Our Trustee members bring their individual skills and professional experience which are invaluable to both the staff and resident families of Trevi.
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Gina joined the Board of Trustees as Treasurer four years ago and is currently the Chair of the Board of Trustees.
Gina started her career in banking and then worked at the University of Plymouth Students’ Union for 23 years, the last seven as the Chief Executive.
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Upon retiring in 2020, Gina was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the University. Gina was an Accountant and a Chartered Manager prior to this and has extensive Charity Board experience at a senior executive level with a track record of driving major impact through strategic development, establishing robust governance and excellent financial stewardship.
Gina is passionate about serving the Plymouth community wherever she can and particularly supporting those from a disadvantaged background and those less fortunate. She feels strongly that it is important to support Charities whose values align with your own.
Gina lives in Plympton and has a passion for crochet, gardening, traveling, and spending time with her family and friends. Gina is proud to be a part of Trevi and in her role as a Trustee, will work hard to support the amazing staff team and the community of women Trevi supports.
Vice Chair, Children’s Guardian – Retired
Gerith is a retired social worker and Children’s Guardian, having worked extensively in the family court arena for most of her professional life.
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As a Children’s Guardian, she often represented children who were the subject of care proceedings, many of whose parents had issues with substance misuse. As such, she has a comprehensive understanding of the emotional impact upon children of separation from their parents. She has always been a keen advocate of, where possible, children remaining in the care of their parent(s) whilst they undergo rehabilitation, providing the children’s needs are safeguarded.
Sarah is a Doctoral Researcher at City, University of London, with a particular interest in the links between domestic abuse and suicide. She is also a freelance consultant with experience of working with survivors and families bereaved by fatal domestic abuse. Sarah is an active Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) Chair assessed DHRs prior to their publication for the UK Home Office and has quality assured over 400 DHRs.
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Sarah is trained to Chair DHRs and, as an AAFDA Associate Trainer, provides training on DHRs relating to suicide for new Chairs as well as bespoke training on Domestic Abuse related suicide.
Sarah has recently undertaken Home Office funded research alongside the University of Warwick: ‘Learning Legacies: An Analysis of Domestic Homicide Reviews in Cases of Domestic Abuse Suicide’ due for publication later this year.
Sarah is a Churchill Fellow and will soon travel to the USA and Australia to examine their models of domestic abuse death reviews, with a particular focus on domestic abuse suicide.
Sarah is passionate about supporting women to recover using trauma informed practice. She is privileged to be a trustee of an organisation empowering women to support other women.
Service Line Cluster Manager – Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Derriford Hospital
Colette has worked in the NHS for 27 years with roles in provider and commissioning organisations. She is currently the Manager of Cardiothoracics and Vascular Surgery at University Hospitals Plymouth.
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She is passionate about health services for women and children and was delighted to join the Trevi Board in the Autumn of 2017.
Colette was really keen to be involved in Trevi after a visit to the organisation where she saw and heard first-hand the positive impact that the organisation had on the women and children that were resident. She is able to support Trevi with her management experience and has enjoyed working with all staff across the organisation since joining the board of trustees.
Colette has Masters in Healthcare Leadership and lives in Plymouth with her family.
Group Head Early Careers – Babcock
Debbie’s role is Group Head of Early Careers for Babcock. Prior to moving into this role Debbie was the Devonport Resourcing & Early Careers Manager as well as Devonport’s HR Change Manager. Debbie is an experienced HR Professional which has led her to achieving a Masters Degree in HR Management alongside being a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development.
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Property Entrepreneur
Sally is a property entrepreneur and investor. Sally achieved financial freedom by investing in property, beginning with a high quality Houses of Multiple Occupation, Buy to Lets and Serviced Accommodation ( Short Term Lets). Sally also has refurbished properties too, from light to major.
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Sally loves helping people, so uses her experience and knowledge in running businesses to coaching and mentoring business owners not just in property but also solving problems in business that are people based. She uses her skills as a former teacher and Senior Leader to train people too. One of Sally’s greatest achievements was winning an award for ‘ The Coach who makes a difference the most’ She also loves to help young people start out in their career and is an Enterprise Advisor for a school local to her.
Senior Associate, Ashfords LLP
Appointed to the Board in 2024, Sophie is a senior solicitor at Ashfords LLP. She acts for clients with complex and high value disputes, particularly relating to property. Her role requires an analytical and detailed approach with a commercial focus and she often has to advise on urgent and critical decisions.
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In a previous career Sophie worked with young people as a qualified youth and community worker and she understands the challenges that young people in particular can face. Sophie is looking forward to being part of the Trevi Board and working with the staff to support the women and families using Trevi’s services.
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