Committee Members

Ken Johnson
(President)
Ken holds a degree majoring in Geography and Education. Prior to retirement he was a Principal in the NSW Department of Education, a part-time lecturer at a number of Universities and a representative on government working parties. He was the principal designer in a program to combine multiple professional inputs to individual cases. Adaptation of this model to the needs of a community is the basis of The Gloucester Project. He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his professional contribution to Special Education.

Lyn Hancock
(Deputy President)
Lyn has a degree in Chemistry and a Post Graduate Diploma in Computing. She has worked in laboratories, as a technical assistant for the CSIRO’s Solar Division of Radiophysics and as a programmer/analyst implementing applications in the commercial arena. Lyn’s interests currently include self sufficiency using sustainable gardening methods.

Marianne Johnson
(Secretary)
Marianne has a degree majoring in Psychology and Education; a Dip.PE; and is a qualified Neurodevelopmental Therapist. She worked in the Department of Education before entering private practice; has done part time lecturing; and was also a co-director of Learning Foundations Australia. She is now operating a small organic horticultural business in Gloucester.

Gerald McCalden
Gerald holds postgraduate degrees in Geography and Information Science. He has worked as Associate Director of the Hunter Valley Research Foundation; Director of the Datex Co-operative; and Regional Economist with the Geelong Regional Commission. Subsequently, until his retirement, he operated as a private consultant in Regional Planning and Demography.

Thomas Davey
(Treasurer)
Thomas is a marketing manager with over 20 years experience working for some household names in the tourism industry. Holding a Bachelor of Economics plus a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing, he currently works for a long established tourism venture in Gloucester, and is also chairperson of the local operators’ group Tourism Advancing Gloucester. Additional interests include Permaculture and organic food production.

Brad Bowden
Brad is a qualified massage therapist with over 8 year experience, specialising in remedial treatment, sports injury and myofascial release. His qualifications include a Certificate IV in Massage plus a Diploma in Sports Injury Therapy. Apart from running his own massage business, Brad is also a qualified permaculture designer with interests including organic food production, health and wellbeing.

Pierre Louys
(Natural Resources Consultant)
Pierre has worked as an IT specialist in various government agencies both in France and in Australia until 2002 when he joined the Hunter Landcare movement. He was recently employed by the Hunter-Central Rivers CMA and held the position of Landcare Project Officer. Pierre operates a consultancy business which provides a range of services including standard management and irrigation systems development and implementation.

Lyn Hancock
(Newsletter and assistant secretary)

Terry Hardwick
(Community stall co-ordinator)

Jocelyn Colleran
(Friends of the Tucker Patch Co-ordinator)