Role: The Trustees

I came to Leeds to study Psychology at the University and loved the city so much that I stayed. I went on to become a primary school teacher working in inner city schools. I have always valued the arts both in family life (I’m a mother of five boys) and at work, leading the subject [read more]

I joined Leeds City Council as Chief Librarian in June 2017 and am currently working on a variety of projects. These include the merger of libraries with Customer Services to create a network of Community Hubs across the City and the introduction of a new Storybus service for children aged 0- 5 years and their [read more]

Vice Chair I spent over 10 years in Arts Marketing, seven of those as Head of Communications for York Theatre Royal. I also spent some time in the world of Higher Education as Deputy Director of Marketing at York St John University and I am now Head of Marketing at Castle Howard.