Meet the Team - Staff and Board Members

David Fryer, Chairperson David is a member of The Chartered Institute of Housing and was Area Housing Manager for South of Aberdeen from 1996 – 1999. He recently moved on from the City Council where he worked as a Projects Manager.

Witold Wisniewski, Vice-Chair Witold works as a manager and consultant from both of business and volunteering sector. He was responsible for running the consulting office for NGOs and managed the foundation of sustainable development. In business, he concentrated in community based start-ups and restructuring.

Alan McLellan, Treasurer
Alan is a Quantity Surveyor with 25 years experience. He also has a post graduate qualification in management. He was diagnosed with M.S in 1993. He is not currently able to work full time as a result of disability from M.S, but devotes some of his time to charitable work.

Billy Gillies, Secretary
Billy is employed by Langstane Housing Association as an Arrears Officer. He became involved with DPHS Aberdeen following his mothers experience of successfully being re-housed with the assistance of the DPHS Aberdeen.

Sandra MacIntyre, Director
Coming soon.

Alan Thomson, Director
Alan Worked for Aberdeen City Council for 36 year and has recently retired. For the past twenty years he worked as the Liaison Officer dealing with all housing and housing related enquiries for the elected members, members of the public and members of parliament.Alan is also a Board member of Grampian Housing Association and on the Board of Kirkgate Holdings. He currently works for SCARF as an energy adviser.

Alison Lawrence, Director
Alison is employed by NHS Grampian as a Community Nurse in Aberdeen. She has been a CN for 25 years and her duties include visiting and treating patients at home. She is also a Community Councillor in Torry area of Aberdeen and a Youth Café helper in Maryculter.

Richard Robertson, Director
Working progress.

Shirley Norton, Development Officer
Shirley has been employed by DPHS Aberdeen since 2004 and has established good working relations with local housing providers, care providers and disabled clients. Her early career as a Police Officer gave Shirley experience of working with members of the public in an advisory and assisance role. Other previous employment includes Personnel Assistant, Low Cost Housing Co-ordinator with a local housing developer and a Services Manager with a local Housing Advice ‘one stop shop’.

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Edwina Smith, Member
Edwina became involved with DPHS Aberdeen as a client when she had to move out of student accommodation after finishing her course of Applied Social Sciences at RGU in 2007/08. She then started volunteering as a admin officer with the DPHS Aberdeen and is a member of the fundraising committee. Edwina has had cerebral palsy since birth and is a wheelchair user.

Dorothy Askew, Adviser, Community Care Strategy Officer, Housing & Environment Service, Aberdeen City Council
Dorothy is employed by Aberdeen City Council as Community Care Strategy
Officer. Her work involves development of the Community Care Housing Strategy and other local health and housing strategies. She works closely with colleagues in social work and with housing providers to identify and meet the housing need of people with disabilities.

Alison Wills, Adviser
Alison has 10 years Housing Experience, mostly at Housing Officer level. She previously worked for Tenants First Housing Co-operative although is currently responsible for the management of the North of Scotland properties for Margaret Blackwood Housing Association. MBHA is a national organisation, with approxinately 75% of its stock desgned for tenants with disabilities.

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