Our Trustees

Sally has lived in Cricklewood for over 25 years, and has campaigned since 2012 to get the library back open for the community. She likes walking her dog, singing in Cricklesingers, sitting down with Crickleknitters, swimming, cooking and sewing. She’s learning Korean and Spanish and messes about on the melodeon..

Sally started work as a secretary long ago, since when she’s been a cook in a cafe, an editor and copywriter, worked in sales for exhibition space done marketing and the inevitable administration. She’s worked for both the public, private, voluntary and financial sectors, working with Bloomberg Publishing, the Metropolitan Police, TimeOut, schools and the DfE. Her community work started with PTAs and led her to run dog shows, crowdfunding campaigns and do construction management. Sally graduated with a BA Hons (Italian with French) from UCL, qualified from Capel Manor College with a ND Horticulture/Garden Design and has trained in Participatory Appraisal.

Sally is currently also Chair of the Friends of Gladstone Park, is on the Cricklewood Town Team and the Mapesbury Safer Neighbourhood Team. In addition Sally is a Trustee of the national association for community libraries, the Community Managed Libraries Peer Network.

Sally’s skills include running meetings, conference and community events management. Sally’s also been a dramaturg for a successful fringe musical Frank’s Closet and co-written songs performed at the Barbican, the Palladium and the Albert Hall. Seeing the library open and well-used is a dream come true for her.

Allan Evangelista spent his toddler years in Cricklewood, before moving up the road to Kingsbury.

He’s a qualified accountant (CIMA) since 2018, and has worked in finance for around 10 years (industries include food, confectionery, shoes, software).

He has previously and currently volunteered (budgeting, reporting and year end accounting) for an NGO in the Philippines (via Accountancy for International Development – AfiD) & an arts company in the UK.

He has an MSc in Mathematics from Queen Mary, University of London.

In his spare time, he runs (~50km a month), cycles (~120km a month), and fits in the odd round of golf.

Wendy has an MA in Information Services Management from London Met University. She is a local mum of one and and has lived in Cricklewood since 2006. Her working life currently consists of running a small events venue in South London. When not working for money she is a serial volunteer and general campaigning busybody.

Amongst her other passions are reading (naturally), making silver jewellery, and singing. She runs an amateur a cappella harmony group called Wrablers, and is an enthusiastic member of the newly formed Cricklesingers Choir.

Princess was born and bred in Brent, growing up in Willesden before moving to Cricklewood
in 2012. She is a local mum and is passionate about her local community.
Princess began her professional career in Human Resources many years ago and has since
moved over into Business Improvement and Quality Management. She is currently working
in Higher Education as a Quality Manager for a Music University. Princess also runs a party
entertainment service for children and families, which means she spends a lot of her spare
time dancing around and popping huge confetti canons!
As well as her role as Trustee, Princess manages the library’s social media accounts and
leads on communications on a voluntary basis, something which she thoroughly enjoys.

Lynette lives locally and first became involved with the Friends of Cricklewood Library group in the early 2000s, recording lectures given by local people (including most memorably, Norah Marshall’s stories of 1940’s life in the area). Later, when the new library came into being, she served for several years as its treasurer before handing the reins to Allen.

In her day job, Lynette is co-founder of Road to Amherst, a boutique consultancy helping businesses understand how to responsibly and effectively harness AI. Previously she worked at Google for 16 years, first as lead speechwriter for the head of Google Europe, ultimately becoming an expert in AI policy and responsible AI implementation. Previously, Lynette spent 6 years advising teams on emerging digital trends at Aegis Media (now Dentsu), 2 years in business development for NewsCorp’s European arm, and 4 years consulting at McKinsey. She has an MBA from New York University, B.Sc (Hons) from University of Melbourne, and is a former Australian ice-skating champion.

In her spare time, Lynette loves reading, gardening, country walks (when it’s sunny), and is a devoted cat-parent to Tiger.