Dear members,
I am thrilled to announce the start of our new year and the change to our 2020-2021 committee! A huge welcome to our new co-presidents – Anna Gebruk and Maxine King – who have taken over from me. I know they will bring their unique skills to the UK Polar Network and it will definitely be a great year. We are also welcoming some new members to our committee, and happily we have some people who have stayed on and are putting in hard work for another year:
Anna Gebruk - President
Maxine King - President
Holly Jenkins - Vice-President
Anuszka Mosurska - Secretary
Vicky Fowler - Treasurer
Robynne Nowicki - Co-head of education and outreach
Kate Stockings - Co-head of education and outreach
Chloe Nunn - Festivals
Eva Prendergast - Festivals
Lucie Cassarino – UKAHT integration
Fiona Old - Antarctic flags
Jennifer Arthur - Antarctic flags
Anuszka Mosurska - Social media
Maribel Garcia - Social media
Angus Naylor - Social media
Saule Akhmetkaliyeva - Head of UK Arctic -Russia ECR group
Vicky Fowler - ARCTIS organisers
Ben Boyes - ARCTIS organisers
Madeline Anderson – Equality, diversity and inclusion officer
Victoria Dutch - Equality, diversity and inclusion officer
Floortje Van Den Heuvel - Pint of Science organiser
Shridhar Jawak - APECS Observer for the Antarctic Bursary
Chelsey Baker - Member-at-large
Anna Belcher - Member-at-large
Siobhan Murtagh - Member-at-large
Katie King - Member-at-large
Check out our website in the next couple of weeks for more information and contact details for our committee. You might notice some new roles, particularly the equality, diversity and inclusion officers, so we will be making some big improvements going forward.
I have really enjoyed my time as president and am proud to have been part of this network! I’ll be supporting Maxine and Anna as vice-president, so feel free to contact any of us with any questions you have. Finally, I wish everyone good luck for the coming year!
Thanks,
Holly
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Holly Jenkins
PhD candidate, SPITFIRE DTP & Changing Arctic Ocean (NERC)
UK Polar Network vice-president
Pronouns: she/her
National Oceanography Centre Southampton
University of Southampton Waterfront Campus
Room: 344/35
Phone: 02380598724 (ext. 28724)
