Mhairi Wylie

Chief Officer

01349 864 289 

Mhairi joined HTSI in October 2012 after almost seven years with Ross and Cromarty CAB.  She has worked and volunteered within the sector since leaving Dornoch Academy including teaching in Romania, Befriending, Glasgow 2014

chiefofficer@highlandtsi.org.uk

Rachael Allan

Social Media & Logistics

01349 864 289 

Rachael joined HTSI in August 2020 after graduating from Inverness College UHI with a degree in Visual Communication & Design. While she was a student she completed an internship with Highland Rugby Club as their Social Media & Marketing Manager.

rachael@highlandtsi.org.uk

Hannah Barrows

Development Officer (Representation and Participation)

07454946957

hannah@highlandtsi.org.uk

Hannah has joined HTSI after working in the Maine, USA as a Community Development Officer, supporting communities in their pursuit of affordable broadband infrastructure and energy. Hannah brings her experience of working in the third sector for 7 years, as well as understanding needs and challenges of rural communities, having grown up on an island in a rural part of America. Hannah’s interests are macroeconomics, cooking, gardening and supporting local food, as well as long walks with their lurcher, Digby.

Sandy Fowler

Development Officer  (Governance)

07385 380 842

Sandy joined HTSI in August 2020 as a Governance Development Officer after graduating from the University of Glasgow with the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice. Away from work he tries to spend as much time as possible in the outdoors, usually swimming, cycling and running.

sandy@highlandtsi.org.uk

Sue Fraser

Development Officer (Volunteer)

07346 144 485

Sue joins us after many years in the Health Service. She has volunteered with refugee charities, one off events including the Edinburgh Moonwalk and Race for Life and with organisations tacking food poverty in the Highlands.

sue@highlandtsi.org.uk

Leah Ganley

TSI Services Manager

07454 940 754

leah@highlandtsi.org.uk

Leah joined 2017, and is the new TSI Services Manager, taking on a lot of the work from former HTSI Deputy Chief Officer, Ian Donald. She has responsibility for line management of the TSI delivery team which covers volunteering, capacity building of the sector and ensuring a strong third sector voice at a strategic and policy level, locally and nationally.

Siobhan MacKenzie

Finance and Admin Manager

01349 864 289

info@highlandtsi.org.uk

Siobhan joined HTSI in Nov 2019. She makes sure all our wages are paid (and all our bills)! She enjoys spending time with her kids, who have her attending various dancing and football events across the country. She likes to support a wee team from Glasgow that play in green. Why not a local team?

Kate MacLennan

Development Officer (Training)

01349 864 289

Kate works to deliver training and support for skills, planning and development. She is responsible for writing, delivering and evaluating third sector training needs. Kate works on a one to one basis with third sector organisations to put in place skills development and monitoring processes, and to deliver training within organisations as required.

kate@highlandtsi.org.uk

Iain McKenzie

Development Officer (New Projects)

07454 828 590

Iain joined in May 2018 after  experience of working in both the voluntary sector (30 years) and statutory sectors (15 years). He has worked in the areas of homelessness, addictions, mental health, housing development and child care. Iain worked in the central belt, the Highlands and Honduras in Central America.

iain@highlandtsi.org.uk

Rhona McNicol

Development Officer (Resilience Network)

07917905801

resilience@highlandtsi.org.uk

Rhona comes from a service design background. She first joined HTSI on the Aspiring Communities project as a Community Engagement Officer in January 2019.  She then left and had a baby during lockdown, a journey that tested her personal resilience! She is now back to develop the framework and service delivery of the Highland Resilience Network. Rhona enjoys getting outdoors in her spare time with her ‘characterful’ beagle, Doris.

Margaret McShane

Community Justice Partnership Manager

07454 983 516

cjmanager@highlandtsi.org.uk

Margaret joined the team in March 2016 in a post that we host on behalf of the multi-agency governing group overseeing the redesign of Community Justice. Margaret comes to this role with a multitude of experience and knowledge  rom her previous work with the Police.  Shortly after joining the staff team she won our 'HTSI Bake off' and she has since defender her crown!

Matthew Parkes

Office Admin (Mapping & Information)

Joined HTSI in January 2021 but has been a volunteer with the Community Justice Partnership since August 2020. A big motorsport fan and has a passion for youth enterprise, outside of work volunteering as part of the Young Enterprise Highland & Moray Area Team.

mapping@highlandtsi.org.uk

Spike Setch

Website and eLearning Development Officer

Spike joined HTSI in August 2018. Having previously worked as part of the Adult Health and Wellbeing team with Iain, he has a new role as the eLearning and Website Development Officer.

