Rosa is a British businesswoman and charity campaigner. Chief Executive of Tiffany’s in London from opening in 1986, Chief Executive of Asprey & Gerrard in 2000, then becoming non-executive chairman in 2002. Rosa is now a non-executive director of Aurum, which is the holding company for Goldsmith, Mappin & Webb and Watches of Switzerland.
Rosa has been awarded with an MBE for all her charitable work for young people with learning disabilities over the years. She has been involved with several charities including Together for Short Lives, The Acorns Children’s Hospice, Downside UP, The Down’s Syndrome Educational Trust, KIDS (charity) and Bulgarian Abandoned Children’s Trust.

Charles became a Chartered Accountant after reading English at Trinity College Cambridge. Following 9 years with Coopers & Lybrand in London, Paris & Tehran he has worked as Finance Director for Cartier Ltd, Tiffany & Co Ltd, the Duchy of Lancaster and Asia House. He is Treasurer of Lygon Almshouses and St Thomas’ parish, both in Fulham.

After studying European Legal Studies at the University of Southampton, Jess qualified as a solicitor in 2010 and in 2013 established a Welfare Court of Protection Team at Clarke Willmott LLP in Bristol. Until August 2021, Jess was a Partner at Clarke Willmott LLP managing a small team of lawyers who represented clients in cases in the Court of Protection concerning health and welfare decisions. She now supervises and manages a similar team at Ashfords LLP on a part time basis and has recently been appointed to the Western Circuit to sit in the Civil and Family jurisdiction as a Deputy District Judge.

Jess provides bespoke training for advocacy organisations who support adults with additional needs and has written and spoken for national organisations including ‘Community Care’, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Jordan's Family Law, and Elderly Care Law. She regularly speaks at the National Advocacy Conference and presented at IPSEA’s (Independent Provider of Special Education Advice) 2020 conference.

Jess is a mother to Ada and Frida who has Down Syndrome. Jess is part of ‘Positive About Down Syndrome’ (PADS) and works closely with the charity on various projects to support parents. She uses Makaton and is enjoying sessions providing advice around early intervention play with Frida. She has a blog www.fridasfootsteps.uk with the aim of sharing her family’s experiences of Down Syndrome, from antenatal diagnosis to the present day, in the hope that they will help others.’

Jo has an extensive knowledge of workplace wellbeing consultancy, having previously worked in the employee benefits industry, alongside experience in new business development and relationship management.
Jo is passionate about driving positive change and has demonstrated through her communications skills and eye for detail, successful development of new fundraising and marketing strategies. As one of the first staff to be recruited by Team Domenica, Jo provides effective finance, marketing and trustee governance support to the charity.

Jeanette is a professional manager with over 12 years’ experience working within marketing and publishing. Prior to joining Team Domenica, she worked at a Brighton-based marketing communications agency, where she headed up a team responsible for producing brochures and smaller marketing pieces for a portfolio of clients. Jeanette has also set up and run her own publishing business and worked as the managing editor at The Latest magazine and as a sub-editor at Cable Guide. She has also undertaken fundraising and event organisation for both Oxfam and Greenpeace.

Liam leads the Supported Internship Program. Liam studied Special Educational Needs and Inclusion at Northampton University and has written professional research papers on low unemployment rates for young adults with SEN and improvements through education. He has a vast amount of care and education experience working with adults with Special Educational Needs (SEN) before joining Team Domenica.

Kate studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and then graduated from The University of Chichester conservatoire with First Class Honours. She worked as a session musician and violin teacher before starting her career with Team Domenica.

Kate joined the charity in 2016 and has developed through several areas, as Team Domenica has increased its provision, including managing the Enrichment Programme and Training Mentor teams. Kate is now heading up the Day Service programme which comes under the arm of Adult Social Care. She is passionate to provide as much opportunity as possible to help young people feel included and valued as part of the local community, while providing learning opportunities and having fun.

Kate is currently studying her Level 5 in Leadership & Management, to help ensure high quality delivery of services that support our candidates to reach their full potential.

Deb began her career as a chef working in various hospitality venues in the UK and abroad. Later in her career she was given the opportunity to move into teaching and began working at a local sixth form college, delivering hospitality and catering qualifications to students across different curriculum areas. The students she most enjoyed working with most were those with additional needs, and from there she moved onto teaching at a school for Children with autism. Deb was part of the Senior Management team as Transition and Careers Co-Ordinator, Head of Food Technology and Personal Tutor. Deb taught across all areas of the school working with students at Entry Level up A Level. Deb has over 20 years’ experience working with students with additional needs. She joined Team Domenica in 2018 as the Training Manager responsible for Teaching and Learning but has taken on a new role as Head of Pastoral and Curriculum.

Ruth completed her PGCE in the Lifelong Learning Sector at Greenwich University and has been teaching for ten years. She has taught at secondary schools, colleges and charities across London, specialising in special needs and learning disabilities for the last four years. Ruth believes that learning should be fun, engaging and relevant, and works hard to build the confidence, self-esteem and resilience of the young adults she works with.

Penny has over 20 years' experience of working with children, young people and adults with learning disabilities in a range of settings. She has worked as a Connexions Adviser based in schools, colleges and 6th forms for Brighton & Hove County Council as a Learning Disability Adviser and then within the SEND department as a Case Work Officer.

I have been the Educational Health & Care Plan (EHCP) Coordinator for Team Domenica for nearly 4 years and have loved working for the charity. Team Domenica enables candidates to grow, flourish and then move into paid employment which is fantastic.

Along with a degree in Psychology my background is in hospitality and catering, social care and education.

Before joining Team Domenica I worked for many years on a Supported Learning Programme for young adults with LD and ASC. The course gave learners the opportunity to gain vocational skills in hospitality and catering. Students were responsible for preparing, cooking and serving fresh, healthy meals and barista-style coffee to a busy London college.

I am passionate about promoting positive social change and fighting for diversity in the workplace.

Lucy joined Team Domenica in January 2019. She has extensive and wide-ranging experience in both the catering industry and the learning disability sector, having worked for a similar charity project in Cambridge before joining St John's College Brighton in 2011. Her hotel, restaurant and event catering background has enabled her to seamlessly join the team and she has been our café manager based in Hove library. Recently, she has set up a new café enterprise at St John's College where Team Domenica is now responsible for all the daily catering for staff and students of up to 200 people per day. This has contributed to our ongoing partnership with St John's and provides additional opportunities for all our candidates to flourish.

I have worked for Team Domenica for three years now progressing from a café assistant to a training mentor, and since September I have become our Coffee Development Manager. I love to see the valuable skills and experience our candidates gain from being at Team Domenica. We are very proud to say that we are the First coffee roaster in the UK where the coffee beans are roasted and packaged by young adults with learning disabilities. Our candidates still inspire me everyday with their amazing work ethic, team work and dedication to helping others.