TRUSTEES     Margli Matthews (Post-Graduate Diploma Counselling, Diploma Biographical Counselling, MBACP (accred.), UKRC Registered Counsellor, CAHSC Registered) is a biographical counsellor, trainer and supervisor with over 25 years experience in adult education and private practice. A former faculty member of Emerson College and the Centre for Social Development, she is co-founder of the Biography and Social Development Trust and director of the Training in Biographical Counselling. She leads training courses and workshops and contributes to many courses and conferences throughout the world on biographical, social and therapeutic themes. She is a contributor to Lifeways and co-author of Ariadne's Awakening, a book concerned with a new consciousness of the feminine and masculine principles in our lives. Midge Whitelegg PhD, FNIMH. Midge Whitelegg is a senior lecturer at the university of Central Lancashire, a practising medical herbalist and biographical counsellor. She spent a number of years on the council of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists, with two years as president, and served as co-chair of the research and development committee of the Prince of Wales' Foundation for Integrated Health. She was a trustee of the local Steiner School in Lancaster. She has undertaken training in Goethean science and works with this methodology running plant study and biography workshops. Julie Gibson is a social worker and biographical counsellor. She has over 20 years experience in social care, specialising in supporting families who are caring for emotionally hurt children and adolescents and individuals who have been touched by adoption in their life history. Julie was formerly a Trustee at the Rudolf Steiner School, Michael House, in Derbyshire Jennie Best spent 15 years with The Economist Intelligence Unit and later the Economist Newspaper working in administrative jobs where she was able to make use of her love of languages and travel. After leaving The Economist she took a sabbatical Foundation Year at Emerson College and since then became increasingly involved in anthroposophical activities. She did the Waldorf Teacher Training and has worked as a class assistant in the North London Waldorf School. From 2003 to 2006 she was a student in the Training in Biographical Counselling run by the Trust. For the past 9 years Jennie has worked part-time in the office at Rudolf Steiner House.