Who We Are

Lynn is a full time working single parent with a daughter at Currie Community High School and has lived in Baberton Mains for more than 20 years. She has worked for NHS Lothian for over 25 years in a variety of jobs currently in a project management role. Lynn is Minute Secretary of Juniper Green & Baberton Mains Community Council, a committee member of Juniper Green Tennis Club and a parent board member of Smilechildcare (a childcare charity in SW Edinburgh). Lynn has chaired the charity Pentlands Community Space since December 2022.

Sue is a Scottish Conservative Party MSP for the Lothian Region. She grew up in Juniper Green and now lives in the village with her partner Alasdair. Before politics Sue ran a small medical device business, MEDinburgh Ltd, which she started after working with Johnson & Johnson. For many years she was an active member of Watsonians Hockey Club. As President of the Club, she was involved in raising funds to help position the Club as one of the foremost forces in Scottish Hockey. Now Sue is more likely to be found on the local paths with her faithful companion, Alfie, a Hungarian Vizsla.

Kirsty currently works as a locum community pharmacist and previously was a manager and regional manager for Tesco Pharmacies working within the Forth Valley local negotiation team. She was a keen member of Juniper Green PTA and fundraiser for them and has now moved on to supporting Edinburgh Steiner with their fundraising events. She was a member of the Save our Schools action group that won the right to keep the local Community High School.

Colin joined the team in 2020, and has over a decade of fundraising experience having worked for Marie Curie, Alzheimer Scotland and currently Erskine. A local Currie Community Councillor, he lives locally with his wife and two young daughters. Since joining the trustees in 2022, Colin has masterminded and organised a number of successful fund raising events for Pentlands Community Space.

Mark is the Managing Director of Porteous Funeral Directors one of Edinburgh’s leading independent companies. He has been involved with regulatory matters surrounding the introduction of regulation within the Scottish Funeral Profession and has served as both Scottish and National President for the Society of Allied Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF). His working life experience has given him the necessary skills to deal with all levels of communication and Mark is passionate about local Communities, and he will not hesitate to support projects or good causes where he feels he can make a difference.

Anne has lived in Juniper Green for over 20 years playing an active role in the community. She was part of the team which set up the Pentlands Community Space Hub. Anne has organised events for the Labour Women’s Forum, such as a public meeting about TTIP, Christmas parties, AGM. With another member of the Forum Anne wrote and produced an ‘Amazing Women’s calendar, a ‘Walk down the High Street’ booklet, and a super Women’s quiz game. Activities at the Hub now take up a lot of her time, as does involvement with her family, friends, daughter, and step-grandchildren.