Changing Lives Governance

Changing Lives Members

  • Mr Ian Fisher, UCLan
  • Professor Mick Waters
  • Professor Samantha Twiselton

Changing Lives Trustees

  • Mr David Davidson – Sponsor Trustee NDA (Chair)
  • Professor StJohn Crean – Sponsor Trustee UCLan
  • Professor Cathy Jackson – Sponsor Trustee UCLan
  • Mr Stephen Asquith – Sponsor Trustee NDA
  • Mr Josh Rice – Sponsor Trustee Sellafield Ltd
  • Mrs Ann-Marie Cowpertwhaite – Co-opted Trustee
  • Mrs Marianna Reid -Co-opted Trustee
  • Ms Sharon Langan – Co-opted Trustee
  • Ms Janice Allen – Co-opted Trustee
  • Mr Dan Barton- Co-opted Trustee

Members of the Board of Trustees can be contacted via contactus@changinglives.education

David Davidson

Chair

David is a Performance Reporting Manager at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), holding responsibility for the NDA’s Inflation Metrics Project and Mission Progress Reporting. (Please click image for full bio).

Professor Cathy Jackson

Sponsor Trustee UCLan

Cathy Jackson is interim Pro Vice Chancellor for Academic Leadership at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). A medical doctor by background she undertook part of her post graduate medical training in West Cumbria and is familiar with both the delights and challenges of the area. (Please click image for full bio).

Professor StJohn Crean

Sponsor Trustee UCLan

Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at University of Central Lancashire, having previously been Executive Dean of College of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences . (Please click image for full bio).

Mr Steven Asquith

Sponsor Trustee NDA

Stephen Asquith has worked for the NDA since 2012, and currently works within the Finance function as Head of Business Planning. He works on corporate planning and securing funding from government for the NDA’s activities and has been a Trustee of Changing Lives Learning Trust since 2020. (Please click image for full bio).

Mr Joshua Rice

Sponsor Trustee Sellafield Ltd

Joshua Rice has been a Trustee for two years and primarily covers Facilities, Safety, and Security, prior to that he acted as the Health and Safety Responsible Officer for West Lakes Academy. (Please click image for full bio).

Mrs Ann-Marie Cowperthwaite

Co-opted Trustee

Ann-Marie is a Chartered Structural and Civil Engineer with an extensive background in project management and engineering on a large variety of award winning and major buildings and infrastructure projects across the United Kingdom and Channel Isles. (Please click image for full bio).

Ms Sharon Langan

Co-opted Trustee

Job Title: Head of HR, NDA
My Background & achievements Have been in HR for 19 years previously in LLWR before moving to NDA in 2019. I feel very privileged to be in a role I love!
(Please click image for full bio.)

Ms Janice Allen

Co-opted Trustee

Bio to be added

Mr Dan Barton

Co-opted Trustee

Bio to be added

Mrs Marianna Reid

Co-opted Trustee

Bio to be added