Staff, Trustees, Patrons, partners and advisors

As well as its staff team, The Down Syndrome Educational Trust relies on the expertise, dedication and support of many partners, including members of the Board of Trustees, members of the Science, Research and Intervention Advisory Panel, members of the Editorial Board of Down Syndrome Research and Practice and research partners collaborating on specific projects.

Further information about the people involved in the work of the Trust is provided in the pages linked below.

Staff

• Frank Buckley, Chief Executive
• Sue Buckley, Director of Science and Research / Chief Scientist
• Gillian Bird, Director of Education and Information Services
• Julie Hughes, Director of Intervention Services and Family Support
• Angela Byrne, Assistant Director of Science and Research / Research Fellow
• Howard Hurd, Director of Funding and Development
• Katie Hillier, Speech and Language Therapist
• Becky Baxter, Speech and Language Therapist
• Linda Hall, Design and Publishing Manager

• Ben Sacks, Consultant Professor of Developmental Psychiatry

• Shelley Ducarreaux, Family Supporter and Fundraising Assistant
• Jackie Dixon, Administration and Production Supervisor
• Caroline Bourne, Administrative Assistant
• Philip Knight, Production Assistant
• Aaron Dixon, Production Assistant
• Roberta Buckley, Production Assistant
• Ellie Hardy, Production Assistant
• Derek Jones, Production Assistant
• Jonathan Pratt, Production Assistant
• Trudy Mills, Production Assistant

Trustees

• David McConnell (Chair)
• Richard Peck (Vice-Chair)
• Nicholas Elwin
• Rachael Ross
• David Thomas
• Nicola Wainhouse

Patrons

• Sarah Duffen
• Francis Kenny
• Jane Grantham
• Leslie Grantham
• Rosa Monckton
• Michael Morpurgo
• Vanessa Lees

Current research advisors and partners

Many leading researchers and practitioners from around the world make a major contribution to the Trust's work.

Their contributions include advising on science and research policy and on practice and dissemination, reviewing project proposals and reviewing papers submitted to the Trust's journal, editing and authoring content for the Trust's information resources, and working in partnership on research projects.

• Science, Research and Intervention Advisory Board
• Editorial Board of Down Syndrome Research and Practice
• Down Syndrome Issues and Information Editors and Authors

• Current Research Partners