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The Secret Garden: Trustees

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Anne Boddington, Trustee

Educated as an architect, urbanist and cultural geographer, Anne has 35-years’ experience in higher education and 20 in senior leadership, most recently as PVC for Research, Business & Innovation.

Her experience includes strategic and organisational design, business planning/finance, quality assurance in teaching and research, career development and international partnerships. She has worked for the UK Government’s Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), with museums and the cultural sector and as a strategic research reviewer for UKRI.

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Caroline Cowley, Trustee

Caroline Cowley is a freelance interior designer and project manager. She grew up locally and was educated at Lancing College before studying American and Commonwealth Arts at Exeter University, spending a year of her degree course studying photography at UCSC. Following graduation she combined her practical and creative skills to set up a team of muralists working on private commissions in London and the U.S., which developed into an interior design consultancy. 

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Stephen Neiman, Trustee and Treasurer

Stephen Neiman set up The Antony Dale Trust with Gavin Henderson. Throughout his career, Stephen has been involved in major arts projects, both nationally and internationally. He has played a leading role in several charities in Brighton & Hove, including: Founder and Trustee of The Old Market Trust, Chair of the Brighton Youth Orchestra and Regency Society and President of the Brighton Soirée and Hove Rotary Clubs. He is also Secretary of the Hanover Band Foundation.

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Talia Rodgers, Trustee 

Talia Rodgers is the Head of Higher Education at Digital Theatre. From 1991-2015 she was Publisher for Literature, Theatre and Performance Studies at Routledge. In the mid-1990s Talia managed the launch of the third edition of the Arden Shakespeare, and also the journal 'Performance Research’. She is also a trustee of Flute Theatre: Shakespeare for Inclusive Audiences. 

 

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