The Governing Body
Board and Committee Membership 2024/2025
| Name | Finance & Resources | Audit & Risk | Joint A&R and F&R | Quality & Standards | Search & Governance | Apps Impact Group | S&S T&FG | CPSG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Worsdale (Chair) | Y | Y | Y (Chair) | Y | Y (Chair) | |||
| Jason Austin (CEO/Principal) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Carol Stanfield | Y | Y | ||||||
| David Grimes | Y | Y | ||||||
| Debbie Marshall | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||
| Donna Clifford (Vice Chair) | Y | Y | ||||||
| Fatima Sabir (Student Governor) | ||||||||
| Heather Barnett | Y | |||||||
| Ian Sutherland (Staff Governor) | ||||||||
| Jack Pike (Student Governor) | Y | Y | Y | |||||
| Janet Pryke | ||||||||
| Katie Asgari (Staff Governor) | Y | |||||||
| Margaret Cobb | Y | Y | Y (Chair) | |||||
| Paul Lomas (Vice Chair) | Y (Chair) | Y | Y | Y | ||||
| Sally Gillborn MBE | Y | |||||||
| Sarah Connerty (Director of Governance) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Sharron Blackburn | Y (Chair) | Y | Y | Y | ||||
| Shirley Collier | Y | Y | Y | |||||
| Stephen Bulley | Y | Y | Y |
Director of Governance
Sarah Connerty
Director of Governance
Sarah is a governance professional with 20 years’ experience in governance across General Further Education, Sixth Form and Higher Education governance.
Sarah has strong experience of statutory and legal matters and codes of governance, and has a good understanding of Charity Law and good governance within the charity sector. She has worked on governance in mergers both for remaining and dissolving colleges, education administration, structure and prospects appraisals, estates, Board framework and structures, Board self-assessment and reviews, governor inductions and development, self-assessments and clerking of a Board.
Sarah works as a mentor for the Association of Colleges for Governance Professionals joining the sector and as a governance advisor nationally providing interim support and guidance.
The Director of Governance can be contacted in the following ways:
Post: RNN Group, Eastwood Lane, Rotherham, S65 1EG
Email: sarah.connerty@rnngroup.ac.uk