Kent Campaign for the 2012 Games: Maximising the Benefit of the Games being next to the Games

Membership of Kent's Coordinating Group for the Games and Sectoral Task Groups

That initial group has now evolved into the Kent Coordinating Group for the 2012 Games.

Chairman – Chris Hespe, Head of the Sport, Leisure and Olympics Service, Kent County Council.
Kent Manager for the 2012 Games – Stephanie Holt, Sport, Leisure and Olympics Service, Kent County Council.
Arts – Sally Staples, Head of Arts Development Unit, Kent County Council.
Business – Mona Lewis, Supplier Network Manager London 2012, Business Link Kent.
Communications & Media – Jane Clarke, Head of Communications and Media Centre, Kent County Council.
Community Safety and Security –
Disability/Equality – Mike Bishop, Sports Development Manager (Disability), Kent County Council
District Councils – Mark Carty (Head of Cultural Studies, Ashford Borough Council), David Ford (Assistant Head of Culture and Communities, Canterbury City Council), Stephen Jefferson (Regeneration Officer- Sport, Dartford Borough Council), Paul Whitfield (Dover District Council), John Britt (Gravesham Borough Council), Brian Morgan (Assistant Director of Culture and Communities, Maidstone Borough Council), Bob Dimond (Medway Council), Hayley Baldock (Health and Leisure Manager, Sevenoaks District Council), Andrea Bennett (Shepway District Council), Lyn Newton (Tourism Development Officer, Swale Borough Council), Janet Wason (Cultural Manager, Thanet District Council), Robert Styles (Chief Leisure Officer, Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council), Natalie Coode (Tunbridge Wells Borough Council)
Further Education – Jane Spurgin, Director of Kent Association of Further Education Colleges, Mid Kent College.
Health – Meradin Peachey, Kent Director of Public Health
Higher Education – Uwe Derkson, Assistant Director UCA.
Inward Investment – Paul Wookey, Chief Executive, Locate in Kent
Medway Council – Bob Dimond, Medway Manager for the 2012 Games
Regeneration/Economic Development – TBC
Schools – Danny O’Donovan, School Sports Olympic Learning Consultant Headteacher, Kent County Council
Sport – Martin Laws, Chairman Kent County Forum for Sport
Tourism – Sandra Matthews-Marsh, Chief Executive, Visit Kent.
Transport – Alan Ash, Transport & Development Planning, Kent County Council
Volunteering – Charlotte Osborn-Forde, Manager of Voluntary Action Maidstone.