DCHA is led by voluntary board members, drawn from residents and the wider community.
The board has 12 members, and comprises:
- four resident members - three of these are directly elected, and one appointed to balance skills and experience
- eight board members from the wider community.
We currently have three vacancies, which are to be filled at our AGM in September. Please let us know if you would like information on how to become a board member.
Our current board members:
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| Simon Sanger-Anderson
Chair of DCHA and board member since 2005. Board member of DCHT. Simon was a tenant for many years of a Housing Association in Islington and on their board. Solicitor and partner in Tozers specialising in employment law and governance |
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| Tony Apps
Former chair of DCHA, and a board member since 1999. Chair of Westco. Tony serves on the group nominations, treasury and remuneration committees. Tony is the former Director of Finance & Housing at Teignbridge District Council. |
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| Jonathan Broad
Resident board member since 2004. Chair of DCHT and the group nominations committee. Member of Devon regional committee. Founder member of the Active Community Tenants (Act) Network and a former volunteer member of a Patient & Public Involvement Forum. |
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| Gloria Davenport
Resident board member since 2007. Member of Plymouth regional committee. Gloria has been a DCHA tenant since 1991. She undertakes work for the Citizens Advice Bureau and does voluntary work for the probation service. Gloria gives debt advice at the Plymouth Focus Advice Centre. |
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| Gordon Faddy
Resident board member since 2000. Chair of Cornwall regional committee. Gordon is chair of SCOPE, St Austell and committee member for SCOPE South West. Voluntary fundraiser for Headway and other charities. Chair of the group's community investment fund committee. |
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| Nadia Hewitt
Board member since 2006, board member of DCLS and member of Cornwall regional committee. Nadia trained as a social worker in the 1980s, and has worked continuously in Cornwall, in health, social services and housing, in statutory and voluntary sectors. |
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| Jennifer Jackson
Board member since 2006. Board member of DCLS and member of the Cornwall regional committee. Worked for more than 30 years as an IT professional, most of them with a major oil company, including running both small business units and large projects. |
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| Martyn Johnson
Board member since 2000. Member of group treasury committee and chair of Plymouth regional committee. Martyn is also a board member of Dartington Housing Association. |
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| John Saunders
Board member since 1979 and chair of DCLS. Chair of Devon regional committee. Retired head of photography and consultant to Exeter University. Associated with various voluntary groups with housing connections for 35 years. |
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| June Sherman
Resident board member since 2007. Member of Devon regional committee. June has been a DCHA tenant for 10 years. She has been involved in various projects and training courses helping to run workshops and events for tenants. June is a member of ACT and helped start and run the resident environmental green group. |
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 | Peter Shipley
Board member since 2007. Member of Plymouth regional committee. Peter worked for Anchor Trust for 30 years and is now working part-time as a housing consultant. He is a volunteer on the West Somerset Railway. |
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| Steve Tucker
Board member since 2007. Member of Devon regional comittee. Steve trained as an infantry officer at Sandhurst and completed a short service commission. After the army he gained a degree in Modern English & Communication. He now runs his own business and sales consultancy providing commercial and marketing expertise to independent software vendors. |
