Alison Cowan

Alison Cowan serves as Vice Chair and Board Mental Health Champion at the New Economics Foundation, where responsibilities include trustee recruitment leadership. In conjunction, Alison holds the position of Acting Vice Chair at Samaritans and contributes as a Finance Committee member. Previous leadership roles encompass Executive Director of Marketing and Fundraising at Scope, overseeing marketing and fundraising initiatives, and Director of Marketing Integration at Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation Partnership, where integration of marketing teams was achieved. Alison has also transformed marketing and communications as Interim Director at Teenage Cancer Trust and directed fundraising efforts during a crisis at Tomorrow's People. With extensive experience in digital marketing and strategy across various nonprofit organizations, Alison possesses a strong educational foundation, including a Diploma in Marketing from CIM and a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from Kingston University.