A Few Words About
Our Team
This is a current list of our fabulous team.
CEO
Dr Sarah Lewis
Dr Sarah Lewis, DCrimJ, MSc, BSc (Hons), FHEA, is the Founder and Director of Grow Transform Belong CIC, Director of Penal Reform Solutions, and a globally recognised leader in cultural transformation across criminal justice systems. She has worked and researched in frontline probation and prison environments since 2004, specialising in therapeutic correctional relationships, staff wellbeing, and organisational culture change.
Head of People/Quality
Carianne Burr
Carianne brings over 25 years of experience in the criminal justice sector, supporting teams and services with a strong focus on quality assurance, staff development, and wellbeing. She is deeply committed to supporting growth and championing strengths-based approaches. Her work is guided by a passion for fostering positive change, resilience, and sustainable practice.
Operational Lead
Dan Reynolds
Dan brings over 10 years of frontline and strategic experience in the criminal justice sector, with a strong focus on leadership, culture, and people development. A former prison officer, Dan is deeply committed to supporting middle leaders who hold complex systems together, helping them lead with clarity, confidence, and courage. His work is rooted in lived experience and guided by a belief that justice systems can be more human, inclusive, and effective through values-led leadership and cultural change.
Senior Digital Consultant
Kam Stevens
Kam works with GTB as a digital consultant in penal reform. He has lived experience of prison and uses this knowledge and experience to create digital work to promote personal growth, raising awareness of the key issues that exist within the prison service. Kam is currently at University studying film production and is a Longford Trust scholar.
Senior Growth Consultant
Justine MSC
Justine is a Senior Growth and Research Consultant at Grow Transform Belong, specialising in qualitative research, co-production, and supporting culture change across the criminal justice system through evidence-informed, relational practice.
Growth Consultant
Kelly Till
Kelly is a highly experienced criminal justice practitioner and consultant, with over 20 years’ experience working across probation, youth justice, trauma-informed practice, and multi-agency systems. Her work spans frontline delivery, court-based assessment, programme design, and international consultancy, grounded in a deep understanding of risk, trauma, and desistance.
Trainee Consultant
Georgina Burr
Georgina Burr holds a First-Class Honours degree in Criminology with Psychology. Inspired by the work of Grow, Transform, Belong and Dr Sarah Lewis’ book ‘Therapeutic Correctional Relatioships’, her dissertation explored the impact of meaningful relational practice within correctional settings, examining how these connections shape outcomes for both staff and those they support.
NON-EXEC DIRECTOR & VOLUNTEER
Steven Penson
40+ years’ experience working in the commercial business sector. Steve started his working career as an automotive technician has gone on to work for blue-chip companies, rising to director level. Steve is a volunteer using his business and people development skills to help reduce reoffending with men leaving HMP Guys Marsh. Young Enterprise – working with young adults to prevent them getting into crime and Sported UK volunteering to support the business side of sporting clubs who work in their local communities.
Advisor
Julie Eden-Barnard
Julie is a Senior Lecturer in Community Justice, primarily working with learners who are training to be Probation Officers. Prior to working in academia she was a Probation Officer and over 13 years of practice has given her a wealth of experience, with a particular expertise in working with women involved with the justice system . Julie has a strong sense of justice which has motivated her to challenge social injustice and seek out opportunities to contribute to a more inclusive and equitable community.
Security Manager
Richard Lewis
Richard has been a loyal companion of GTB. He was here, supporting us since day 1! Our little pig (his nickname) has been supporting and helping to protect the staff, especially our director (Sarah).