safety Advisor (Trustee) I worked in the power supply industry for 31 years mainly in the design, construction and operational elements of power supply. I then retired early from being an Engineering Manager in the Combined Heat and Power sector to work at a sports college for five years passing my skills on to others and having an absolutely wonderful time. Since taking early retirement I have enjoyed horse riding, fishing, sailing, cycling, crown green bowling and skiing whilst keeping up to date with advancements in engineering.
	David Cross (Trustee) David has had two very different careers, first joining the CEGB in 1974 at Hinkley Point B nuclear power station as an operations engineer, then in 1979 he moved to Heysham 1 power station in Lancashire as a Control and Instrumentation engineer. Moving back south 3 years later to the Nuclear Power Training Centre at Oldbury in Gloucestershire he spent 10 years managing and developing training simulators (rather like a flight simulator) replicating control rooms at the power stations, then took the opportunity to join a new team at Oldbury, producing training materials in workbook form, video and computer-based multimedia (long before the internet!). Within that time span, he has visited and worked at every nuclear power station site in the UK with the exception of Dounreay! Having ‘survived’ privatisation of the industry (but first gaining a Masters’ degree with the OU) he took voluntary redundancy in 1997 and did 18 months of freelance teaching in project management, before joining Staffordshire University as a program manager, teaching leadership and management to corporate clients. Retiring in 2013 he now enjoys a wide range of interests and hobbies, one of which is a long-time interest in industrial archeology that was re-awakened when he joined in the fun at Sandfields in 2017!
	Robin Taylor (Trustee) Robin has a professional background initially in engineering and more recently in human resources, learning, economic development and area re generation working in the public, private and voluntary sectors. This included posts with Birmingham City Council, the Learning and Skills Council and within two regeneration zones in the West Midlands. Since taking early retirement in 2005 he helped to set up and run two innovative social enterprises and was the founder of Low Carbon Lichfield, a community based organisation working to promote carbon reduction, energy saving and sustainability. This led in 2012 to becoming a founder director of Southern Staffordshire Community Energy and in 2015 Chase Community Solar. He volunteers for Friends to Friends (a charity that is run by and for people with learning disabilities that he helped to set up) and Fusion Credit Union and is a trustee of the Darwin Walk Lichfield. He is currently working with others to set up the Trishaw project, a charity that will be offering a pedal/electric powered taxi service in the Lichfield area to older and disabled people who would otherwise be isolated and housebound. This fits well with his active interest in community action, health and well- being (he is a tai chi teacher) and sustainability. He is also a passionate advocate for the arts and music and plays in a local band. Robin has lived in Lichfield for over 40 years and is married with two grown up children and four grandchildren. He and his wife Jane celebrated their golden wedding in October last year.
	David Dimeloe (Trustee) David studied Chemical Engineering at Birmingham University and graduated with a PhD in 1971. His early career was spent working in the sales and marketing areas of technical companies progressing to Sales and Marketing Director of Rochester Instruments, an American company producing process control instrumentation. In 1995 he was appointed as Managing Director of Mackwell Electronics, a company based in Aldridge that developed and manufactured emergency lighting components. Mackwell is a totally owned subsidiary of F W Thorpe plc, a listed company and a major manufacturer of industrial lighting based in Redditch. In 1997 he was appointed to the Group Board of F W Thorpe and continued in these roles until his retirement in 2014. He was the President of the Lighting Industry Federation from 2004-2006. He is a Member of Lichfield 41 Club a group for ex Members of Round Table and was Chairman for 2 years over the Covid period. Lots of Zoom meetings but thankfully all now back to normal with monthly meetings at Whittingdon Heath Golf Club. Since David retired, he has volunteered as a Mentor for the Prince’s Trust and One Million Mentors and supported other local charities. He has assisted the Cancer Support Centre based in Sutton Coldfield and St Giles Hospice in Whittingdon in a number of different roles. He plays golf regularly and is a keen cyclist. Having cycled across England several times and to Paris, he cycled across Scotland in July 2022. David lives in Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield with his wife, Pat and they have recently celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. They have two daughters who both live in Kent with their families. They each have two children and they spend as much time as we can with their four grandchildren – a girl and three boys.