Board

CGA Board

The Board is responsible for managing the association's work and ensuring that its vision is achieved. The Board is made up of 15 members. Seven of those people are tenants, three are representatives from Preston City Council, and five are independent recruits.

Tenant Board Members

Babilas John-Baptiste	Rose Kinsella	Gill Lawson	Mair Ratcliffe
Jackie Dixon	Shaun Melia-Smith	Peter Ingham

Council Board Members

Robert Cartwright

Bill Shannon

Brian Rollo

Independent Board Members

Hussain Mulla	Linda Cherry	David Jones
Andrew Upton	Nigel Wilson

The Board makes important strategic and financial decisions, monitors the CGA's performance and develops plans to bring about positive change in Preston. The Board is accountable to members of the CGA; it has to meet agreed standards and report to national regulator the Housing Corporation.

The Board's decisions rely heavily on input and feedback from local residents. That's because the Community Gateway approach commits the organisation to building a network of neighbourhood decision-makers. The most important things is that residents can get involved in issues that are important to them, at levels where they feel confident.