Leadership and structure
We're an independent charity run by a team of expert Trustees drawn from the fields of nursing, research, education and industry.
Jeannie Donnelly
Chair
Belfast
Jeannie is Chair of the Society of Tissue Viability and qualified as a Registered Nurse in Belfast in 1988. She spent the first 8 years of her career working in a Fracture Trauma Unit Read more…
Linda Primmer
Vice Chair
Lothian
Linda is Community Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist in Edinburgh, East & Mid Lothian for NHS Lothian. Read more…
Fran Norman (was Spratt)
Treasurer
Southampton
Fran has 30 years nursing experience based mainly within an acute environment. She has been a Tissue Viability nurse for 17 years and has been lead for the service at Southampton for the last 13 years. Read more…
Ina Farrelly
Trustee
New Zealand
Ina is a Podiatrist specialising in biomechanics as it relates to wound care and lymphoedema Read more…
Sarah Gardner
Trustee
Sarah spent 40 years working within the NHS with much of this time in the community. Read more…
Clare Greenwood
Trustee
Leeds
Clare has worked as a Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist in Tissue Viability at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust for the last 11 years. Read more…
David Hibbitt
Trustee
UK
David is passionate about wounds, clinicians and patient outcomes. Read more…
Natasha Levy
Trustee
Huddersfield
Natasha is a Senior Lecturer in Podiatry at the University of Huddersfield, where she has worked since 2010, Read more…
Liang Liu
Trustee
London
Dr Liang Qin Liu is currently a Research Fellow / Lecturer in Centre for the Critical Research in Nursing and Midwifery (CCRNM) Read more…
Jane Munro
Co-opted Trustee
Scotland
Jane is a Lecturer in Nursing and Adult Health at the School of Health and Life Sciences, Read more…
Victoria Murray
Trustee
UK
Victoria works across the North Europe Region as Scientific Affairs and Education Specialist Read more…
Jane Nixon
Trustee
Leeds
Jane Nixon is Professor of Tissue Viability and Clinical Trials Research and Deputy Director at the Clinical Trials Read more…
Samantha Rooney
Co-opted Trustee
Birmingham
Samantha is a Senior Physiotherapist working in Neuro Critical Care at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Read more…
Sharon Scattergood
Co-opted Trustee
Barnsley
Sharon worked in the nurse-led leg ulcer clinic once a week in her first job as a newly qualified nurse on a general surgical ward Read more…
Joanna Swan
Trustee
Birmingham
Joanna qualified as an RGN in 1994 and worked on a liver unit where her interest in tissue viability (TV) began. Read more…
Gill Sykes
Trustee
Harrogate
Gill has over 30 years of experience as a specialist podiatrist Read more…
Connie Traynor
Trustee
Glasgow
Connie has long had an interest in tissue viability and wound repair. Read more…
Samantha Wharton
Trustee
Buckinghamshire
Sam is a tissue viability specialist nurse at Buckinghamshire NHS trust. Read more…
Kate Williams
Trustee
Leeds
Kate has worked as a community tissue viability nurse (TVN) for 15 years Read more…
Become a Society Trustee
If you’re an expert in skin health and wound care, join us as Trustee and help us do even more to solve skin and wound challenges.
Being a Trustee of the Society of Tissue Viability is an invaluable opportunity to steer our organisation and make sure we’re working as effectively as we can to achieve our core mission of solving skin and wound challenges together.
