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West Somerset Railway Association appoints 'High Flyer' management team
Two new 'high flyers' have been appointed to the senior management team of the West Somerset Railway Association (WSRA), the volunteer supporter's group on the 23-mile West Somerset Railway.
The new WSRA Chairman is Robin White (44) who takes over the all-voluntary post from Humphrey Davies who has served as Chairman for the last 10 years.
Although Robin has worked as a regular WSR volunteer since his teenage years, he is now a leading employment law barrister practising in London but still lives in the West Country.
And the WSRA has also just appointed Susan Kaufman to the new and important salaried post of Association Manager based at Bishops Lydeard.
She will help coordinate various activities for the WSRA and assist with developing commercial projects on behalf of the 5,000 member, largely volunteer organisation.
While Mrs Kaufman (53) hails from the USA, she served as a career officer in the United States Air Force (USAF) based in the UK and abroad, and now lives with her businessman and farmer husband near Wellington.
She presently works for North Somerset Council as a project commissioning officer and has considerable experience of the voluntary sector, plus working in partnerships with other agencies.
Commenting on his appointment, Robin White said: "It is an honour to be asked to serve as Association Chairman and take over the reins from Humphrey Davies who has masterminded several major projects on the railway, such as the restoration of steam loco Braunton and the Norton Fitzwarren development.
"Through the efforts of its staff, both voluntary and employed, the West Somerset Railway is going from strength to strength, and there are exciting times ahead for us as a number of projects come to fruition."
Susan Kaufman comments: "It's a real thrill for me to be coming to work for the iconic West Somerset Railway. The railway's volunteers work wonders every day keeping the steam trains running, and I look forward to working with and supporting them over the coming years."
The West Somerset Railway has vacancies for volunteers in most departments and is holding a new volunteers event on Sunday 6 April 2008 from 10.30am. Potential recruits and would-be volunteers should call Bishops Lydeard station on (01823) 433856 to book a place.
WSRA
19 March 2008
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Susan Kaufman and
Robin White
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New Top Team for WSRA...
