Queen's Birthday Honours - Hereford & Worcestershire

Jun 13 2009 Birthday honours

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
CBE
Professor Steven Edwards. Formerly chief executive, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Hereford)
Peter Robert Williams. Chief executive, Quality Assurance Agency and lately president, European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. For services to quality assurance (Malvern)

OBE
Ms Mary Dhonau. Chief executive, National Flood Forum. For services to the environment (Worcestershire)
Mrs Lorraine Petersen. Chief executive Officer, National Association for Special Educational Needs. For services to education (Bromsgrove)
Councillor John Hyde Smith. For voluntary service to the community in Evesham (Evesham)
Professor Tamar Thompson. Independent health service adviser. For services to healthcare (Malvern)
John Yelland. For voluntary service to the community in Worcester (Pershore)

MBE
Mrs Caroline Anne Anderson. For services to the tourist industry in the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley (Ross-on-Wye)
Mrs Linda Mariane Evans. For services to the metal finishing industry in the West Midlands (Droitwich Spa)
Miss Sandra Fitzpatrick. Head, Children, Young People and Families, Sandwell Primary Care Trust. For services to healthcare (Clent)
Mrs Anne Mary Ida Harris. For services to the community in Stourbridge, West Midlands (Worcestershire)
Graeme Ashley Hick. Formerly Cricketer. For services to sport (Worcestershire)
Miss Nyree Elise Lewis. Swimmer. For services to disability sport (Hereford)
Mrs Sheila Perks. For voluntary service to netball (Worcestershire)
Mrs Lynn Stokes. For services to the community in Hereford (Hereford)
Brian Stuart Williams. For voluntary service to Hereford Police Male Voice Choir (Worcester)