Find out more about the members of the Kilmarnock Town Board in their biographies below. We will be adding more biographies soon.
Dr Fiona McKenzie OBE, Founder of Centrestage Communities Ltd (Chair)
After 20 years, Fiona left her career as a secondary school Principal Teacher of Music to found CentreStage in 2006.
CentreStage’s vision to create a community where everyone can experience the joy of music, the arts and wellbeing and seamlessly access all they need to flourish in life, has been being driven through the £5.2 million regeneration of Scotland’s largest community-led asset transfer to date, at the regenerated 1.8 hectare site of the former Kilmarnock Academy, where a diverse range of over 20 private, public and third sector organisations are now working together to create a fully integrated eco-system of support and opportunity for all.
Fiona was awarded the OBE in the King's First Birthday Honours List and was awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from Caledonian University.
She is an Entrepreneurial Founder at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at Strathclyde Business School, and is also privileged to have received the Paul Harris Fellowship from Rotary International; Association of Scottish Businesswomen Woman of Inspiration Award and Association of Scottish Businesswomen Outstanding Contribution Award.
She currently serves as director of Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraisers.