SATRO Staff 
Please see below for more information about our team and who to contact within SATRO. 
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The SATRO Team

Leadership Team

Gill Cowan, Education Lead: Gill has worked in education for 25 years and most recently was the Director of an Apprenticeship Training Company leading stakeholder relationships, curriculum development and quality improvement.  Before this Gill was a Head of Department for 5 years at Brooklands College leading performance, curriculum development, education standards and the staff team.


Mo Forgan, Employability Programme Manager: Mo leads our mentoring programmes and careers provision. Mo practiced as criminal and family barrister for 18 years before moving into the charitable sector. She spent many years administering an international scholarship programme for Shell, facilitating students from the developing world studying for masters degrees in top UK universities. This was followed by her setting up her own consultancy partnership. 


Jane Sheridan, Partnerships Manager:  Jane has over 12 years experience in Education, Business Partnerships including running her own business.  She holds a Post Graduate Award in Careers Leadership and continues to work as a School STEM & Careers Lead part-time.  Before moving into education she worked in marketing within the Finance Industry.  Jane has extensive experience leading and delivering events and workshops into schools working with partners from industry, research and education working and working with volunteer teams.


Andrew Whitby-Collins, Chief Executive: Andrew joined SATRO in 2024 and has worked with charities for a number of years including most recently for a bio-tech research organisation.   

He also has a long association as a trustee and volunteer with charities supporting disadvantaged young people with educational and training opportunities, and spent 8 years as a school governor in Guildford.
If you would like to discuss how you can work with SATRO to inspire the next generation please get in touch with him via the link below:

Employability & STEM

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Jessica Richardson: Jessica runs several of our mentoring programmes, supports our careers delivery and leads our summer Research Work Placement scheme.  She worked for many years in commercial property as a General Pratice Chartered Surveyor practicing both in the UK and Australia.  She recently completed her Level 3 Award in Counselling Skills & Theory which supports both her work at SATRO and her recent part-time role as an advisor at Citizens Advice Bureau in Guildford.

Karen Bonthron: delivers  workshops and challenges with a focus on science and is our Inclusion Lead for the charity.  Karen continues to work as a part-time home education tutor.  She has worked as a secondary science teacher and in the learning and outreach teams of science based museums.  She has a degree in Palaeobiology and an MA in Museum Studies.  


Kirsten McGuire: delivers workshops and challenges with a broad curricular base.  Kirsten has a background as a teacher in Geography and Humanities with  extensive experience in teaching neurodiverse students.   She has a BSc(Hons) in Archaeology and is both a Guide and Forest School Leader.

Carl Webb: delivers workshops and challenges with a focus on technology, energy and engineering. He worked as a Design and Technology and Computing teacher for over 20 years.  He has also been a Head of Year and SENCO.  Before teaching he worked as a Cartographic Draughtsman, Architectural Technician and Building Surveyor before undertaking his BSc (Hons) Construction degree.  Carl has also been a scout leader and athletics coach.

Rebecca Jones: Rebecca is our STEM & Employability Coordinator and supports the team with organisation and preparation and will often be the welcoming face you first see at events.

Also pictured: Mo Forgan, Jane Sheridan and Gill Cowan.


Vocational Construction Skills

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We have a dedicated staff team to deliver our vocational construction classrooms into schools across five counties. 

Rachel Howseman, Programme Manager: Rachel leads the programme and brings extensive experience of supporting qualifications, administration and HR management from both school and college settings.  

Construction Tutors: bring with them both construction industry and education experience to the  vocational programme:
  • Jon Booker
  • Kevin Cowan
  • Seth Lawrence
  • Matt Petch 
  • Peter Rudkin
  • Peter Scott
  • Pete Trott 
  • Oli Young
Each of the tutors works across a range of schools from mainstream to pupil referral units and special needs to alternative provision.  In addition, we work with SEN Employability programmes beyond college as young people develop their independence and employment skills.



Finance

Tessa Hulford-Funnel is our finance officer, if you have any queries related to donations, invoicing or contracts then please contact her by clicking on the link:


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