Andy Cummins
Andy is a local resident of Brighton, having moved here around 20 years ago. He is Managing Director of Cogapp, an international digital agency specialising in delivering digital projects for cultural organisations across the globe.
Andy’s strategic, technical, and production skills have been honed over two decades at Cogapp. He has helped deliver an incredibly wide range of projects under various roles from technical lead to producer and developer, for clients including MoMA New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Royal Society, Bibliothèque nationale de France, National Portrait Gallery, MIT Museum, and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
He serves on the board of directors at the Museum Computer Network in the US and is a trustee at Phoenix Art Space in Brighton. Andy is also a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
Antony Gostyn
Antony has recently retired after a long career as a solicitor specialising in film and television contracts. He sat for many years on the PACT Finance Committee and was, until December 2009, a director of the Design and Artists Copyright Society. He served as a trustee of the Directors Charitable Foundation for 9 years and is now an Associate of the DCF. He has been a trustee of Lighthouse Arts & Training Limited for over ten years.
Ben Di Meo
Ben is Head of Programmes & Operations at Peer Power, a youth-led charity that exists to make support services better for children and young people who have experienced trauma. In this role, he shapes the charity’s programme direction and oversees its core operations, with responsibility for delivery, partnerships and safeguarding.
He has over 16 years’ experience working with young people across multiple sectors, including significant experience in the arts and culture sector. His background spans programme development, participatory practice and organisational leadership, with previous roles at organisations including Theatre Centre, Jacksons Lane, The Albany and Battersea Arts Centre. He has led a range of local, national and international projects, including work supporting youth-led social change initiatives.
His work is grounded in co-creation with children, teenagers and young adults, with a focus on participation that is inclusive, empowering and shaped by lived experience.
Carolyn Burbridge
Carolyn is a partner at Level, a law firm focusing on the media, entertainment, technology and sports sectors. She has nearly 25 years’ experience as a lawyer specialising in commercial contracts, IT/technology and digital media matters. Fourteen of these were at a leading international practice, and she also co-founded and spent 7 years managing her own firm.
During that experience, Carolyn has had roles on DE&I and Community Committees, been heavily involved in graduate recruitment, and acted as a mentor or supervisor for junior lawyers. She was also a volunteer mentor of new entrants to the profession for the Society for Computers and Law and a member of their Advisory Board.
Georgina Voss
Georgina Voss is an artist, writer, and educator whose work explores the politics and presence of large-scale technologies. She co-founded and led the creative studios and Strange Telemetry, and Supra Systems Studio (University of the Arts London). Georgina is author of 'Systems Ultra: Making Sense of Technology in a Complex World' (Verso), and her fiction and essays have been published in Harvard Design Magazine, The Guardian, Vittles, The Atlantic, and more. She has exhibited and performed at institutions including transmediale, STUK, London Design Festival, TAC Eindhoven, Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin, and Chisenhale Dance Space.
Georgina holds a PhD in Science and Technology Policy from SPRU, University of Sussex. She is currently Visiting Professor at the Science and Technology Studies Department, UCL, and Visiting Practitioner at Central Saint Martins.
Jenni Lloyd (Chair)
Jenni brings decades of experience in a broad range of fields – from the design and production of digital products and campaigns, to organisational design and culture change, to social innovation and systems thinking.
Jenni is particularly interested in place-based change and the role that organisations like Lighthouse can play in bringing together people from different walks of life and generations to share not just space, but positive experiences.
She brings much experience and knowledge of the business, cultural and civic infrastructure of Brighton & Hove having, alongside her employment as a business and social innovation consultant, been a board member of Wired Sussex, Brighton Pavilion & Museums Foundations, and as Chair of Brighton Digital Festival (2017 - 2020).
Klaudia Brezna
Klaudia has over 15 years of experience in international development, delivering programmes that support marginalised communities in fragile and conflict-affected contexts, including Somalia, South Sudan, Pakistan, and Kenya. She has worked as a donor representative with the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), as well as with international NGOs and inspiring grassroots civil society organisations.
She specialises in community development, applying locally-led approaches to advance youth leadership, gender equality, and social inclusion. Driven by a passion for the environment, Klaudia is also the founder of Dream Couture Club, a slow-fashion brand combining upcycling with women’s empowerment in Kenya.
Laura Wade
Laura is a Vice President of Content and Innovation at Essence the full service media agency, where she leads the EMEA team in delivering bespoke branded content solutions and custom partnership projects for household brands such as Google, L'Oreal and BT.
Laura has a track record in award-winning solutions for brands and has built successful content teams within the media industry. Laura is also passionate about the media industry's role to build a sustainable society for all, including the planet.
Michael Cole
Michael is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years experience in finance roles within Investment Banking. Recent Director roles included providing financial support for the closure of the EMEA branch network and the legacy Equity Derivatives business as well as legal entity rationalisation.
Polly Wright
Polly is a curator and producer currently working at Devonshire Collective in Eastbourne. She is part of Incidental Unit, the third iteration of the Artist Placement Group and co-curated their recent public activity titled Incidental Futures.
Previous to DC, Polly held positions at Brighton Centre for Contemporary Arts, part of the University of Brighton, Film and Video Umbrella and Art on the Underground. Polly continues to work on independent projects and collaborations.
Polly’s practice is informed by her research into collective structures that support artistic production, working collaboratively to create programmes that centre sharing knowledge and developing creative research for different contexts.
Tony Pilgrim
Tony is Managing Director at Brickwall, a film and creative production agency. He has over 20 years of experience operating at a senior level in the media. He has a Masters in Decision Analysis, and has consulted and advised on project management, editorial strategy, decision-making and prioritisation.