Board Members
Professor Alec Spencer (Chairman) is a former prison governor and Director of the Scottish Prison Service who has devoted his life to reforming the Prison Service and its rehabilitative work with offenders and influencing Criminal Justice Policy in both a working and voluntary capacity. He is an honorary professor of criminology and criminal justice at Stirling University, has published on prisons and sex offenders, and is currently chairman of the Scottish Accreditation Panel for Offender Programmes.
Dan Russell (Vice-Chair) is a retired sheriff. Dan practiced as a solicitor for 28 years with lengthy spells on the Scottish Law Society Council as a temporary sheriff. Dan sat as full time sheriff at Hamilton between 1992 and 2004 when he was impressed by the work of Includem.
Anwari Din Chief Executive, Youth Counselling Services Agency (YCSA)
Roger Houchin For 29 years a prison governor, Roger is now working in Glasgow Caledonian University, where he co-directs the Glasgow Centre for the Study of Violence. Has specialised expert knowledge in the area of human rights in prisons and the public supervision of prisons.
Iain MacLeod is the Deputy Chief Constable of Central Scotland Police and has held a number of operational and specialist roles throughout his 32 years police service. Mr MacLeod has been heavily involved in the Offender Management arena and in a previous role led a youth justice pilot.
Malcolm May retired after 20 years as chief officer of the Council for Voluntary Service in Dundee. He was previously a training officer for SCVO and before that on the staff of the Iona Community's House in Clyde Street, Glasgow. Malcolm also trained for the ministry of the Church of Scotland and qualified in social work and community work. As a student Malcolm worked in a youth club in the Calton in New York.
Alan Miller (formerly Principal Children’s Reporter) sits as a part-time Sheriff throughout Scotland, and chairs various tribunals. As a consultant he is project-managing the implementation of major child law reforms in Guernsey.
Marian Pallister has worked as a journalist, winning a number of top Scottish and UK awards for reports from areas of conflict and disaster around the world. She is now an author and the founder of a charity which supports the education of orphans and street children in Zambia.
Gordon Peters has a career over forty years in social policy and social work. He taught social work at Leicester University and was subsequently a Director of Social Services in London, and Fellow of Kings Fund.
He continues to work as an international consultant in health and social development, and in 2004-5 acted as Operations Manager for Includem in Glasgow.