Mr Cecil Graham

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Mr Graham lives in Belfast and is the former Chief Executive of Action Mental Health. He is heavily involved in voluntary and community work. He assisted the start of the Princes Trust in Northern Ireland and has also served as National (UK) Vice Chairman. He is a Governor of Castlereagh College of Further Education and is a member of the Social Economy (NI) Steering Group. Mr Graham has not engaged in any political activity in the last five years.

Mr Brian Compston

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Mr Compston lives in Belfast. Having worked previously with NIE and Business In the Community, he is now a business mentor with Invest NI. Mr Compston is also treasurer of the NI Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux and is Chair of Townsend Enterprise Park in Belfast. He holds no other public appointments and has not engaged in any political activity in the last five years.

Cllr Dermot Curran

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Cllr Curran is an Area Manager and Financial Advisor with Pearl Assurance PLC. He is a member of the SDLP and holds no other public appointments.

Cllr Robert Andrew Drysdale

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Cllr Drysdale is a retired fisherman. He has a special interest in health and social services issues in the Ards Peninsula and is involved in voluntary work with the local community. He is a DUP member and is currently Mayor of Ards Borough Council.

Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton

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Mrs Hamilton lives in Comber. She is a Medical Information Officer with Meningitis Research Foundation. She has lectured in further education, developing a wide range of health studies courses and delivered hygiene training in the workplace. In her current position, she has played a major role in raising awareness of meningitis and septicaemia across the community, including Surestart, Parentcraft, Travellers and other ethnic minority groups. She provides support to families and works with health professionals in primary care, hospital and public health. She holds no other public appointments.

Cllr Mervyn Jones

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Cllr Jones has experience of dealing with diabetes. He also has experience of dealing with autism as his son is severely autistic. Cllr Jones is a member of the Alliance Party and is a member of the Belfast City Council.

Cllr Alan Leslie

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Cllr Leslie lives in Bangor. He has a particular interest in Disability and is a volunteer for Action Cancer. Cllr Leslie is a member of the DUP and is a former Mayor of North Down Borough Council.

Mr Roy Marshall

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Mr Marshall lives in Belfast. He has 25 years of Senior Management Experience in the areas of healthcare, education and non profit environment in Northern Ireland. He was a Senior Administrative Officer with the Royal College of Nursing, NI Headquarters. He was the first College Bursar of the First Integrated College in NI. Mr Marshall has worked for the Community and Voluntary Sector (namely Housing Association, Diabetes NI Council, UK Advisory Council). He has now retired from paid employment.

Mr John McDowell

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Mrs Sylvia McGarry

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Mrs McGarry lives in Lisburn and was a bank official until Rheumatoid Arthritis forced her early retirement. She is a Registered Disabled person and has extensive experience as a user of the HPSS. She is a strong advocate of the new anti-TNF drugs for the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis and would like to see more funding to promote the use of these drugs. She holds no other public appointments and has not engaged in any political activity in the last five years.

Mrs Patricia McGrogan

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Mrs McGrogan worked in the statutory and voluntary sector as a Professional Social Worker for the past forty years. Twenty-five of these years have involved managing family and child-care services in the voluntary sector. She has also undertaken unpaid voluntary work in marital services and police custody visiting services. Mrs McGrogan’s overarching interest is in Health and Social Services with particular interest in the Social Care sector.

Mrs Rosemary McGrotty

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Mrs Rosemary McGrotty lives in Belfast and is retired from the Civil Service. She latterly worked for the Social Security Agency and in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment. Mrs McGrotty is a member of the Maynard Sinclair Investment Club and the Ardmore Patients’ Participation Group and is a fund raiser for the Carryduff Action Cancer Foundation. She holds no other public appointments and has not engaged in any political activity in the last five years.

Mr Desmond Meredith

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Mr Meredith lives in Belfast. He is presently an elected board member of the East Belfast Community Development Agency (EBCDA) and Secretary of The Hopefuls, a Committee within the Island Resource Centre, East Belfast, which has been established to represent and provide services for disabled persons. He holds no other public appointments and has not engaged in any political activity in the last five years.

Mrs Mary Muldoon

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Mrs Muldoon lives in Belfast and is a former Principal of Holy Trinity Girls’ Primary School. She has served as a Chair of Education Committee and member of the Belfast Education and Library Board. Mrs Muldoon is also Chair of the Board of Governors of Stanhope Street Nursery School and Springhill Primary School. She has been involved in voluntary and community work for more than 30 years, particularly in the field of health and social services. Mrs Muldoon was a local SDLP Councillor until 1997, having served 16 years on Belfast City Council. She has not engaged in any political activity since then and holds no other public appointments.

Cllr P Cathal Mullaghan

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Cllr Mullaghan was a research worker with NITB and a Board Member of Hazelwood Integrated College. He is a member of the SDLP and a member of Belfast City Council.

Mr Eamonn O'Neill

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Mr O’Neill lives in Castlewellan and has a particular interest in primary care, community work and maternity services in the new Downe Hospital. Mr O’Neill is a member of the SDLP and holds no other public appointments. He is a Human Rights Commissioner to the NI Human Rights Commission. He is also a member of the Board of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.

Miss Muriel Patterson

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Miss Patterson lives in Belfast. She is a retired Physiotherapist and has over 30 years clinical and management experience, including counselling and training in the treatment of mentally and physically handicapped people. She is currently involved with a number of voluntary organisations including Victim Support, NSPCC and Stepping Stones Coffee Shop in Lisburn. . She holds no other public appointments and has not engaged in any political activity in the last five years.

Mr David Spence

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