President

Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, Dame Janet Trotter DBE

Janet Trotter was born in Kent where she was educated and, after training, taught for eight years. She is a frequent visitor to Canterbury, and has a property at Stelling Minnis. Janet retired as Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Gloucestershire in 2006.

She has served on the Higher Education Funding Council for England and on the Teacher Training Agency and was a Senior Inspector of Theological Colleges and Courses.  Janet was also involved in the NHS in various non-executive capacities and was Chair of the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust from 2002 until 2010. 

As well as being President of the Gloucestershire Community Foundation, Dame Janet is also involved in Carers Gloucestershire and Age UK Gloucestershire.

She was awarded an OBE in 1991 and a DBE in 2001 and has been Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire since 2006.

Vice Presidents 

Mrs Anne Cadbury OBE JP DL

Maurice Gran 

Stephen R Hitchins

Tania Hitchins

Robert Jones

Peter Stoddart