Our Chair, Sarah Collis
Sarah is former CEO of Self Help UK and an active advocate for building effective partnership working across voluntary, statutory and private sectors.
Sarah has been involved with Healthwatch in the local area for over half a decade, as part of the Healthwatch Engagement and Liaison Partnership which helped to establish Healthwatch Nottingham.
Our Board
Dave Brennan – Trustee
Dave has significant experience working in urban renewal in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country. He has been CEO of several high profile regeneration programmes and 'not-for-profit' companies, redeveloping places and local communities.
Karla Capstick – Trustee
Karla is an experienced strategic, operational, and commissioning Director with a career spanning local government, community and public health, education, and the voluntary community sector. Karla has worked in early years, prevention, early intervention, and children's services for over 20 years. Karla advocates for child and parental voice in co-production and has significant experience in complex multi- partnership programmes and services.
Obai Kurd Ali – Trustee
Obai is a Legal Officer at the Syrian Legal Development Programme, specialising in strengthening civil society organisations and their strategic engagement with UN human rights mechanisms. A human rights defender and peace-building activist since 2011, he conducts legal analyses on human rights issues under international law. Obai was awarded the 2020-2021 Chevening Scholarship and co-instructs the “Introduction to International Law” course at the Syrian Initiative to Combat Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, hosted by the American University, Washington College of Law. With a strong background in peacebuilding and community engagement, he has leadership skills and excels in facilitating collaboration. He holds an LL.M from SOAS University of London.
Deborah Wilson – Trustee
Deborah is passionate about patient, public and community involvement in health and social care. Deborah has worked in community engagement and partnership development roles in Nottingham City, in Public Health in North Nottinghamshire and is currently working as a Patient Public Involvement and Engagement with East Midlands Academic Health Science Network.
Ben Roberts – Trustee
Ben is an NHS Manager at Nottingham Children’s Hospital and is studying part‑time for an MSc in Healthcare Leadership and Management. Previously, he ran a pro‑bono charity consultancy supporting organisations across health and community sectors. He has interests in systems thinking, AI, cross-sector collaboration and community engagement.
Debra F Douglas - Trustee
Debra is an Associate Registered Nutritionist with a background in science education and public health. After over 20 years as a secondary school department lead and physics teacher in London, she pursued an MSc in Nutrition and now works for a national integrated wellbeing organisation covering Nottinghamshire and beyond, supporting adult and family weight management, staff training, and service quality improvement. Passionate about reducing health inequalities and making evidence-based nutrition accessible, she champions co-production and culturally inclusive approaches to improve community wellbeing.
Past Board papers
We make the papers for our public Board meetings available online. We also publish a summary of what was discussed. Check out our past meetings to read more.