Astri Kvassnes (she/her)

I have been very active in the party on the national level for many years and I am now hoping to turn my focus more local, to Edinburgh. I want to bring service to the Edinburgh branch in a time of rapid growth. The branch team has done such an amazing job for the Holyrood elections, and the committee need to support the campaign team to do a similarly amazing job to with the local elections. This involves supporting sustainably what is going well and helping to improve on the areas where we need it. I hope that you will vote for me!

I have been a member of the national Policy Committee for five years, the last three years as Co-convener, and thus also a member of the Executive Committee. In this role I have led the work on supporting our democracy by helping bringing motions to conference. I also worked on the democratic process to bring the Holyrood Manifesto. I have been a member of the Womens Network Committee for the last four years. I was a candidate for the Holyrood election just passed. I have been on my local Community Council for five years, the latter as Chair. I am a scientist by training, I am a founder and inventor of environmentally safer concrete. I live in the very west of the city, married with two big kids, a dog and some very small chickens.