The RIDE Forum secretariat manages day-to-day activities. It is hosted by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) in Swindon.
Penny Gordon, senior programme manager
Email: penny.gordon@nerc.ukri.org
Governance
The forum is overseen by a senior group of representatives from each of the 23 member organisations.
The group meets twice a year. It oversees all the forum’s activities, from strategic planning to delivery and monitoring the impact of outputs.
The group members are:
- Arts and Humanities Research Council, Lucy Hackett
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Harriet Trewin
- Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland), Alistair Carson
- Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero, Savio Moniz
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Justine Bejta
- Department for Transport, Annette Joseph
- Economic and Social Research Council, Susie Stevenson
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Mark Tarplee
- Environment Agency, Glenn Watts
- Forest Research, representative to be confirmed
- Innovate UK, Nick Cliffe
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Dave Stone
- Medical Research Council, Graham Campbell
- Met Office, Melissa Welsh
- Natural England, Cheryl Willis
- Natural Environment Research Council, Sarah Webb
- Natural Resources Wales, Steve King
- Nature Scot, Clive Mitchell
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Sara McGuckin
- Science and Technology Facilities Council, Matt Chisholm
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Peter Singleton (Chair)
- Scottish Government, Graeme Beale
- Welsh Government, Simon Baldwin