NOMINATIONS FOR ELECTION OF BOARD MEMBERS
Board Members
Cara Hepburn
Cara has a decade of experience in fundraising, beginning her career at the British Museum before working for four years at Sir John Soane’s Museum, which lead her to Royal Museums Greenwich, before she went to English Heritage where she was Head of Private Philanthropy. Cara has created a number of long-term strategies and initiatives, which have grown philanthropic income along the ‘individual giving pipeline’.
Moe Horikawa
Moe is an Investment Manager at the National Lottery Heritage Fund and holds a MA in International Cultural Heritage Management from Durham University. She has a particular interest in historic buildings forming historic urban landscapes. Moe is originally from Japan.
Clare Knowles
Clare is Head of Marketing & Digital at Durham Cathedral and has fifteen years’ experience in the charity, culture and heritage sector, leading digital marketing communications for well-loved North East and national brands. In her present role at Durham Cathedral, Clare has had the opportunity to transform the Marketing & Digital department – from shaping a new team to redefining the marketing communications strategy and approach. Previously Clare was Marketing & Communications Consultant for National Trust across the North region, managing regional strategy and campaigns and supporting properties on high profile projects in the North, including Seaton Delaval Hall. She is CIM qualified and has a degree in Public Relations.
Peter Mitchell
Peter is Head of Sustainability at Gascoyne Estates, custodians of Hatfield House among other historic buildings and landscapes. His work covers all aspects of the business from farming and forestry to leisure and development, helping the team deliver ambitious sustainability commitments.
Tim Moore
Dr Tim Moore is a lecturer at Oxford University and also a curator for the National Trust. He specialises in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and is particularly interested in Global and Inclusive Histories; the latest publication he is working towards is about the lived experience of people of colour in Georgian England. As a proud, gay person of colour, Tim has a particular passion for diversity and inclusion in the heritage sector. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, travelling and sketching, as well as enjoying all the richness of London’s queer culture and community.
Kate Solecki
Kate’s interest in history has taken her across the world (literally!) having completed an undergraduate degree in Near Eastern archaeology in her home country of Canada, she moved to the UK to complete her master’s degree at Durham University in prehistoric archaeology. She fell in love with the UK, and now lives here, having worked in a variety of roles across England, most recently at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Her interests and experience centre around pioneering new and innovative ways to engage audiences with historic built and landscape environments.
