Our people
Leadership Team
Jane Howorth
Founder & CEO
Gaynor Davies
Head of Operations & Welfare
Heather Elven
Director of Operations
Adele Hall
Secretary of the Board of Trustees & Corporate Services Consultant
David Marek
Chair of the Board of Trustees & IT Consultant
Rehoming Team
Rachel Jenkins
Rehoming & Office Team Leader
Alison Leggett
Rehoming & Welfare Officer
Aimee Myers
Rehoming & Online Shop Assistant
Denise Price
Rehoming & Fundraising Assistant
Louise Seddon
Rehoming & Deputy Volunteer Manager
Online Shop
Megan Conibere
Online Shop Manager
Fundraising Team
Kylie Durose-Ford
Individual Giving Manager
Kate Fenton
Trusts Fundraiser
Megan Holland
Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser
Marketing & PR Team
Elaina Machin
Digital Marketing Manager
Francesca Mapp
Marketing Consultant
Jade Powis
Marketing Officer
Board of Trustees
Jonny Ison
Trustee
Born in Durham and educated Blundell’s School, Tiverton and Oxford University (English literature).
After university 8 years spent in a variety of occupations, including making a documentary film (BBC2), working as a drayman for a brewery, assisting an architect friend in building a house. Finally training as an accountant and pursuing a career in general practice accountancy, mostly personal taxation, small businesses and charities.
Married with four children and eight grandchildren. Interests are gardening, travel, wine and food (all of which are connected).
Jacqui Pateman-Jones
Trustee
Marcella Perversi-Jones
Trustee
Karen Wright
Trustee
Karen Wright is a HR professional. After a grounding in HR in some large FTSE companies, she has spent the last 20 years as an interim manager. Dealing with HR projects, M&A, crisis management, or just covering HR gaps in organisations, she has worked for big and small companies in the public, private and third sector and covered many, varied and different industries.
Outside work, Karen lives with her husband and son (and until a recent fox incident, a few chickens), in Wiltshire. She enjoys cooking, and eating! Long walks with pub lunches, foreign travel and reading are also passions of hers.
