Our people
Meet the team at Jacari
Aggie coordinates our peer tutoring programme in Bristol, working closely with partner schools and supporting tutors and pupils. She also organises trips and events. Aggie is based part-time at Jacari Bristol's Unity Street Office.
Katie coordinates the activities of Jacari in Bristol, supporting volunteers and liaising with schools, as well as organising trips and events. She is based full-time at Jacari Bristol's Unity Street Office.
Katy leads the charity as a whole and is responsible for overseeing all our activities, our strategic direction, monitoring our work, finance and HR. She also leads on new project development. She is based full-time at Jacari Bristol's Unity Street office.
Natasha oversees our fundraising activities, including applying for grants, managing relationships with funders, donors and corporate partners and sending communications to supporters. She works part-time and remotely.
Shaiane coordinates the activities of Jacari in Oxford, supporting volunteers, liaising with our school partners and organising trips and events. She works full-time and is based at our Oxford office.
Ilan is an Operations leader in high-growth tech start ups and joined the board in 2020 to help Jacari with our strategic planning.
Kate was our Jacari Bristol Committee President in 2019/20 and volunteered as a tutor for 2 years. She joined the board in 2021 to advise about working with our student volunteers and committees.
Louise volunteered as a Jacari tutor during her time at Oxford University and now works in insurance. A qualified accountant, she joined the board in 2021 as our Finance Trustee.
Matt has experience in arts fundraising and operations management in the tech sector. He originally joined the board to help us with fundraising, and stepped into the Chair role in 2021.
Sofia joined our board in 2021 having been a Jacari pupil herself during her school years in Oxford. She also brings experience of English teaching to the team.