01349 864 289

spike@highlandtsi.org.uk

Jane Tattum

Development Officer (Volunteering)

07834 753 766

jane@highlandtsi.org.uk

Jane joined HTSI from In This Together in 2020, she worked in charity retail for 5 years before studying Community Education with UWS and focussing her professional interests on to volunteering. She volunteered as a care provider and TEFL teacher in the past, which sparked her interest in volunteering. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, especially her nieces and nephews.

Charlotte Mackenzie

Health Walk coordinator

07385 380 756

charlotte@highlandtsi.org.uk

Charlotte has joined HTSI as Health Walk Co-ordinator. Previously Charlotte has worked in various creative communications roles for local government and charity organisations, and as a self-employed visual artist. When not working Charlotte enjoys the great outdoors with her family; also photography, painting and crafting. She is a great believer of connecting with nature for wellbeing.

Joanne McCoy

LGOWIT Project Officer

07462 171 369

lgowit@highlandtsi.org.uk

Joanne joined the team in July 2013 as the Let's Get on With It Together project officer with a wealth of knowledge and personal experience to enrich the work of the project. Joanne has previously been employed across the private and third sectors as well as running her own business.  The focus of her project on self management for people with long term health conditions is something which she feels very passionate about. 

Kirsteen Campbell

LGOWIT Community Networker (Caithness & Sutherland)

07454 905 383

lgowitkirsteen@highlandtsi.org.uk

Kirsteen joined the LGOWIT team back in May 2018, previously working for Befriending Caithness. She has a passion for intergenerational work  as a volunteer in her native  Caithness & Sutherland.  She has a love of darts, sitting on the  Caithness Youth darts committee as both her children are keen darts players.  She used to run a café, so is  a dab hand at baking and cooking, ready to knock up a batch of cakes at the  drop of a hat!

Kate Hathway

LGOWIT Community Networker (Skye, Lochalsh & Wester Ross)

07454 950 401

Kate joined LGOWIT in July 2019. Previously she worked for 14 years around community regeneration, planning and renewable energy but took a break for a few years to have a family, become a  complementary therapist  and run an adventure travel company in Sri Lanka.  Kate loves cycling and surfing but she’s terrible at both of them so might well take up Boccia!

LGOWITkate@highlandtsi.org.uk

Sodi Kakouris

LGOWIT eLearning Development Officer

07462 171 369

Sodi joins us to bring the LGOWIT training manual to the digital world! Originally a Londoner, he was charmed by the delights of the Highlands. He is studying to become a reflexologist. Sodi loves any excuse for a BBQ, at any time of the year!

lgowitel@highlandtsi.org.uk

Mary O'Hara

LGOWIT Course and Communication Administrator

01349 807061​

Mary joined LGOWIT in July 2018 as part-time Communications and Course Administrator. Previously Mary worked with YouthBorders in Galashiels and before that as a business analyst, mainly with local government organisations. Mary has become a boccia enthusiast since joining LGOWIT and also enjoys hill-walking, tree-planting, and long empty beaches.

lgowitadmin@highlandtsi.org.uk

Anne Stewart

LGOWIT Community Networker (Ross-shire, Skye & Lochalsh)

Anne joined LGOWIT on 1st August this year as Community Networker. Previously Anne was an MS Specialist nurse with NHS Highland for 14 years before taking early retirement in 2016. Anne likes gardening and foreign travel.

07521 503 144

lgowitanne@highlandtsi.org.uk

Alan Grant

Custody Link Project Manager

07510 210 002

Alan joined HTSI in 2018 as development officer with LGOWIT and now manages our Custody Link Worker Project. Alan brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the fields of housing, youth development and fuel poverty. 

alan@highlandtsi.org.uk

Gemma Cooper

Custody Link Worker 

07936 315 176

gemma@highlandtsi.org.uk

Gemma joined HTSI from Connecting Young Carers where she helped raise awareness and support for young carers across the Highlands. She has also worked at Barnardo’s helping care-experienced young people into employment, and suppported others within a residential setting. Outside work time is spent with her son, dog and enjoying rugby, although she doesn't actually know anything about the game!

Ainya Taylor

Custody Link Worker 

07510 209 996

Ainya joined HTSI in January 2019 as a Community Engagement Officer as part of the Aspiring Communities project. She is currently a Custody Link Worker based in Burnett Road Police Station. She has a small dog called Elton.

ainya@highlandtsi.org.uk