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Mr Frank Young (Chair)
MBE, BSc(Econ)

Frank has held senior positions in the Vice-Chancellor’s Office and Bursar’s Office at Queen’s University and was awarded the MBE for services to Higher Education in 2006. Frank a former interprovincial and international hockey player, is a past President, Ulster Branch, Irish Hockey Union. Frank is Trustee of the Retirement Benefits Plan of Queen’s University and is Chair of Extra Care. Frank was appointed to the Board of Extra Care in March 2007.

Mr Michael Graham
LL.B, TEP, Solicitor

Michael is an Associate Solicitor in the Private Client Department of Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors, Belfast. Michael is a member of the Law Society of England & Wales, the Law Society of Northern Ireland and the Committee of the Northern Ireland Young Solicitors' Association (NIYSA). Michael is also a member of The Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP), the worldwide professional body for individuals practising in the area of trusts and tax. Michael is also a founding member of the STEP NI Branch, and the current Branch Secretary. Michael was appointed to the Board of Extra Care in May 2007.

Mr Rodney Ross
CILT

Rodney was educated at Coleraine Academical Institution and has considerable experience in the field of surveying. Rodney originally trained with W.H. Stephens & Son, Quantity Surveyors and then spent a number of years with F. B. McKee & Co. Rodney was employed by the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHC) as Estate Surveyor from 1980 – 1987 and then left to establish a consultancy surveying company prior to retiring two years ago. Rodney is former Chairman of the Arts Theatre in Belfast and is currently Chairman of the local Residents Association. Rodney was appointed to the Board of Extra Care in October 2008.

Ms. Martina Murray
MBS, BA (Hons Mod); MCIPD

Martina is the Director of Academic Programmes at the School of Community Studies, National College of Ireland. Martina is also Director of Green Light Consulting, an organisation which specialises in helping individuals and communities access resources which improve their quality of life, enhance their self reliance and minimise dependence on external 'experts' in the long run. Martina is a former Board Member of the Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH), the national social housing federation which represents over 300 housing associations throughout Ireland. Martina was appointed to the Board of Extra Care in October 2008.

Professor Robert Stout
MD, DSc, FRCP, FMedSci

Professor Stout is Professor Emeritus of Geriatric Medicine at Queen’s University Belfast and was Director of Research and Development for Northern Ireland Health and Social Care, retiring in 2007. He was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in Queen’s University from 1991 - 2001. He was a member of the Royal Commission on Long Term Care 1998-1999, President of the British Geriatrics Society 2002 – 2004, and a member of the General Medical Council. He is chair of the Board of Governors of Edgehill Theological College, joint chair of the Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland, and a committee member of the Stroke Association, Northern Ireland. Professor Stout was appointed to the Board of Extra Care in October 2008.

Mr Kevin Quigley
BA, MA, FCA, Company Director Diploma IoD

Kevin is Commercial Manager with Group 4 Securicor. Kevin joined Peat Marwick (KPMG) as a Trainee Chartered Accountant in 1985 and has held a number of senior positions with a range of companies, including Financial Controller with Universities Press Belfast Ltd, and Finance Director with Garage Door Systems Ltd. prior to taking up his current post. Kevin was appointed to the Board of Extra Care in November 2007.

Professor Dorota Iwaniec
DL, MA, PhD, DipEd, DipSW, CQSW, AsSS, MRIA

Dorota Iwaniec is Emeritus Professor of Social Work and former Director of the Institute of Child Care Research at Queens University before retiring in 2005. Professor Iwaniec is well known for her extensive research, practice and writings in the areas of emotional abuse and neglect and failure to thrive in children. She is the author of over a hundred scientific and practice papers and many chapters in edited books. She has written several books on the subject of child care and child protection. Her writing is influenced by continuous practice and empirical evidence, as well as independent assessments of abused and neglected children as an Expert Witness for the Courts. Professor Iwaniec was appointed to the Board of Extra Care in November 2007.