Staff
Dr. Caro-lynne Ferris
Network Director
Responsible for all the Company’s staff and resources, the effective management of these, and taking a leadership role in creating a common vision and agenda for the Network and the Company including acting as a full Executive Director of that Company and as Company Secretary.
Sylvia Watson
Office Manager
Responsible for managing the Administration Team of the Network to ensure the effective and efficient day to day running of the Network and all its activities.
Ben Willis
Administrative Officer
Responsible for providing reception, administrative and financial support to the Countryside Access and Activities Network.
Product Development & Research Team
Clare Wright
Product Development Manager
Responsible for managing the Outdoor Recreation Strategic Planning, Delivery and Project Management Team of the Network and ensuring effective and efficient delivery of the team’s objectives specifically that of, implementing the NI Walking Strategy, the NI Canoe Strategy, the NI Off-Road Cycling Strategy, the revised Ulster Way, delivering the training programme associated with the NI Countryside Recreation Group and leading a Northern Ireland wide outdoor recreation research programme.
Kathryn Callaghan
Water Based Development Officer
Responsible for the planning and delivery of a range of outdoor recreation projects across Northern Ireland namely water based, working through a range of partnerships and with a range of organisations.
Sarah Noble
Maternity Cover for Water Based Development Officer
Eszter Ballo
Research and Monitoring Officer
Responsible for undertaking outdoor recreation related research across Northern Ireland, to co-ordinate and manage outdoor recreation research contracts in partnership with other key agencies and to undertake an auditing role with respect to all products on the ground delivered by the Network.
Sharon Donnelly
'Venture Outdoors' Development Officer
Responsible for co-ordinating, managing and ensuring the delivery of all training, participation and community engagement and facilitiation programmes within the project - Venture Outdoors - Creating Healthy Communities.
Diane Patterson
Development Executive
Member of the Product Development Team, working on planning and delivery of a range of outdoor recreation projects across Northern Ireland working through a range of partnerships and with a range of organisations. Specific roles includes managing the Volunteer Ranger Programme, overseeing all walking products, product audits and developing projects such as the accessibility audit and research into public land used for outdoor recreation.
Marketing Team
Aideen Exley
Marketing Manager
Responsible for managing the Information, Marketing and Industry Communication Team of the Network and ensuring effective and efficient delivery of the team’s objectives specifically that of, raising the awareness of outdoor recreation and adventure tourism opportunities across Northern Ireland and engaging with the ‘industry’ to allow market opportunities to be capitalised upon.
Chris Scott
Activity Tourism Manager
Responsible for ensuring the marketing team deliver their objectives, specifically that of raising the profile of outdoor recreation and activity tourism opportunities across Northern Ireland and engaging the ‘industry’ to allow market opportunities to be capitalised upon.
Beverley Pierson
Marketing Officer & Leave No Trace Ireland Project Officer
Responsible for managing the day-to-day business activities of the Leave No Trace Programme, assuming responsibility as the key contact for the company - Leave No Trace Ireland and assisting CAAN's Marketing team to help deliver the teams objectives, specifically that of raising the awareness of outdoor recreation and adventure tourism opportunities across Northern Ireland and engaging with the ‘industry’ to allow market opportunities to be capitalised upon. Within CAAN Beverley's work focuses on the promotion of cycling and corporate communications.
Maeve Curran
'Venture Outdoors' Marketing Officer
Responsible for co-ordinating, managing and delivering all aspects of the information and marketing programme of the project - Venture Outdoors - Creating Healthy Communities and incorporating it within CAAN’s current marketing mix.
Chris Armstrong
Marketing Executive
Responsible for facilitating the Marketing Team to inform, promote and raise awareness of outdoor recreation opportunities available across Northern Ireland to the local population and visitors. Chris’ work focuses on the promotion of walking and securing media coverage.
