The board

• Mike Malina

  Chair

  Has lived and worked in Lakenheath for more than 25 years and chairs the governing body of the community primary school.

• Dawn Bluett

  Vice-chair

  Has lived in the village for ten years. She has a background in finance and helps with administration for the local football club.

• Sally Batchelder

  Board member

  Practice manager at the village surgery and a member of the Sedge Fen Village Hall committee, she has lived here since 2002.

• Andrew Blenkiron

  Board member

  Managing director of Elveden Farms, with a background in rural businesses across England.

• Chris Duggan

  Board member

  Has lived in Lakenheath for almost five years. He runs a manufacturing business and has worked on training and funding projects.

• Gerald Kelly

  Board member

  Vice-chair of Lakenheath Parish Council and a West Suffolk Council cabinet member, he has lived in the village for more than 20 years.

• Amanda King

  Board member

  Lives in Lakenheath with her family. She is a physician associate at King’s Lynn Hospital and studied environmental science.

• Charles Lever

  Board member

  Has lived in the village for six years. He has retired from construction and engineering services and now advises companies.

• Natalie Ann Murphy

  Board member

  A resident for more than 32 years, she is a community relations adviser for the 100th Air Refueling Wing at RAF Mildenhall.

• Lindsey Scott

  Board member

  Has lived in Lakenheath with her family since 2007 and works as a management accountant.

• Garth Tolmie

  Board member

  Lives at Lord’s Walk. A retired engineering manager, he is interested in local facilities and safe routes between the villages.

• Ruby Nugent

  Board member

  Joined the board in September 2026 and is named in the minutes of the 11 September meeting. A fuller profile will follow.

Longer profiles are on West Suffolk Council’s Meet the board page.