HEN is directed by Ann Woodward, Graham Kennard, Louise Gilmartin Smith, Ben Crystall and Max Wilkinson.

We are residents of Hertford and Ware, have children at local schools and share a passion for improving the environment and tackling climate change.

Louise is a qualified accountant (ACCA) with 15 years experience in the Engineering and Telecoms industries. She put her career on hold 8 years ago to focus on raising her two children, both of whom attend Mill Mead School. Any spare time she has is taken up with running and cycling!

Ann has over 15 years’ experience working in the health and social care sector in Hertfordshire, most recently as a Programme Manager with a local NHS Trust. A keen advocate of Fairtrade, she successfully campaigned for Hertford to become a Fairtrade Town and, more recently, supported Mill Mead with becoming the first Fairtrade School in Hertford.

Graham has 30 years experience developing and managing services in health and social care within the NHS. He is now an independent consultant and current projects include the development of supported housing services for people on the autistic spectrum with mental health needs and advising on costs of care. He was a governor at Mill Mead School for a number of years.

Ben spent 5 years as a research scientist at Imperial College London and between 1996 and 2015 he wrote and edited at New Scientist magazine. He was a governor at Mill Mead School, supports Transition Hertford and dabbles in gardening and archaeology.

Max is currently in his final year at Richard Hale school studying Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Economics. He is returning to Richard Hale for a gap year teaching maths, and hopes to read maths as a degree. He has supported Transition Herford for a number of years.