Our
Trustees
Meet the Trustees
Trustees are responsible for overseeing the charity’s activities, ensuring it we run effectively and in line with our mission. You can learn about our trustees below.
Chairman
Steve Sawyer
Steve has been the Executive Director of the Manor Royal BID Company, the largest “industrial” Business Improvement District in the country, since it was created in 2013. He has over 20 years economic development and BID management experience as well as experience of the private and public sector in disciplines from finance and performance improvement to corporate policy and planning. Steve has a Masters in psychological research, design and analysis, and a Merit in the British BIDs Certificate in BID Management a course on which he now teaches.
Media and Comms
Mark Dunford
Mark Dunford is senior editor of SussexWorld.co.uk and is editor of the Crawley Observer, West Sussex County Times and the Mid Sussex Times.
He has 26 years' experience as a journalist and a lot of that has been spent covering Crawley Town Football Club, with the highlight being the League Two Play-Off campaign in 2024 which culminated in that magnificent day in Wembley.
This is Mark's second stint as a Trustee with the Crawley Town Community Foundation and is always in awe of the incredible work the Foundation does.
Mark also loves cricket, theatre and cinema and spends most of the summer as an umpire in the Sussex Cricket League.
Vice Chair
Alan Foot
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Safegaurding
Michael Price
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HR
Zoe Wright
Zoe’s day job is as HR Director for First Central Group, an Insurance and Technology business based in Haywards Heath, where she has worked for the past 5 years. Before that Zoe was Group Director of People at The People’s Partnership based in Crawley. She has worked in the field of HR for over 25 years and has a MSc. In Human Resource Management as well as being a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
Finance
James May
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Charity Trustee
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Wendy Bell
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Charity Trustee
Mark Chipol
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