2025 Directors/Trustees of the Board of Living Archive MK

Chair: Roger Kitchen: Consultant in Arts Heritage and Education in the community; came to Milton Keynes to work as a Community Worker for Milton Keynes Development Corporation; helped establish the Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre and Youth Information Service; was Director of Inter-Action MK, and Co-founder and first General Manager of Living Archive; former Board member of Community Action:MK and MK Community Foundation,  film maker and oral history specialist; recently retired accredited trainer for the British Library and Oral History Society.

Honorary Treasurer & Vice Chair (Archives): David Bruce: Holds an MBA and a degree in economic history; ex-police officer and retired project co-ordinator; LAMK volunteer since 2009; keen reader.

Vice Chair (Arts): Victoria Holton: Ran businesses in designer clothing for stores internationally, background in antiques and interior design, appeared as a BBC antiques expert; her pieces are in the Permanent Collection of the V&A Museum; is now researcher of artefact provenance; enjoys interviewing, painting, performs with LA Band.

Martin Ferns: Former OU manager and editor; worked on curriculum development projects in Africa and SE Asia; Chair of Global Education MK 2003-2014; currently Chair of LAMK Board Subcommittee; Webeditor of MK Natural History Society; enjoys singing and walking.

Tom Hill: Runs an award-winning music production company with two old Stantonbury Campus schoolfriends; their clients for films, news, documentaries and drama include the BBC, Sky, C4, C5, Beyoncé; enjoys cycling around MK Redways, going on holiday, and ‘the power of telling stories’.

Sas Amoah: Digital Media Producer at The Open University; primary AV lead for the OpenLearn team and manager of its YouTube channel; team leader for the MK Winter Night Shelter in Coffee Hall; Chair of the BME network at the OU; Trustee for MK Gallery; skilled in film, editing, writing and comedy; arts and design professional.

Lincoln Bedeau: MK resident for 47 years;  formerly MD of AskMK TV, MK College Governor, and UCMK Entrepreneur-in-Residence; award winner of the Racial Equality Council’s Championing Change and of Sparc Technology Network; currently Property Consultant; enjoys travel with his wife and time with his grandchildren.

Joanna Lloyd-Knibbs: Works as a records management specialist; holds a MA in History and an accredited postgraduate diploma in Archives and Records Management. Formerly a visitor services assistant at Bletchley Park and a volunteer at LAMK since 2018 – cataloguing and transcribing a range of collections; enjoys reading, and visiting national heritage properties and attractions.

Caz Tricks: Theatre maker, community arts and events manager, radio presenter, Creative Director of Stony Radio, York House ambassador, festival and events compere, member of MK Women’s Choir, former student of Stantonbury Campus, graduate of Aberystwyth University (Drama and Performance Studies), Welsh speaker, resident of Stony Stratford, member of Carabosse Theatre company, member of Scribal Gathering management team, member of Stony Stratford Bardic Council, lover of Milton Keynes.

Company Secretary and General Manager: Melanie Jeavons: LAMK General Manager since 2008; formerly worked in post 16 education and LAMK project co-ordinator; has a keen interest in MK’s history and heritage.

Board Secretary: Rachel Chapman: LAMK Administrator; formerly arts marketing and administration for The Stables and the MK Festival Fringe with a long-standing involvement in Milton Keynes’ arts and heritage.

Advisors:

Marion Hill: Local history author; researcher and editor; former original member of Living Archive Band.

Sue Malleson: Semi-retired from public relations; member of Living Archive Band.