Alison is a senior local government leader, responsible for culture leisure sport & tourism for County Durham. Previously she spent 15 years with Arts Council England, and was Director for Combined Arts, passionate about the intersection between culture and place, and developing policy and investment across outdoor arts, festivals, arts centres and social arts practice.
She is a fellow of the DeVos Institute of Global Arts Management at the University of Maryland and a national steering group member for What Next, the national movement to debate and shape the future of UK Arts & Culture and a founding board member of Future Arts Centres.