Purpose
The purpose of each Portfolio Advisory Board is to provide advice to the Mayor and Cabinet on the exercise of their functions. Find out more about how our Advisory Boards work.
Areas of work
This board supports our work to reduce child poverty, grow skills and increase local people’s access to opportunity, including public service reform. Including:
- child poverty reduction
- skills
- public service reform
- inclusion, health, prevention
- access to cultural and creative experiences
- employment, employability, and New Deal
- deliver on High Streets Commission
Membership
| Councillor Tracey Dixon (Chair) | Leader, South Tyneside Council |
| Claire Riley | North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board |
| Vanessa Jardine | Chief Constable, Northumbria Police |
| Audrey Kingham | Director of Children’s Services Representative for region |
| David Inness | Department for Work and Pensions |
| Chris Todd | Chair of NE Colleges Forum |
| Paul Atkinson | Secondary Head (Jarrow School) |
| Rebecca Jackson | Primary Head (Cragside Primary School) |
| Dan Monnery | Universities North East England (Northumbria University) |
| Graham Thrower | Sunderland University's Institute for Economic and Social Inclusion |
| Rhiannon Bearne | North East Chamber of Commerce |
| Jenny Allinson | Bernicia |
| Paul Butler | Automotive Alliance |
| Shirley Spoors | Azko Nobel |
| Sam Blake | Newcastle Eagles |
| Lesley Spuhler | CEO Foundation of Light |
| Keith Merrin | Chair of North East Museums |
| Nick Kimber | Cabinet Office |
| Osian Jones | London Borough of Camden |
| Reshma Begum | North East CA Business and Economy Board Representative |
| Martin Brookes | VCSE Representative |