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Melanie Wager has lived with renal failure for the past 22 years and was diagnosed two weeks before going to Westminster College, Oxford, where she studied to become an English teacher. She stopped teaching around five years ago after her health deteriorated. A volunteer for Kidney Wales Foundation, Melanie is able to dialyse at home thanks to the support of her husband Nick, who juggles his full time career with caring for her. Melanie keeps herself busy with hobbies and volunteer work, and hopes to return to teaching after a successful transplant.
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Marcus Warner is a 26 year old father of one. Enjoying music, politics and sport, he has brought into the world numerous blogs – but has now found a home at Sweet and Tender Hooligan. He currently represents many Welsh bands in the big bad world of music, with plans to set up a label of his own afoot. |
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Felicity Waters is a freelance journalist and former Western Mail health correspondent. She started her career on the Pontypridd and Llantrisant Observer before joining the Western Mail as a general reporter. After a stint at ITV Wales she then worked for BBC Wales’s current affairs series Week In Week Out, where her undercover investigation into the exploitation of migrant workers in Welsh meat factories was shortlisted by BAFTA Cymru and the Celtic Film Festival. Felicity now writes for specialist journals and runs her own media consultancy www.felicitywatersmedia.co.uk |
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John Wilkinson is a seasoned communicator with more than 17 years marketing, media and public relations experience. After five years in public service communications, John entered the private sector in 1997 and has worked at three of Wales’ leading consultancies before launching Wilkinson Public Relations in June 2009. He is Treasurer of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations in Wales, a member of Public Affairs Cymru and sits on the commercial advisory board of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, of which he is an alumni. |
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Brian Williams is the Treasurer of the Communist Party in Wales. A former teacher, he is a graduate of the University of Wales and is married with two children |
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Rob Williams is an NCTJ trained journalist who has worked for both local and national newspapers. He is currently employed as a digital sub-editor at The Independent online, where he has gone from being an avowed new media sceptic to being a fervent disciple of all things online. He is particularly interested in Welsh politics and the Media, both of which he writes about at The Mabiblogion. |
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Kirsty Williams AM is the Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats and has been Assembly Member for Brecon and Radnorshire since 1999. In the Assembly she had previously spoken for her party on a range of key issues including economic development, health and education. Kirsty was educated at the village primary school and St. Michaels School Llanelli. She studied for her degree, a B.A. Hons in American Studies at Manchester University and The University of Missouri. Prior to her career in politics, Kirsty worked at Carmarthenshire College and for a small business in Cardiff as a Marketing Executive. She lives on a farm outside Brecon with her husband and three daughters. |
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