Board members
 Mr Richard Rhodes J.P. (Chair)
Educated at Rossall, Durham and Oxford. Retired in 2001 after twenty two years of Headships at Arnold School, Blackpool and Rossall.
Chairman N.W. Division Headmasters' Conference 1987; Chairman Northern Independent Schools Information Service 1994 - 7; Council of Salford University 1987 - 93; Governor Terra Nova School 1986 - 2005 (Chairman 2000 - 5).
Appointed Justice of the Peace in 1978 and has served at Lytham, Fleetwood and Barrow (since 2002) Magistrates Courts in both Adult and Youth Courts.
Member of Lancashire M.C.C. 1993 -1996; Cumbria Courts Board 2004 – present; South Lakeland District Council Independent Remuneration Panel 2003 – present. Lay Member, Family Health Services Appeal Authority - 2002 - present. Appointed to the National Probation Service Cumbria Board 2004, (Deputy Chair). Appointed Chair 2008.
Ms Annette Hennessy (Chief Officer)
Annette Hennessy joined the Probation Service in 1981 in Lancashire. She has worked as a Probation Officer in Blackpool, Blackburn, and in HMP Lancaster. In addition she was a manager in Blackpool and in the Training Unit before joining Cumbria Probation Service as an Assistant Chief Officer in 2001. In July 2008 Annette was appointed as Chief Officer for Cumbria.
Annette has led on domestic violence in Cumbria for the past seven years, on the Domestic Violence Strategic Management Board which has successfully implemented the co-ordinated community response to domestic violence.
Dr Jack Abernethy J.P. O.B.E.
Retired in 2005 after 27 years working for B.N.F.L. at Sellafield as a research chemist, plant manager and latterly as a change facilitator", helping management and unions introduce improved ways of working. Awarded O.B.E. in 1995 for services to the environment.
Born and bred in Cockermouth. Appointed as magistrate to Cockermouth Bench in 1985 and still serving on West Allerdale and Keswick Bench and West Cumbria Family Panel.
Appointed to Cumbria Probation Board in April 2007.
Mr Michael Boaden
Michael Boaden is a Carlisle City Councillor. He is Leader of Labour Group on the Council and a past chair of the Community Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
A Law graduate, Michael Boaden has worked as a School Business Manager at William Howard School, Brampton and Morton School, Carlisle. He has also held senior administrative positions at Lancaster University and St Martin's College, Carlisle.
He is a Trustee of the Carlisle Citizens Advice Bureau and involved with a range of community organisations in the Botcherby ward which he has represented on the City Council since 2000.
Ms Judith Cooke
Member of Patterdale Parish Council since 2007. Works part time in Patterdale store and is a member of the Lake District National Park Authority,
Formerly a civil servant (mainly Home Office and prison service), health trust board member and a charity trustee.
Voluntary work includes volunteering for the National Trust and a member of Cumbria Youth Offending Panel.
Main interests outside work are family and friends, outdoor activities, theatre and cinema.
Mr Mark Cutter
Anthony Mark Cutter is a Barrister, Mediator, Arbitor and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and is employed as a Senior Lecturer in Ethics, Governance and Law at the Centre for Professional Ethics, University of Central Lancashire. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Berkeley Electronic Press journal Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology and the Springer book series The International Library of Ethics Law and Technology. His areas of academic research include ethics and law of technology, equality and criminal justice. He has directed two projects funded by the Economic and Social Research Council that focus on the work of the probation service. He is also a Governor of the Royal National College for the Blind.
Her Honour Judge Barbara Forrester
Dr Joe Hendry
In addition to being a member of the Cumbria Probation Board, Joe Hendry is a City Councillor in Carlisle West; Chair of the Governors of Morton Secondary School; Vice Chair of Governors at Yewdale Primary School; a Trustee of the Citizens Advice Bureau and a board member of Carlisle Housing Association. Formerly Director of Arts, Libraries, Adult Education and Heritage in Cumbria Joe Hendry is a teacher, writer and visiting Professor at Strathclyde Business School.
Mr Mike Little J.P.
Chartered Engineer retired from Senior Management in Border/Granada TV as Head of Operations & Engineering in 2003. Appointed a Magistrate in February 1984. Chairman in Family and Youth Courts. Past Chairman of Cumbria MCC. Past Chairman of Carlisle & District Bench 2003 - 2008. Chairman of Carlisle Housing Association. Chairman of North Cumbria NHS Acute Hospitals Trust. Deputy Chair of Cumbria Probation Board and Chair of the Audit and Performance Committee.
Mrs Kate Rowley
A new member of the Probation Board for Cumbria, Kate Rowley is a former police officer who was stationed in Kendal, Penrith and Carlisle. During her service she was predominately attached to the Criminal Investigation Department with responsibility for Drug investigations and Child protection issues before taking up a full time role as Chair of the Cumbria Police Federation. She was awarded the Queens Police Medal in 2000.
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