The staff team
For any general enquiries please contact info@studentminds.org.uk
Briony Fisher Peer Support Officer About Briony
Briony joined Student Minds after volunteering as a Peer Support Facilitator at Cardiff University. Briony supports student volunteers across the UK to deliver peer support programs, encourages students to engage with the national network, and contributes to the development of the peer support network. |
Dominic Smithies Programmes Manager (Health Inequalities) About Dominic
Dominic is the in-house lead on equality and diversity. Dominic works with students and experts to undertake research and will be implementing an equality audit of existing training and will deliver targeted programmes which tackle health inequalities and support groups that experience discrimination. |
Eleri Dare-Edwards Head of Operations About Eleri
Eleri maintains oversight of Student Minds’ activities across the staff team, supporting staff to achieve their goals and seeking at all times to ensure the organisation delivers on its objectives. Eleri also leads on our relationships with university stakeholders and is responsible for finance and HR processes. |
Fay Dixon Executive Assistant About Fay
Fay joined Student Minds as an Executive Assistant in November 2018, where she provides flexible support to the senior management team and trustee board. Prior to this, Fay worked as an office manager and in-house recruiter for a small executive search firm. |
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Krishna Lad Design and Office Manager About Krishna
Krishna works with all of the team members at Student Minds, assisting with various projects and communications as well as HR processes such as recruitment. Krishna also manages the design of the charity, having re-freshed the charity brand and website over the past year. |
Leigh Spanner Programme Manager (University Mental Health Charter) About Leigh
Leigh is leading the delivery of the University Mental Health Charter programme. Leigh works in partnership with students, experts, leading charities and higher education organisations to develop and implement the programme, which will recognise universities with exceptional approaches to promoting the mental health and well being of their communities. |
Ollie Kasper Head of Engagement About Ollie
Ollie manages Student Minds’ student - led mental health movement, equipping a network of university student volunteers to campaign to tackle stigma, increase student wellbeing and belonging, and influence change both nationally and in their communities. |
Rachel Piper Policy Manager About Rachel
Rachel joined the team in August 2015. Rachel focuses on tackling inequalities in student mental health, through research, policy and our partnerships with other organisations. |
Rosie Tressler CEO About Rosie
Rosie joined Student Minds in 2013 after working in a range of student facing organisations. Rosie heads up our team at Student Minds, working closely with the trustees on strategy, managing key partnerships and working on funding and business development. Twitter: @rosietressler |
Scott Williams Head of Development About Scott
Scott is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders as well as generating and implementing new and innovative opportunities to further grow the impact of Student Minds. Prior to this Scott has worked for over 10 years within the Health and Social Care sector across the UK managing a number community facing organisations. |
Alice Wilson Clinical Supervisor About Alice
Alice is our part-time Clinical Supervisor, working within the Student Minds team on a consultative basis to provide supervision and support to our staff and team of peer-supervisors. Alice completed a Psychology degree at the University of Birmingham back in 2003 and trained as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist within the NHS in Oxford becoming fully accredited by the BABCP (British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies) in 2012. She now works at Birmingham City University as a Mental Health Adviser and CBT Therapist within Student Services. As part of her role she also sits on the University Mental Health Adviser Network (UMHAN) committee as Development Worker Supervisor. Alice has a particular interest in Mindfulness and Compassion Focused Therapy and tries to attend workshops and training on these regularly. |
Our TrusteesNicola Byrom, Founding Chair
Lecturer in Psychology, King’s College London Andrew Nelson, Treasurer Chief Financial Officer, Amey Elisabeth Gulliver Head of Learning Support, Tudor Hall School Seb Baird Digital Manager, Time to Change campaign. Ann Henshaw HR Director, British Land. Lauren Young Head of Corporate Development, National Theatre We are currently looking for new board members... |
