Staff
Chief Executive
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Andrea Coomber KC (Hon.)
Andrea was appointed Queen's Counsel (Honoris Causa) in 2022 for making a major contribution to the development of the law in England and Wales. She joined the Howard League in 2021, having previously worked at JUSTICE, INTERIGHTS, at the International Service for Human Rights in Geneva and at the South Asia Documentation Centre in New Delhi. She is qualified as a barrister and solicitor in Australia.
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Executive Management Team
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Andrew Neilson
Andrew leads on the charity’s policy, public affairs, and communications. He previously worked in government communications, has an MSc in voluntary sector management and is a trustee of the Poetry Society.
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Euginia Lolomari
Euginia leads on finance, resources, membership, and personnel issues. She holds a master’s degree in public administration and politics and a certificate in charity accounting. She is active in her local church and local community.
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Gemma Abbott
Gemma is an experienced lawyer and tenacious campaigner, with a strong belief in the power of the law as a tool for change. After almost a decade working for a ‘Magic Circle’ law firm, she moved on to develop a career in the areas of social justice and equality.
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Staff Team
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Amy Dolley
Amy works on policy and wider engagement with the Howard League's campaigns. She was previously based in Parliament for nearly five years, where she worked as a Senior Researcher. Her interest in prison reform is rooted in her voluntarily work at her local prison, where she has been supporting the chaplaincy team for a number of years.
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Anna Spencer
Anna is a solicitor in the legal team. Anna represents children and young adults on a variety of public and prison law cases including prison conditions and treatment cases, adjudications, parole and resettlement.
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Ayomide Sotubo
Ayomide leads our policy work on tackling racial disparities within the youth justice system. Before joining us, she worked on education, youth justice and anti-trafficking policy in different charities. She has a degree in Law and an LLM in Legal Practice (Barristers). Outside of work, she enjoys writing and performing spoken word poetry.
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Claire Salama
Claire jointly manages the Howard League’s legal service, providing advice and representation to children and young adults on a range of prison, public and community care law issues. She co-hosts a legal advice show with National Prison Radio.
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Dr Helen Churcher
Helen works to develop, disseminate and promote the charity’s research activities, liaising with stakeholders, academic networks and early career researchers. She has a PhD in history and has previously worked in education.
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Katie Logue
Katie joined the communications team in 2022. Before this she led FLIC's communications, evidencing the need for trauma-informed approaches and system change to improve the lives of people experiencing multiple disadvantage.
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Lee Brown
Lee is inspired by the movement for progressive penal reform, and hopes for a society that is fairer, happier and safer, with fewer people locked up.
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Maya Ward-Lowery
Maya works as part of the Legal Team, supporting its legal and project work and providing administrative support. She previously worked as a support worker in a psychiatric hospital. Maya has a degree in German and Spanish.
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Noor Khan
Noor joined the Howard League in 2022 after previously working as a consultant for a firm specialising in policy and public affairs, helping small charities and NGOs achieve policy change.
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Oscar Frandsen
Oscar is a solicitor who joined the legal team in January 2025. He represents children and young adults on a variety of public and prison law cases.
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Rob Preece
Rob has worked on some of the charity’s most successful campaigns, including Books For Prisoners, which overturned government restrictions preventing people in prison receiving books from family and friends. He was formerly a journalist.
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Ryan Walker
Ryan was detained at Her Majesty’s Pleasure when he was 15. Whilst serving his sentence he gained a degree with first class honours in Social Sciences (Criminology ) and is now reading a Masters in Crime and Justice.
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Sinead MacCann
Sinead jointly manages the Howard League’s legal service which provides advice to children and young people aged 21 and under on a range of prison law and community care law issues. She has a particular interest in the rights of care-experienced children in the criminal justice system.
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Sophie Lumsden
Sophie leads on fundraising from trusts, foundations and individuals. She manages our membership and leads on strategy to develop our member base. Sophie has worked in the voluntary sector for more than 15 years and has a diploma in fundraising management.
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Steve Gallant
Steve joined the Howard League in January 2022 and works as a fundraiser within our corporate services team, developing our work with trusts and foundations, corporate and individual donors.
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Tim Kerr
Tim joined the Howard League in June 2022, and is our membership officer. As a recent prison leaver, he is keen to expand our prisoner membership base, to give a voice to those still inside. Outside of work, Tim runs for an athletics club, competing in races nationally.
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