The Old Decanian Society

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President
Lord Bernard Ribeiro CBE (Tower 1962)

Chairman
Andrew Troughton (Field 1991)

Vice-Chairman
TBC

Treasurer
Tim Lawrence (Field 1976) – Trustee

OD Secretary
Alex Hume (Dale 2002) – Trustee

Committee Members 

Leah Barton (Hatherley 2022)
Robin Bayliss (Tower 1983)
Lucy Eden (Hatherley 2015)
Rhianna Evans (Fawley 2014)
Claire Harding (née Bayley) (Mead 1972)
James Hunt (Dale 2019)
Rupert Lane (Gate 1962)
Andrew Marquand (Field 1971) - Trustee
Charlie Montgomery (Mead 1984)
Jeremy Winter (Court 1961)

Honorary Members:
David Evans - Former Staff Representative
Julie Kent - Former Staff Representative
Dominic Neville - Director of External Relations 
Natalie Norman - Development Manager
Emma Taylor – Dean Close Foundation Warden

If you would like to contact someone on the Committee, please liaise with Alex Hume, Head of Development and Alumni.

ODSRULES2023-AGMApproved.pdf

The Old Decanian Society Rules - last updated in 2023.

International OD Representatives:  

	AUSTRALIA  Perth	Stefanie Jones (née Brooking) (Shelburne 1990)
	CANADA  Ottawa	Chuck Kennedy (Gate 1986)
	CANADA  Alberta	Sara Lynn Burrough (Shelburne 1976)
	HONG KONG	David Ho (Gate 1985)
	USA  Pennsylvania	Kirsten McTernan (née Spalholz) (Shelburne 1997)
	USA  Los Angeles	Ian Bishop (Court 1981)
	USA  San Diego	Caroline Harwood (Shelburne 1981)
	USA  San Diego	Charmaine Haworth (née Lamb) (Shelburne 1991)
	USA  Seattle	David Richardson (Tower 1954)
	USA  Washington DC	Farrokh Jahandari (Tower 1981)
	JAPAN  Tokyo	Kona Masui (Fawley 2016)
	NEW ZEALAND	Nadia Hardie (née Stradling) (Fawley 1989)

 
International Representative Role:

• To be point of contact in their country for other ODs, both residents and visitors (on business or for leisure)

• To relay information to the OD Office about ODs in their country and to enable increased cultural understanding for the DCF representatives

• To suggest ideas to be incorporated into OD Committee thinking and strategy

• To have an annual video call with the OD Office to be apprised of DCF plans to disseminate to OD residents within your designated area

• To consider hosting reunions both with Senior Leaders visiting from DCF but also for local ODs and to keep the School informed with a write-up, photos, and other news

If you would like to contact any of the representatives, please liaise with the Old Decanian Office – ods@deanclose.org.uk

We are actively trying to increase the number of International Representatives. If you think you could be a country representative, we would love to hear from you.

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Alex Hume (Dale 2002)

Head of Development and Alumni
01242 258048
To contact please email - aahume@deanclose.org.uk

Natalie Norman 

Development Manager 
01242 258000 (Ext 201) 
To contact please email -nnorman@deanclose.org.uk

Leah Barton (Hatherley 2022)

Development and Alumni Coordinator 
01242 258000 (Ext 637) 
To contact please email - Lobarton@deanclose.org.uk 

Grace Pritchard-Woods 

Archivist 
01242 267402
To contact please email - Pritchardwoodsg@deanclose.org.uk 

Visiting the school; we love to see ODs back at Dean Close School and are more than happy to arrange tours for visiting ODs.

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                      Cheltenham
                   Gloucestershire
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                   United Kingdom