TRUSTEES
Captain Tristan Loraine BCAi
Tristan learnt to fly at the age of 17 whilst studying in Northern Ireland. He continued his pilot training in California at the Sierra Academy of Aeronautics and graduated as a commercial pilot. Tristan flew for over 10,000 hours on a variety of commercial jet airliners such as the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, Boeing 737, 757 and 767.
At the age of 44, Tristan was ill-health retired as an airline captain with British Airways after repeated exposures to chemicals in the aircraft he flew. This was a year after completing his first Ironman triathlon event in Dorset, England.
Tristan was a union and Health & Safety representative for the British Airline pilots’ Association (BALPA) from 1998 to 2006. In 2006, Tristan started Fact Not Fiction Films Ltd and also became a founding Co-Chairman of the Global Cabin Air Quality Executive (GCAQE).
He was previously a Chairman of a World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Supporters Group and is currently a trustee for the Lucy Rayner Foundation.
He was awarded a British Citizen Award for Services to Industry (BCAi) at the inaugural BCA awards in 2015.
Dehenna Davison
Dehenna Davison is a British former politician and broadcaster. She served as the Member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland from 2019 to 2024.
She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up between September 2022 and September 2023
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Dehenna was one of the two initial Members of Parliament to support the Lobular Moon Shot Project in 2023. The project has become the most bipartisan politically supported campaigns in the history of the British nation with over 460 MPs now supporting the project.
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She studied British Politics and Legislative Studies at the University of Hull, where she was an NUS delegate, and successfully led a campaign to disaffiliate the university's student union in 2016.
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Melissa Dray
Melissa Dray is a former Cabin Crew member from Perth Western Australia.
Melissa was 24 years old and had been flying for only 3.5 years when she was involved in a large fume incident in April of 1999 on a BAe146 aircraft. She suffered immediate side effects and was taken to hospital off the flight. Subsequent investigations of the aircraft found it had experienced a major engine oil leak. Her health deteriorated over the weeks and months following this incident and by September of 1999 she had crewed her last flight.
In conjunction with trying to get well, Melissa ended up pursuing a 20 year legal battle at times representing herself against her employer and then the aircraft manufacturer British Aerospace.
Melissa has spoken at major conferences about her journey and is featured in several documentary films.
Alessandra Airaldi
Alessandra is a current cabin crew-member, and union representative. She specialises in the area of Occupational Health & Safety within her union and at a regional and European level.
She is a board member of the Global Cabin Air Quality Executive (GCAQE), the global coalition of health and safety advocates committed to raising awareness and finding solutions to poor air quality on commercial aircrafts.
Alessandra has presented at numerous international conferences on her area of expertise.
Katie Swinburne
As a passionate advocate for better awareness, research, and treatment of lobular breast cancer, I became involved with the Lobular Moonshot project shortly after my own diagnosis in 2023. A mother to three teenage boys and a dedicated teacher of 25 years, I’ve spent my career supporting young people aged 11–18 to develop essential cooking skills and embed their nutritional knowledge and understanding into everyday life.
My personal experience with lobular cancer has deepened my commitment to improving outcomes for others diagnosed with this underfunded and under-researched disease. I bring to the foundation a background in education, a love of the outdoors, and a strong belief in the power of community and collaboration to drive change.