CHEAD Trustees

Our Board of Trustees consists of 9 elected trustees and up to 4 co-opted trustees.

We seek to ensure that the Trustees reflect the diversity of our CHEAD membership and the breadth of our strategic and charitable objectives.

For 2022/23 the Board of Trustees is as follows:

Professor David McGravie

Chair

Pro Vice Chancellor / Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts Humanities & Social Sciences
University of Chester

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Professor Alistair Payne

Joint Vice Chair

Head of School – Art and Architecture
Kingston School of Art
Kingston University

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Dr Rod Adams

Joint Vice Chair

Associate Professor – Deputy Head of Design
University of Northumbria

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Dr Theresa Saxon

Treasurer

Deputy Head in the School of Arts and Media
University of Central Lancashire

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Dr Jacqueline Butler

Trustee

Dean and Head of School of Arts
University of the West of England

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Professor Catherine Dormor

Trustee

Head of Westminster School of Arts
University of Westminster

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Professor Juliette MacDonald

Trustee

Director of Faculty
Edinburgh College of Art

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Professor Richard Sawdon Smith

Trustee

Dean of Faculty: Arts & Media
Norwich University of the Arts

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Roger Bateman

Trustee

Head of School
Department of Art & Design, Sheffield Hallam University

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Professor Paul Springer

Co-opted Trustee

Dean of Academic Strategy
University of the Arts London: Camberwell, Chelsea & Wimbledon Schools of Art

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Louise O’Boyle

Expert Trustee

Associate Dean (Academic Quality & Student Experience)
Ulster University

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Dr Sian Vaughan

Co-opted Trustee

Director of Research for Art, Architecture and Design
Birmingham City University

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