Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales group. In September 2008 Caroline Lucas was elected as the party's first leader. Lucas was reelected in 2010 but chose not to stand in 2012, when Natalie Bennett was elected her successor. After Bennett stood down in 2016 Lucas returned as leader, this time sharing the position with Jonathan Bartley. Prior to 1992 six principal speakers were elected annually. The Female Principal Speaker post was won by Siân Berry, without a contest. The Female Principal Speaker post was won by Caroline Lucas, without a contest. Not all regions of the Green Party used the Principal Speaker system. In particular, the
Amanda Bennett Prize Board. In 2010, she was elected co-chair of the Pulitzer Board. She is on the board of the Loeb Awards; the board of the Fund for Investigative Journalism; she is a board member of Axis Philly, a nonprofit online Philadelphia news site. Amanda Bennett Amanda Bennett (born July 9, 1952) is an American journalist and author. She is the former editor of two newspapers, "The Philadelphia Inquirer" and the "Lexington Herald-Leader" and author of six nonfiction books. Bennett was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was raised in Boonton, New Jersey, where she attended Boonton High School, graduating with the