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Senior Management
Dawn Goodfellow
Chief Executive

I joined Racing Welfare as Chief Executive in 2015 from the Northern Racing College, where I had been CEO for the previous 8 years. Prior to that I had been CEO of two different educational charities that specialised in creating awareness of rural Britain as a living and working environment. During my time with the Countryside Foundation for Education we designed the concept that went on to become Racing to School and resulted in thousands of young people gaining an experience of racing.

I had had a lot of contact with Racing Welfare whilst at the Northern Racing College, as a partner in supporting young people as they entered this fantastic industry. Given that my two passions in life are racing and people, I couldn’t believe my luck in getting a job that couldn’t have more perfectly combined them.

They provided immediate care, making sure I had credit on my phone for emergencies, and making sure I had money so we could eat, but it was the after care that made the real difference.

My role is to lead the organisation and to support my colleagues in delivering our vision and mission. We are very lucky to have a team with such a range of different skills and my job is to make sure they have all the necessary resources and support to do their jobs and serve our beneficiaries.

I have always been into horses and my first memory of going racing was as a seven year old going to Goodwood with friends of my grandparents who had a horse called King Cloud running. I went to point to points regularly throughout my teenager years, but it was when I met my husband that I really started going racing very regularly. All three of my children have worked in the industry and my daughter still works on a thoroughbred stud in Australia. Through my work at the Northern Racing College I saw so many young people whose opportunities might otherwise have been very limited in life, going on to exciting and inspiring careers that might see them travelling the world.

Equally, it can be physically and mentally demanding and people who work in racing face the same life challenges as the rest of the population. It is a privilege to work for an organisation that seeks to help people through those challenges and to live happy and sustainable lives. I feel honoured to be part of racing’s family.

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Our Staff

Central Team
Hetta Harris
Outreach & Engagement Officer (Thoroughbred Stud & Breeding Sector)
Head Office
Clare Kingston
Corporate Fundraising and Events Manager
Head Office
Mark Loades
Trust Fundraising Executive
Simon Jones
Fundraiser
Western Region
Rhys Flint
Welfare Officer
Freja Thackray
Fundraiser
Central Team, Head Office
Elaine Maguire
Operations Administrator
Western Region
Brendan Waterworth
Welfare Officer
HRH The Princess Royal
PRESIDENT
William Barlow
Chairman
Anna Lisa Balding
Committee Member
Charlie Boss
Committee Member
Olivia Broderick
Trustee
Colonel Toby Browne
Trustee
Lady Celina Carter
Trustee
Jonathan Eddis
Trustee
Richard Farquhar
Trustee
Craig Glasper
Trustee (Racing Homes)
Simon Hope
Trustee
Nick Luck
Committee Member
Nick McLeod-Clarke
Trustee
Patrick Russell
Trustee (Racing Homes)
Simon Stockley OBE
Trustee (Racing Homes)
Rod Street
Trustee
Paul Swain
Trustee
Venetia Wrigley DL
Trustee
Central Team, Head Office
Joanne Cullen
Property & Contracts Manager
Central Team, Southern Region
Jayne Howick
Regional Community Executive - South
Central Team, Head Office
Imogen Lawrence
Digital Marketing Assistant
Northern Region
Beck Edmunds
Regional Community Executive (North)
Sam Twiston-Davies
National Hunt Jockey
Becky Smith
Amateur Jockey
Neil Phillips aka The Wine Tipster
Professional wine, bubbles and horseracing expert
Paul Nicholls
Eleven-times champion National Hunt trainer
Lee Mottershead
Journalist at the Racing Post
Ryan Moore
Three-time Champion Flat Jockey
Hayley Moore
Television Presenter
Ellie Mackenzie
Apprentice Jockey
Jack Lander
Fundraiser and pony racing Jockey
Ed Henderson
Point to Point Jockey
Mike Cattermole
Horseracing TV Presenter and Commentator
Darren Bird
Racing Cartoonist and Fine Artist
Western Region
Lucinda Gould
Welfare Officer
Southern Region
Chloe Martin
Media and Communications Officer
Southern Region
Katy Ferguson
Welfare Officer (South East)
Central Team
Katie Panagarry
Volunteer Coordinator
Southern Region
Kerry Prior
Welfare Officer
Senior Management
Adam Ferguson
Head of Community Engagement
Northern Region
Helen Wilson
Welfare Officer
Northern Region
Sarah Monkman
Welfare Officer
Northern Region
Gail Burton-Pye
Welfare Officer
East & Midlands Region
Gail Jefferson
Welfare Officer
Northern Region
Harriet McHugh
Welfare Officer
Northern Region
Lucy Miller
Regional Welfare Manager
East & Midlands Region
Karen Davies
Welfare Officer
East & Midlands Region
Liz Carroll
Welfare Officer
East & Midlands Region
Rachel Carson
Welfare Officer
East & Midlands Region
Aimee Hockley-Righton
Regional Welfare Manager
Central Team
Simon Bailey
Chaplain
Central Team, Head Office
Rebecca McAllister
Account Assistant (Racing Homes)
Central Team, Head Office
Linda Mackay
Accounts Assistant
Central Team, Head Office
Jo Tennyson
Housing Officer
Central Team, Head Office
Emma Richardson
Welfare Executive & Database Administrator
Central Team
Karen Ladym
Project Lead – Mental Health Services
Central Team
Stella Cornell
Project Lead - Racing’s Support Line & Occupational Health Service
Central Team
Sarah Fanning
Project Lead - Careers Advice & Training Service
Central Team, Head Office
Deborah Jones
Accounts Assistant
Central Team, Head Office
Parris Wingfield-Lane
Digital Marketing Manager
Central Team
Maisie Allan
Fundraising Executive
Senior Management
Ryan Judson
Head of Fundraising
Central Team
Jo White
Corporate Fundraising and Events Manager – Southern Region
Central Team, Head Office
Jenny Bosley
Housing and Office Administrator
Central Team, Head Office
Lissie Mitchell
Executive Assistant
Central Team
Jane Jackson
Philanthropy Manager
Senior Management
Nicola Strong
Head of Communications and Marketing
Central Team
James Schofield
Partnership Manager
Senior Management
Robyn Leamy
Head of Housing
Senior Management
Wendy Botterill
Director of Housing
Senior Management
Matthew Cawkwell
Finance and Operations Director
Senior Management
Gemma Waterhouse
Chief Operating Officer
Senior Management
Dawn Goodfellow
Chief Executive