CDI Directors and Secretary
The board of directors of Camuscross & Duisdale Initiative is made up of people from the area and from all walks of life. To get in touch with any of the directors please hit the ‘Get in touch’ button below and send us a message (or see the specific address for the Secretary below) and we will get back to you as soon as possible. We are always looking for new directors, so please contact us if you want to get involved.
Norman Gillies
Director and Chair
Norman Gillies was born and raised in Flodigarry on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye. After an earlier career in management, he joined Sabhal Mòr Ostaig in 1983 as College Secretary. He spent the next twenty-five years of his career heading up Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Scotland’s National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture. He spent three years as Director of Development with the Clan Donald Lands Trust project managing Baile Chlann Dòmhnaill: A’ Chill Bheag, a Master Plan for the creation of a new village at Kilbeg in south Skye. The major part of the development area was subsequently purchased by Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. He has wide ranging director experience in art, developmental and educational organisations.
Emma Armstrong
Director
Emma was born in the South of England and began her career in outdoors education. Despite being ‘fresh over the bridge,’ she cares deeply about the CDI’s mission. She is a freelance writer, administrator and hospitality worker.
Lorna Pike
Co-opted Director and Membership Secretary
Lorna was born and brought up in Fort William. A retired lexicographer, she worked in Scots dictionaries in Edinburgh for 21 years. She spent the rest of her career working on the Foundation Project for Faclair na Gàidhlig and in 2007, she moved to Drumfearn.
Nicola Thomson
Director
Mark Wringe
Director
Mark’s early years were spent in Glasgow, Lincolnshire and Ayrshire. After university in Edinburgh he worked briefly in Eilean Iarmain in 1983 before moving to Ireland to teach Scottish Gaelic at the University of Galway. In 1997 he returned to Sleat as a Senior Lecturer at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, and is regularly heard on BBC Radio nan Gàidheal, mostly talking about books and literature. He lives in Duisdale.
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