Bryony Rudkin is a member of the delegation of United Kingdom to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. Deputy Leader of Ipswich Borough Council in the UK’s East of England, Bryony Rudkin has been a locally elected councillor for over 20 years. In that time she has been Leader of a County Council, a board member of the East of England Development Agency. For the past 16 years she has worked on improvement and development for the Local Government Association of England and Wales, offering support and training to local authorities throughout the UK and beyond. Bryony is currently studying for a PhD at the Institute of Local Government Studies at the University of Birmingham.