VSSN is delighted to introduce four new trustees to our board. We are thankful to Jon Dean, Chris Damm and Diarmiud McDonnell for their service over the years and are excited to welcome the new Trustees. They bring a variety of skills and experience that will be an asset to VSSN and our members.
Pat Armstrong has had a long career in the third sector and has been a member of VSSN for four years. Pat completed her doctorate exploring resilience in third sector leadership in 2023 and brings experience in Leadership and governance as well as a wide network and connections to the role of trustee. Pat also has experience in Membership development and is keen to support this aspect of VSSN.
Ellen Bennett has been involved in VSSN since starting her PhD many years ago and has always valued being part of an engaged Network of researchers from different academic and practice contexts. Ellen has experience of running networks within voluntary organisations, devising and running programmes of engagement and learning activities for network members.
Daniel Haslam has been involved with VSSN since 2017 when he first attended the annual VSVR conference as a new PhD student. Since then, he has become more involved with VSSN through administration of the New Researcher JISC email list, coordination of New Researcher online sessions (until 2022) and organising/hosting the New Researcher sessions at the conference.
Joanne Vincett has been a VSSN member for five years and is keen to be involved in shaping its future direction. Jo brings her enthusiasm for the voluntary sector as an educator, researcher, volunteer, and executive coach. Specifically, she has an interest in developing equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives with VSSN. Jo brings leadership experiences as an Editorial Management Board Member for the Voluntary Sector Review (2019-2022)
Welcome to your role at VSSN we are looking forward to working with you.
