Barbara Kelly (public servant)

Dame Barbara Mary Kelly, DBE DL FRSE FRSGS (born 27 February 1940) is a Scottish civic activist. She is chairman of the Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival,^[1] and Convener of the Crichton Foundation.^[2] She is also chair of the Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust.^[3]

A past Chair of the Scottish Consumer Council and the Millennium Forest for Scotland Trust, a past Main Board Member of Scottish Natural Heritage and of Scottish Enterprise, Kelly worked for the interests of rural Scotland, founding, to that end, Rural Forum and the Southern Uplands Partnership. She was a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Foot and Mouth Inquiry in 2002. She is a member of the Rural Development Council and is president and Chair of the Galloway National Park Association.^[4] She was Equal Opportunities Commissioner for Scotland.^[5]

Memberships

A former chairman of the Architects Registration Board, Kelly was named an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland in 2008.^[6] Kelly was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2017.^[7]

She was elevated from CBE to DBE in the June 2007 Birthday Honours List for "public service in Scotland".

^ "Dame Barbara Mary Kelly FRSE". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^ Crichton Foundation
^ Liptrott, Sharon (16 October 2020). "Exhibition to celebrate inspirational Dame Barbara". Daily Record. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "Dame Barbara Kelly Talks To Kirkcudbright Rotary Club". Dumfries & Galloway News. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ Staff, Futures Forum (7 October 2019). "EVENT POSTPONED: Our Future Scotland – South-West Scotland". Scotland's Futures Forum. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ Notice of fellowship/RIAS
^ "RSE Welcomes 60 New Fellows" (Press release). Royal Society of Edinburgh. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

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