Introducing our Trustees and Officers...

Dawn Anderson
Dawn is a Qualified Teacher with a background in Public Relations and Leadership and Management. Having been stalked for several years, Dawn is keen to champion and help publicize new initiatives that could prevent stalking from occurring, support victims or lead to better management of perpetrators.

Tiffany Cater
Tiffany is a criminology and forensic science lecturer at Solihull College & University Centre, as well as a PhD candidate at Birmingham City University, exploring stalking among young people aged 16–24. She is passionate about raising awareness of stalking among young people.

Mark Haggan
Mark is a change professional, having led Transformation functions for various organisations in the aviation and retail sectors, and currently leads the Transformation Delivery function for The Co-operative Group. Mark has been involved in the education sector both as a trustee of various development education charities and as a school chair of governors.

Anne Headley (Treasurer)
Anne is a recently retired Director of Finance and operations having worked in the education and charity sectors for 25 years.
 
 

Dr Sue Hills
Sue is Alice Ruggles’ mother and a co-founder of the Trust. Sue has delivered talks to school and university pupils, youth groups, the police and the CPS. She is actively involved in campaigning to change the law to protect victims and to manage perpetrators effectively.
 

Emma Kay
Emma is an Inspector within Durham Constabulary. As their operational lead on Stalking and Harassment, she has created the training packages and roll-out of stalking training within the force. Alongside the Alice Ruggles Trust, she has set up a project to roll out education in schools around unhealthy relationships and stalking.

Dr Maria Mellins
Maria is a Senior Lecturer at St Mary’s University, London who has also trained as an Independent Stalking Advocacy Caseworker (ISAC). She is keen to bridge the gap between academic theory and practice and is also working to improve the safety and awareness of the student body around stalking, domestic abuse and coercive control.

Prof. Clive Ruggles (Chair)
Clive is Alice’s father and a co-founder of the Trust. Clive has spoken at numerous training and development sessions for the police, CPS and judiciary as well as to social and healthcare services, academic colleagues and students. He manages the Trust’s administrative services and plays a leading role in its public awareness raising and campaigning work.

Nick Ruggles
Nick is Alice’s elder brother and a co-founder of the Trust. As a software developer and systems architect he has a particular interest in working with technology companies to protect and safeguard victims, along with technologies for tackling cyber-stalking directly.
 

Catriona Sibert
Catriona is a Partnerships Manager at Frontline, working with social services departments across the Midlands. She has a range of professional and voluntary experience in the charity sector, working in communications for Cancer Research UK and with young people in schools and through Girlguiding UK. Catriona also has a personal connection to Alice, having fenced with her in the East Midlands youth squad.

Dr Rachael Wheatley
Rachael is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Derby, having previously worked for HMPPS (Midlands) for 21 years. Since September 2022, she has been managing a forensic psychology practitioner qualification programme, conducting research, and undertaking consultancy, specialising in stalking and related matters.