Iona joined the RSM team in August 2020 having volunteered as a Parish Pal during the first lockdown in 2020. She previously worked for Central & Cecil, a Not for Profit housing trust in London where she was responsible for training and mentoring professional carers. Upon joining RSM, Iona trained as a Dementia Champion and is determined to sign up local businesses and organisations to the Wealden Dementia Charter, and make Rotherfield a dementia friendly village.