Our People
Our Staff
United Kingdom
Emma Bell
Chief Executive Officer, DSO
Anna Ansted
Head of Corporate Partnerships
Lisa Barea
Fundraising Manager
Rachel Bell
Head of Volunteer Strategy & Engagement
Dr Julie Bennett
Evidence & Impact Manager
Arti Bhakta
Programme Manager - West Cumbria
Anna Blain
Head of Programme Delivery & Engagement, DDSO
Matt Bowman
Second Line Support Lead
Katy James
Volunteer Support Officer
Dave Cheetham
IT Manager
Chris Collins
Programme Manager - Middlesbrough
Isabel Davies
Social Media & Communications Officer
Charlotte Ellwood
HR & Admin Assistant
Aalishia Fearon
Volunteer Support Team Manager
Lauren Foster
Senior Programme Manager - Doncaster
Ian Geere
Head of Finance & IT
Laura Goatcher
Volunteer Support Team Manager
Yasmin Gocke
Data & Systems Officer - Corporate Partnerships
Katie Goodwin
Early Literacy Interventionist
Rebecca Hewitt
Marketing & Communications Manager
Rachel Hough
Business Development Officer
Liberty Howarth
Volunteer Support Officer
Philip Igoe
Finance Assistant
Natalie Jones
Volunteer Support Assistant
Louise Kramskoy
Early Literacy Interventionist
Stephanie Lockwood
Programme Manager - Peterborough & Operational Safeguarding Lead, DDSO
Marta Barber
Programme Manager - Birmingham
Merlin Mathews
Corporate Partnerships Officer
Scott Matthewman
Senior Full Stack Developer
Ateeka Meer
Senior Programme Manager
Rachel Merrall
Programme Manager - London
Christina Pembrey
Senior Programme Manager
Jemma Pitt
Senior ELI Programme Manager
Chris Poole
Fundraising Officer
Karen Price
Business Development Manager
Farida Rahman
Programme Manger - London
Davina Ramen
Programme Manager - London & Teacher Training/Research Lead
Jen Smith
Volunteer Support Officer
Freya Strawson
Corporate Partnerships Officer
Anne-Marie Taylor
Programme Manager - Manchester
Kathryn Taylor
Schools Development Manager
Natalie Taylor
First Line Support Analyst
Sarah Taylor
Business Development Manager
James Tindell
Programme Manager - Scotland
Deborah Virgo
Early Literacy Interventionist
Jordan Wallwork
Senior First Line Support Analyst
Roxanne Welch
Corporate Partnerships Manager
Rebecca Yeadon (on maternity leave)
Finance Assistant
James Young
Senior Full Stack Developer
Our Board
United Kingdom
Sarah Bell
Communications consultant
Marie Broad
Social Impact Manager, DLA Piper
Alex Green (Vice Chair)
Academic, Director, Investor
Lisa Hayes
HR Director, Barclays
Lucy Heady
Director, Foundational Learning Research Fund
Teresa Kiely
Early reading specialist
Jonathan Lloyd
Geography teacher; founder of Class Futures
Zoe Pierre (Treasurer)
Investment Manager, African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM)
Seth Weinberger (Chair)
Founder and Chairman, Chapter One USA