Our Board members are hugely committed volunteers whose work is the basis of much of our activity.
John Evans
John was an education services leader in local authorities, founding education manager for the educational, guidance and publishing company Prospects and a development consultant in the financial services sector before working at World Vision International as their Global Talent Management Leader.
Since retiring, John established an international executive coaching business; became an associate of Waverley Learning; facilitated Christian leadership retreats; served for four years as a director/trustee at Jubilee+ and was appointed as an Impactpool coaching fellow. John has written and published books on Christian Social Action, Careers in Faith Based Organisations and Humanitarian and Mission Driven Opportunities.
John worships and volunteers at Jubilee Community Church, a New Frontiers Church.
Michael Oliver
Michael’s enduring fascination with nature finds him frequently outdoors, whether he's tending to plants, walking his dog, or engaging in sports like football, paddleboarding, or running amidst the beauty of creation.
With 25 years dedicated to conservation efforts, his involvement with Operation Noah integrates his passions, experience, and faith as he assists others on their journey toward recognising humanity’s impact on creation and our hope for the future.
Rebecca MacDonald
Rebecca has spent twenty years working in international carbon markets and NW European renewable electricity markets where she has developed a deep understanding of the wider policy around bringing about net zero.
Rebecca is an active member of an evangelical Church of England church in West London where she lives. Rebecca holds a BA in Theology from Oxford University and is passionate about the role the church and its people can play in fighting climate injustice.
Sarah Komashko
After seven years as an employment lawyer, Sarah started working for the Quakers as a Parliamentary Engagement Officer in 2023, looking to have more of an immediate impact as politicians grapple with urgent questions around the climate crisis.
Sarah was formerly an Employment Law Trustee and Treasurer for 2050 Climate Group, a Scottish youth-led charity aiming to equip, enable and empower young leaders aged 18-35 to tackle climate questions, and is currently trustee/secretary for Stenhouse Baptist Church. In her spare time she enjoys climbing Scotland’s Munro hills, reading, and cooking.
Kevin Shang
Kevin was born in China and moved to UK in 2012 to pursue a doctorate at University of Manchester.
Kevin was a participant in the Faith and Belief Forum’s PaliaMentors interfaith leadership programme. In 2018, he won the 21 for 21 interfaith award, a joint project between the Church Times, Jewish News, British Muslim TV and Coexist House.
Kevin’s interest in climate change stemmed from PhD research, which was part of the Light Alloys Towards Environmentally Sustainable Transport EPSRC programme. This experience has equipped him with a good understanding into the climate change impact of material use.
Kevin is keen to explore how faith and climate science work together. He lives in Southwest London.
Rebecca Warren
Rebecca is an accountant and a long-standing environmental and human rights campaigner, with a role in many campaigning organisations, including the Campaign against Climate Change, Biofuelwatch, Amnesty International UK and ShareAction.
She read Mathematics at Oxford and has an MBA with voluntary sector and finance specialisation from the Open University. Rebecca is a member of Hinde Street Methodist Church in London.
Rachie Ross
Rachie has worked with excluded and challenging young people for 30 years, since studying at Manchester University and later London School of Theology.
She is also a Therapeutic Coach which brings theology, behavioral change and life into sharp focus. She has been active in the climate scene for ten years, working with her local church to get Eco church interest and lifestyle change. She is a regular writer, preacher and motivational speaker on any platform that will have her! Her heart is for the church , both local and global, to lead the way on the needs of the earth and she loves resourcing, encouraging and galvanizing authentic living in this space. She is married with three nearly-adult children, and they live in NW London with Totem the dog. She is also an active member of Christian Climate Action.
Rachie is our designated safeguarding trustee. See our safeguarding policy.
Martin Poulsom
Martin is a Salesian of Don Bosco, a Roman Catholic religious order specialising in youth ministry.
He is a Senior Lecturer in Theology at the University of Roehampton, and specialises in theology of creation. Martin combines the theoretical focus of his research and teaching work with various forms of practical action in Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation, particularly with young adults. He is interested in the encounter between science and faith, and is Chair of the liveSimply coordinating group in England and Wales. In his spare time he is also a singer-songwriter.
David Miller
David spent most of his working life in educational publishing and was a director for nearly twenty years before taking early retirement in 2001.
He is married with four grown-up children and was chair of governors of their local primary school for many years. In recent times he has been Finance Manager of his local church and was a founder member and chair of the Green Christian Milton Keynes local group which continued to meet until 2018.
David has been the Treasurer of Operation Noah since March 2018.
Shilpita Mathews
Shilpita is an environmental economist and focuses on climate resilience and sustainable cities.
She is passionate about linking faith and climate justice and getting young people and the private sector involved in climate action. She is an active member of the Young Christian Climate Network (YCCN) and serves in the student ministry of her church in London. Originally from India, Shilpita grew up in Sri Lanka, Jordan and Thailand before moving to the UK. She holds a BA in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in Environmental Economics and Climate Change from the London School of Economics.
Hannah Malcolm
Hannah Malcolm writes and campaigns around the subject of climate justice and the Church.
She is a curate in the Church of England and has a PhD, having written her dissertation on a political theology of climate and ecological grief. Hannah edited the SCM Press collection Words for a Dying World: Stories of Grief and Courage from the Global Church (2020).
Steph Lake
Stephanie is passionate about environmental justice and intersectionality, based in Bristol.
Before her current role as Development Intern at the Centre for Sustainable Energy, Stephanie gained experience in the community renewable energy sector when working with Pure Leapfrog as their Social and Environmental Impact Officer. Whilst at University, where she studied Geography, Steph worked at NUS as the UK’s Student Sustainability Ambassador and ran the Switch Off campaign encouraging energy-saving behaviour changes to students across the UK.
Darrell Hannah (Chair)
Darrell is the rector of All Saints parish church, Ascot Heath.
An American, Darrell moved to the UK in 1992 to pursue a doctorate at the University of Cambridge, in Christian Origins, and has lived here ever since. He moved into full-time parish ministry, in 2008, after academic posts at the universities of Sheffield, Birmingham and Oxford. When time allows, Darrell continues to write and publish in the areas of Second Temple Judaism, the New Testament and early Christianity.
Cameron Conant
As well as being a trustee, Cameron provides communications services for Operation Noah on a contract basis.
He has worked in communications in both the US and the UK, and has also worked as a journalist. Cameron lives in East London and has a postgraduate degree in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh.
