Regional Board

The board meets three times each year. If you wish to observe a board meeting or contact a board member, please email westmidlands.region@rcn.org.uk.

About the board

The board advises and supports the Regional Director in setting and delivering the RCN's priorities in the region. It meets three times a year and its members are elected by the regional membership.

It also advances the RCN's aims and objectives to:

• promote the art and science of nursing, and the better education and training of nurses
• promote the advancement of nursing as a profession in all or any of its branches
• promote the professional standing and interests of members of the nursing profession
• assist nurses who due to adversity, ill health or otherwise are in need of assistance

Board member	Name
Chair	Mark Butler
RCN Council member (ex officio)	Rod Thomson
RCN Professional Nursing Committee member (ex officio)	Julie Green
RCN Trade Union Committee member (ex officio)	Karl Marshall
Member	Jean Fisher
Member	Maria Arthur
Member	Christopher Barber
Member	Aimie Morgan
Member	Kevin Crimmons
Member	Olga Leach-Walters
Member	Gail Dempsey
Member	Terri Stevens
Member	Ed Freshwater