Rose Lavin has been a senior figure in the training and employment community for a number of years, heading major projects with The Training and Enterprise Council and now with The Learning and Skills Council. She became interested in Phoenix during one of its' very early projects and became a trusted advisor over the ensuing years, offering guidance, and helping to formulate many of the ideas which everyone hopes will result in a full workeable restart programme for a very awkward industry to fit.

Rose's involvement in Phoenix became formal last year when she agreed to become a trustee in the new Phoenix ArtsEducation Trust, bringing vast knowledge and experience to the cause.