Our team

 
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Becky Gittins | Head of Projects

Becky is a highly experienced History and Politics Teacher and Pastoral Leader, having had roles from the North West to London. She has a passion for debating, having run debate clubs across the country and captained her University's debating union.

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Amanda Hall | Finance Director

Amanda is a Partner of Counterculture Partnership LLP. She is an experienced finance and business manager with particular expertise in non-profit finance and governance. She has a number of FD assignments including with SSC.

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Greg Sanderson | Co-Founder 🇪🇺Greg is an entrepreneur with a background in policy and the charity sector. He think everyone’s voice should be involved in democracy at school 🏫Email ✉️ | LinkedIn 🔗

Greg Sanderson | Co-Founder

Greg is an entrepreneur with a background in policy and the charity sector. He thinks everyone’s voice should be involved in democracy at school 🏫

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Karen O’Connor | Membership Manager

Karen is an highly experienced teacher and senior manager with a particular interest in PSHE. She joins Smart School Councils as a Membership Manager, from her role supporting Kinship Carers in West Yorkshire.

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Vivian Kehinde | Project Officer

Vivian is an experience Religious Studies and Sociology teacher with a degree in Politics and International Relations. She has been a fan of debating since joining debate club in secondary school. This led Vivian to run her own debate clubs to encourage young people to use their voice.

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Kerri Thompson | Membership Officer

Kerri is a History Teacher who specialised in Political History. She has a strong interest in politics and believes that all young people should be involved in democracy at school. On her downtime, she is attempting to learn piano and baking awesome cakes.

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Janine Orevillo | Executive Assistant

Janine pursued her dream of travelling and left the Philippines in 2018. She supports Greg with important admin tasks, and shares her background and knowledge in digital marketing to grow the Smart School Councils brand.

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Trustees

 
 
 
Sam Hockman | Chair of TrusteesLeading a team of more than 7,500 people, Sam is the Chief Executive Officer for ENGIE Futures and The Public SectorLinkedIn 🔗

Sam Hockman | Chair of Trustees

Sam is CEO, Global Key Accounts and a member of the Executive Group Management at ISS.

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Lucy Macnab | TrusteeLucy is Senior Manager, Arts Council England and Co-Founder, Ministry of StoriesLinkedIn 🔗

Lucy Macnab | Trustee

Lucy is Co- Executive Director at the Forward Arts Foundation and Co-Founder, Ministry of Stories

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Lucy Macnab | TrusteeLucy is Senior Manager, Arts Council England and Co-Founder, Ministry of StoriesLinkedIn 🔗

Deepika Adusumilli | Trustee

Deepika First Vice President and Head of Product at King

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Andrew Moffat | TrusteeAndrew works at Team London as a Regional Lead.LinkedIn 🔗

Andrew Moffat | Trustee

Andrew works as General Manager UK at Le Wagon.

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James Teasdale | TrusteeInterim CEO at Year HereLinkedIn 🔗

James Teasdale | Trustee

Head of Delivery Operations at Multiverse

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