VisionPK has a knowledgeable and experienced Board overseeing its work. We are also fortunate in having an active and engaged President, in Mrs Valerie Wares. Find out more below.
Valerie Wares
Valerie has been VisionPK’s President since 2018.
Alannah Hennessy
Alannah is a graduate of International Human Resource Management and through professional practice has developed specialist experience in working with employee engagement, customer relationship management, modern slavery prevention and equality, diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Her appointment at Vision PK has been driven by her passion to use her experience to support the local community who have sight and/or hearing loss.
Sandy Pearson
Sandy’s first contact with VisionPK happened when he was asked to help with the Talking News service. The service was planning to move from tapes to CDs but the team did not have the skills to do this. As Sandy worked in the IT sector all his working life, he was approached and asked to help. Having established the digital recording of the Talking News, VisionPK asked for help creating recorded versions of such things as the newsletter and annual report. From there, he ended up producing the newsletter and creating the first web site for what was then Perth & Kinross Society for the Blind.
At this time, the then Chair of PKSB, Ginette Macwilliam, was also involved with the Talking News service. Ginette asked him to join the Board and he was duly co-opted onto the Board being fully elected at the subsequent AGM. When Ginette retired, he was elected as Chair of the Board and, during his time as Chair, has seen significant changes. In particular, the adoption of the ‘Seeing it My Way’ approach to providing services to people with a visual impairment, improving our service to our clients. Also, we introduced hearing services, providing a fuller service for people with a sensory impairment.
Beena Rawlinson (Chair)
Beena, who joined VisionPK’s Board in 2019, brings knowledge, skill and understanding of visual impairment from both a personal and professional perspective. She was a local GP for 17 years and has been visually impaired since 2014. Beena has continued to work since 2014, thanks to the help and advice given to her by VisionPk. She is currently a ‘portfolio GP’ and joint clinical e health lead for NHS Tayside. She also works in ‘out of hours’ and with a GP surgery in Dundee. Beena became Chair of the Board in November 2024
Clare Thomas
David Willis
Alexander Chan
