Ron has been a Board member of Penumbra since 2003. He has extensive management experience in the fields of general management, Human Resources and Information Technology within the housing association, health board and government sectors.

Graeme joined the Penumbra board in 2006. Most of Graeme's career has been in mental health, supporting recovery through stable housing, education and employment. He has also worked in community health, disability and as a freelance trainer and consultant.  Graeme's current role as Training & Support Officer with Evaluation Support Scotland continually reinforces for him the importance of the voluntary sector and its creativity, diversity and quality. Penumbra embodies all of these and Graeme is proud to support Penumbra, its staff and the people they serve so well.

Sarah joined Penumbra's Board in November 2008. Sarah has a long term interest in making sure ordinary peoples’ voices are heard in terms of planning and providing public services, particularly health and social services.  She has spent the last 12 years in public sector roles which allowed her to partly fulfil this commitment.

She ran a local health council in Lanarkshire and worked with many excluded groups of people, including young people and those with long and enduring mental health issues.  She then joined the senior management team of two public service regulators, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (formerly the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland) and the Care Commission where she ensured business processes included capturing the views of people who accessed services.

Her final post before quitting full time employment was as the principal author of the Crerar Review covering quality assurance of health and social care services. Sarah is an honorary member of staff within Glasgow University Medical School.

Trisha was born in the Netherlands, and has worked with and for children and families for over thirty years; initially within Education and Vocational Guidance and Youth Counseling, and since coming to Britain in 1987 in social work; initially in statutory services and since 2003 in the voluntary sector, for Aberlour, a Scottish Children’s Charity.

Throughout her career Trisha’s main role has been the leadership and management of workers and service managers providing services. She has worked within a number of strategic partnership settings and contexts. Trisha is also interested in evidencing the effectiveness of service intervention using a “Realist Evaluation” method. 

Trisha moved to Stirling in 2006, and in 2010 became Head of Evaluation and Research.

“I am delighted to be able to make a contribution to Penumbra’s work, and hope my experiences of the children and young people’s sector can support a holistic model of service design and delivery.”