Llandudno Speakers
Mark Isherwood AM, Member – Equality Committee, WAG
Born in 1959, Mark lives in Flintshire, North Wales, with his wife Hilary and their six children. Before election to the National Assembly for Wales in 2003, he was employed as a Building Society Area Manager in North Wales.
A politics graduate of Newcastle University, Mark is also an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers. Mark takes a keen interest in economic, current and social affairs. He is a former Treuddyn Community Councillor, former School Governor (and Chair) of Ysgol Parc y Llan and former Voluntary Board Member of Venture Housing Association, where he remains a Member.
Mark is also the Ambassador in Wales for the Royal School for the Deaf, Ambassador for the Girl Guides Clwyd, Vice President of the North Wales Play and Playing Fields Association, Patron of the Tyddyn Bach Respite Centre in Conwy and the founder of CHANT (Community Hospitals Acting Nationally Together).
Judy Ling Wong, FRSA. OBE, Director BEN UK
Judy Ling Wong is the UK Director of Black Environment Network, an organisation with an international reputation as the pioneer in the field of ethnic participation in the built and natural environment. BEN works across diverse sectors, integrating social, cultural and environmental concerns. Judy is a major voice on policy towards social inclusion. Her contribution includes membership of the DCMS Historic Environment Executive Committee, ODPM Urban Green Spaces Task Force, National Trust Council, and the IUCN/WCPA Task Force for Cities and Protected Areas.
In June 2000 she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to ethnic environmental participation. In 2003, she was made Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institution for Water and Environmental Management. In 2005, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Gloucester.
Anna Morgan, Training Advisor, Equalities and Social Justice Team, Welsh Local Government Association
Anna has been appointed as the Training Advisor for the Welsh Local Government Association Equalities Team since 2003. Prior to this she worked as the deputy head of the Diversity Training Team with South Wales Police. As a qualified police trainer and development officer, Anna has also successfully completed the Home Office Specialist Support Unit Community and Race Relations Trainers Course.
With an academic background in Post Compulsory Education and Training, Anna has a very keen interest in adult learning. Her current role gives her an opportunity to work across Wales at a national and strategic level, advising local authorities and the wider local government family in relation to equalities training and development.
