Our Team

Sally Goodwin was appointed in August 2016 as Chief Executive. She was previously an Assistant Director at Derbyshire County Council with responsibility for Community Safety and Emergency planning and she brings a wealth of strategic partnership and business experience. Prior to this she was the Business Manager for Derbyshire’s Criminal Justice Board. Both previous roles brought Sally into contact with sexual violence and responsibility for the commissioning of support services for victims of sexual violence.

Liza Freeman is SV2’s Head of Advocacy & Support and joined the team in 2017. Liza is responsible for the day to day management of the SARC service, ISVAs and the Police and Crime Commissioner’s support service. Liza has a wealth of experience around rape and sexual assault after working in similar services for many years.

Sukhi Sian is SV2’s Head of Therapy and has responsibility for all the therapy/counselling services; both children and adults. Sukhi joined the team in July 2018 and has been a therapist for 12 years. She has set up, worked for and managed various counselling organisations and has particular expertise working with marginalised groups and women.