SARAH RICE (Foundation)
Sarah started as a Local Authority School Governor in October 2011 and changed her Governor status to that of Foundation Governor in 2015.  She and her husband Phil have lived in Surrey for 28 years.  They have two children who both attended Cardinal Newman.  Sarah is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and works for Air Products PLC, in their Engineering department in the European Head Office in Hersham.  Sarah is an active member of All Saints Parish, has led the Confirmation programme there and also plays the flute for the 9am mass each Sunday.  Sarah volunteered as a parent helper in her children's classes when they were at Cardinal Newman, her youngest child left in 2015. 

TOM BRAY (Co-opted Governor)
Tom was first appointed as a Local Authority Governor in July 2015.  He and his wife have lived in Walton for 14 years.  They have 2 children, one currently in Year 5, the other is in secondary school.

Tom is a Chartered Management Accountant and is the Group Financial Controller at Air Charter Service, a multinational charter aviation brokerage, based in their Head Office in Surbiton.

CHRIS BROOME (Foundation)
Chris became a School Governor in April 2012. He has lived in Hersham for 29 years and attends All Saints Parish Church, where he has previously assisted with the Children’s Liturgy group and leads the men’s advent and Lenten group. He has 3 children; all have attended Cardinal Newman School and Salesian Catholic School in Chertsey.

Chris spent 31 years with the Metropolitan Police Service in a variety of roles and was also seconded to the Home Office as Assistant Director of the United Kingdom Football Policing Unit. He also worked for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) leading on security and safety of the public and athletes at the football competition.

He currently works in the travel industry as a tour manager and also guides/manages tours for schools and colleges visiting London.

CATHERINE BURNHAM (Headteacher)
Catherine Burnham has taught in Primary, Secondary and Higher Education settings in various parts of the world, including in Germany, Poland and China.  She has been teaching in Surrey schools for the past ten years and joined Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School in September 2017 as Headteacher.  Catherine and her family are active members of their home parish.

JOHN CHADWICK
John Chadwick was appointed as a Foundation Governor in November 2018. He has served two previous terms as Parent Governor at a Catholic High School in Preston, Lancashire. He is a parishioner at All Saints, Hersham.  He is an active member of the Catenian Association, Imber Court Bowling CLub and a local Probus Club. 

John spent 31 years with the Lancashire Constabulary serving in CID, Drugs Squad, and the Major Incident Unit and retired with the rank of Detective Inspector.  He then worked for Group 4 Court Services as the Area Manager for Greater Manchester and when that contract ended he started his own business as an Insurance Fraud Investigator and is still so engaged on a part time basis.

In 1994 John was awarded a Degree in History and Education at the University of Central Lancashire and has since obtained a Post Graduate Certificate in History and a Post Graduate Certificate in Management from the same institution. He is presently studying for a Catholic Certificate in Religious Studies in the Weybridge Deanery.
He has four grand children and one of them is due to start school at Cardinal Newman in September 2019.

FR BILL MUIR
Fr Bill took responsibility for the parish of all Saints 0n 2 November 2016 and joined the Governing Body as a Foundation Governor in February 2017. He is currently assistant priest since the arrival of Fr Richard Biggerstaff as parish priest of the parishes of St Barnabas and of All Saints. Fr Bill is a Josephite and has taught at St Georges and prior to his joining the Josephites he taught in the maintained sector and was Head of English of a secondary School on Canvey Island in Essex for seven years. After the close of the boarding section at St George’s he moved into the Plymouth diocese where for eleven years he was the Catholic chaplain at Bournemouth University, parish priest for twenty years and Chair of governors of the parish primary school for fifteen years. He is also a governor of St George’s Weybridge and lives there, commuting daily to Hersham.

TINA O'KELLY
Tina O'Kelly is a Foundation Governor, which is her first governor role.  Prior to this, Tina chaired the Cardinal Newman Parents' Association for three years and has been an active class representative since 2011. Tina has lived in Walton-on-Thames for 20 years and regularly attends Mass at St Erconwald's.  Tina is an active member of the parish and has been a First Communion Catechist for 7 years. Tina’s three children previously attended Cardinal Newman, and now all three are at Salesian School.
Tina was born and educated in Ireland.  She has a degree in Software Engineering and has 25 years' work experience in the Financial Services sector.

VERONICA ROBBINS
Veronica Robbins was appointed as a foundation governor in November 2018.  She is the Roman Catholic Chaplain in Whiteley Village, and also helps to co-ordinate the RCIA and Bible Study groups in the parishes of Hersham and Walton. After many years teaching in Primary and Secondary Schools (where she became head of the English Department), she worked full-time with the Jesuits for thirty-five years in parishes and retreat houses.  At the same time she studied for a Ph.D in Theology which led her to lecture at the Missionary Institute of London, Plater College in Oxford and Heythrop College. More importantly, Veronica is a mother of three, grandmother of eleven and great grandmother of six (at the moment!).

Felicity Spencer was appointed as a parent governor in September 2021. She and her husband James have lived in Walton-on-Thames since 2010 and their three children Henry, Charlotte and Edward currently attend Cardinal Newman. She is a parishioner of St Erconwald’s and enjoys a broad knowledge of the school community. 

In her professional life as a City solicitor working for an international law firm, Felicity helped clients meet the corporate and commercial challenges involved in realising complex renewable energy projects.  

She is a keen road and trail runner and an active member of her local running club.