Board

Foster Evans (Chair)

Foster is the Director of Employers in Voluntary Housing - supporting social employers, the employers organisation for housing associations and other social employers. EVH offers a unique and extensive range of personnel / human resources services to its 180 member organisations. Foster has been on five housing association and co-operative committees over the last 20 years.

Jackie Dunsmuir

Jackie is co-founder and Chief Executive of Recycle Fife, a Fife based social enterprise, which has been successfully operating in the waste management sector for the last 7 years. Set up not only to divert waste from landfill but to create employment and provide people in the local area with a clear route out of poverty and unemployment and into a trade. Jackie has had a varied career, and has extensive experience in the public, private and third sector. She is passionate about the environment and has a strong commitment to socal justice and believes that having social aims makes businesses stronger.

Sophy Green

Sophy was appointed Chair of Senscot in June 2007 and is the Chief Executive of Instant Neighbour, a well respected social enterprise operating in the North East of Scotland. Sophy is also a panel member of the Prince's Scottish Youth Business Trust, a Board Member of Grampian HA and a Burgess of Guild for the City of Aberdeen.

Staff

Alan Dunipace - Solicitor

Alan has been a solicitor in private practice in Scotland for more than thirty years. The bulk of his work in that time was in the spheres of litigation, dispute resolution employment law and general court work. He lectured at Strathclyde University and has served as a Temporary Sheriff and part time Tribunal Chair.

In recent years he has become involved in the charitable/voluntary sector as a member of the Executive Board of Victim Support Scotland and Honorary Secretary of Mellow Parenting. It was this that led him to look for opportunities outwith the traditional legal working environment.

He is now involved in working with Senscot establishing Senscot Legal which is a legal advice facility that will operate as a social enterprise. He is based in their office in Glasgow.

Outside of work his interests are sport, watching football, rugby and playing golf –sort of, hill walking with or without the family pet beagle, food and drink especially proper beer. Oh yes, and his family of course.

Karina MacRitchie – Paralegal

Karina is originally from the Isle of Lewis and moved to Glasgow in 2000 to study law at the University of Paisley. After graduating in the summer of 2004, Karina trained as a paralegal in the private client department focusing on Wills, Trusts Executries and Guardianships. In 2008 Karina completed a Specialist Paralegal Certificate at the University of Strathclyde. Karina joined Senscot Legal in December 2010 and it is new to the Social enterprise and voluntary sector. Outside of work, Karina enjoys socialising with friends, shopping, reading, walking her pet dog and swimming.