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Marguerite Willcox Chair of NFS recently retired as a magistrate, and was formerly a primary school teacher. She continues to be involved in voluntary work with young people, after being a school governor for 12 years. Focused on the continuing development of NFS as a community and regional resource she continues to work as a community mediator, and a member of the Restorative Justice Consortium. Her experience as a mediator has confirmed her opinion that restorative justice, by bringing the victim, the offender and the community together, is the major way of building a better society.

Sue Lee is a recently retired infant school head teacher.  During her time as a head in two schools, she developed restorative approaches as a fundamental belief system for staff, children and parents alike.  She has many years experience of working with young people through the Scout Movement, Church and education. She was a leader trainer in the Scouts and an assistant county commissioner for Hampshire. She has recently trained with the National Centre for Restorative Education in order to develop restorative approaches in a variety of youth settings.  Before becoming a teacher she trained as a nurse.

David Bennett, was for over 30 years a patent attorney in the Intellectual Property Division of Shell International. During that career he spent time on assignment in The Hague and in Houston, becoming Head of their Patent Division in London. In that role he was often involved in resolving/preventing disputes with other companies over IP issues. Now retired, his sailing interests led him to become an active member of his local sailing club. His desire to become involved in justice in action led to becoming a magistrate, sitting on both adult and youth benches.  A spin-off interest in Restorative Justice followed; hence his support for the role of mediation. 

Terry Gunn, formerly an A.B.E. tutor, a school governor, a neighbourhood advisor and a counsellor. Since her retirement from local government she has served on several tenant organisations and is a former secretary of Southampton tenants Federation. A qualified community mediator she now works as NFS volunteer mediation coordinator. She is also a Reiki practitioner and a church committee member committed to mediation bringing greater harmony to the community.

Nick McGeorge, president of NFS Mediation, is a mediator and a Chartered Psychologist. A regular visitor to North Carolina, USA he is a practicing Restorative Justice mediator in the states criminal districts courts. Formerly principal psychologist for the three Isle of Wight prisons. He was a New Forest District Councillor and chair of the Council's Community Safety Working Party for six years, and is as an active local council member. A founder trustee and treasurer of the Restorative Justice Consortium and represents the Quakers at the United Nations Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention Commission. He arranged the first workshop presentation to be made on RJ at the UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders in 1990. He helped draft the UN Guidelines on RJ which came into effect in 2002.
 

Louise Allonby, Louise is the junior partner in a new forest solicitors' firm where she undertakes many different types of work including litigation with a keen focus on alternative dispute resolution.

David Wansbrough, originally an engineer, spent the latter part of his career in the investment business, finally as managing partner of  ECI, an independent Venture Capital group.  Since taking early retirement he has acted as a Trustee of several charities connected with homelessness, poverty, education and prisons as well as retaining interests in some small businesses and other not-for-profit organisations.