Team and trustees
Meet the people behind our work.
Ros Holland – Chief Executive
Ros joined the Boaz Trust in 2008 as Office Manager. As Boaz grew, she worked as a Case Worker and then as Senior Case Worker, managing our support services. She moved into the role of Chief Executive in 2013.
Katie Lifford – Head of Support Services
Katie joined the Boaz team in 2014, initially as a Case Worker supporting sanctuary-seeking women. Katie looks after the strategic development and delivery of our holistic and practical support service for people who live in Boaz accommodation. Before joining the Boaz team, Katie was one of our regular volunteers.
Rob Clarke - Head Of Operations
Rob joined the Boaz team in 2021 as Head of Operations. Rob has oversight of our housing, finance, HR and office management work, as well as our work with volunteers.
Janine Walters - Head of Accommodation
Janine joined the team in February 2025 and leads the delivery and development of our accommodation services. This is a new role that has emerged from a commitment to significantly increase our capacity to accommodate more people over the coming years and develop new partnerships to ensure we work collaboratively, focusing on our strengths and building a more sustainable service.
Louise Craighan - Administrator / PA
Louise joined Boaz in October 2021. Louise works full-time providing much needed support across several areas of our organisation, and works closely with our chief executive, leadership team and trustees.
Amy Merone - Advocacy and Communications Manager
Amy joined the Boaz team in 2020. She manages Boaz's advocacy, policy and communications work. Amy also oversees our media work. For all media enquiries, email: [email protected].
Kerry Wigglesworth - Communications Officer
Kerry joined the team in January 2023 as our Communications Officer. She oversees our digital communications (email, social media and website), as well as writing and designing content for print.
Phil Barker – Housing Officer
Phil manages our shared houses for individuals with refugee status and those seeking asylum. He works closely with our house owners, including individual supporters, Arawak Walton and Green Pastures, to ensure that our accommodation meets all the appropriate standards and that everything is in good working order.
Michael Weldeslassie – Lead Refugee Support Worker
Michael is responsible for developing our growing package of refugee support work, as well as working alongside people with refugee status living in Boaz accommodation, ensuring that they have access to all the support, information and resources they need to thrive and flourish here in the UK.
Tsega Abreha - Refugee Support Worker
Tsega works closely with people with refugee status, making sure that they have access to all the support, information and resources they need to thrive and flourish here in the UK.
Rich Jones - Lead Support Worker
Rich works to provide tailored one-to-one support to people seeking asylum who live in Boaz Trust accommodation. Rich offers both practical and emotional support to the people he works with, and ensures that they feel safe and comfortable in their accommodation.
Vron Earp – Lead Support Worker (RESS)
Vron leads the team in delivering floating support through RESS (Restricted Eligibility Support Service), offering practical and emotional support to people who are not currently accommodated in Boaz housing. She volunteered at one of our night shelter venues for ten years, prior to joining the Boaz team.
David Geraghty - Support Worker (RESS)
David joined the team in December 2022 and works to deliver floating support through RESS (Restricted Eligibility Support Service), offering practical and emotional support to people who are not currently accommodated in Boaz housing.
Hassan Mohammed - Support Worker (RESS)
Hassan joined the team in August 2024 and works to deliver floating support through RESS (Restricted Eligibility Support Service), offering practical and emotional support to people who are not currently accommodated in Boaz housing.
Elaine Eland - Lead Support Worker (RHPP)
Elaine leads our Refugee Homelessness Prevention Project (RHPP), supporting individuals who have recently received refugee status to find suitable housing.
Tsegaye Bobasso - Support Worker (RHPP)
Tsegaye works on our Refugee Homelessness Prevention Project (RHPP), supporting individuals who have recently received refugee status to find suitable housing.
Heather Woodward - Fundraising Officer (Trusts & Foundations)
Heather joined the team in March 2023 as our Fundraising Officer. She has a particular focus on researching and submitting applications to trusts and foundations who could potentially support our work.
Trustees
Phil Rawlings (Chair)
Penny Applegate
Mike Arundale
Hassan Hassanpour
Roger Phillips
Suzannah Sammons
Dave Smith
Leah Stout
