Meet the team

Get to know the team behind Scotland’s leading public-sector sustainability network.

Secretariat Team Steering Group Sub Committees

SSN has a number of Subcommittees through which the Secretariat and Steering Group progress specific issues and agendas. The current SSN Subcommittees are:

 

SSN Adaptation Subcommittee

The Adaptation Subcommittee progresses work on climate change adaptation. Members include Joanna Teuton (Public Health Scotland), Mark Williams (Scottish Water), Lorna Jarvie (South Ayrshire Council), and Emma Yule (Verture/Adaptation Scotland). The Scottish Government Adaptation Team also attends Subcommittee meetings. The Adaptation Subcommittee produced the SSN Leaders’ Climate Adaptation Checklist.

 

SSN Cultural Public Bodies Subcommittee

The Cultural Public Bodies Subcommittee provides space for public bodied and key stakeholders in the cultural sector to collaborate and progress common interests. Members of the Cultural Public Bodies Subcommittee include Ruth Gill (National Museums Scotland), Gillian Gibson (National Galleries for Scotland), Anthony Gillespie (National Libraries of Scotland), Paul Gillies (National Records of Scotland), Nathalie Lodhi (Historic Environment Scotland), Norma Watson (Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh), Ben Twist (Culture for Climate Scotland), and Karen Ridgewell (Creative Scotland).

 

SSN Local Authority Subcommittee

The Local Authority Subcommittee provides dedicated space for the SSN Steering Group local authority members and key stakeholders to meet and collaborate on common issues. Local Authority Subcommittee members are Claudia Cowie (Aberdeenshire Council), Andy Dick (East Renfrewshire Council), Claire Ferguson (Shetland Islands Council), Lorna Jarvie (South Ayrshire Council), Ross Spalding (Fife Council), Jennifer Wraith (North Ayrshire Council). The Local Authority Subcommittee acts as a programme board for the SSN Local Authority programme funded via SOLACE Scotland agreement, and acts to represent the views of local authority members in the wider SSN programme.