Other Contributors
A diverse range of people contribute to the New Optimists Forum as well as the scientists. We’re grateful to the following people (listed in alphabetical order) who’ve participated in various events in different ways:
- Jayne Bradley, Development Director of Kitchen, founder of Edible Eastside
- Nick Booth of Podnosh
- David Bull, Head of Development Strategy, Birmingham City Council
- Catherine Burke, Partner and Head of Energy at Freeth Cartwright
- Paulo Castagna of Talis Systems
- Simon Coles of Westland Nurseries
- Ed Dowding of Sustaination
- Ian Forsyth, Business Development Manager at Cofely District Energy
- Caroline Hutton, Director at Martineau Gardens
- Parveen Mehta, Operations Director at Minor Weir & Willis
- Dr Rick Robinson, Executive Architect at IBM
- Darren Share, Head of Parks, Birmingham City Council
- Sandy Taylor, Head of Climate Change & Environment at Birmingham City Council
Plus these people who make it all happen:
- Norman Leet, facilitator and general advisor
- Dr Nicci MacLeod who does the forensic linguistics analysis
- Dr Maureen Meadows of the Open University Business School
- Dr Frances O’Brien, Associate Professor of Operational Research at the Warwick Business School
- the Podnosh team of Nick Booth, Gavin Wray, Steph Jennings and Max Woolf along with Jon Bounds and the Rebel Uncut crew
- Ellie Richards, analyst
