Our people
Jonny Sobczyk Boddington
Founder and Director, RBU Partnership
Having started his career as a teacher, Jonny has since worked predominantly in start-up and fast growth organisations in both private and third sectors, with a theme of social justice running through most of his projects. He is the Founder and Director of the RBU Partnership.
Josh Ryan Collins
Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Jude Fransman
Consultant
Judith Parry
Civic Scholar
Judith is studying the wellbeing impact of grassroots ‘community-led’ housing for her PhD. Her work is focused on green space and infrastructure.
Julie Munro
Financial Controller
Julie joined The Young Foundation in February 2023 after working in finance roles in the charity and education sectors for more than twenty years.
Karen Clarke
RSM McClure Watters
Kate Gavron
Chair, Folio Holdings Ltd and the Folio Society Ltd
Kate has a background in book publishing and writing. She chairs Folio Holdings Ltd and the Folio Society Ltd, and is on the board of Granta Publications. She is a trustee of BalletBoyz. She co-authored The New East End with Geoff Dench and our founder, Michael Young, in 2006, and she was co-author of Young at 80: the prolific public life of Michael Young.
Kate Hainsworth
CEO, Leeds Community Foundation / Give Bradford
Kate is an experienced CEO, skilled in managing non-profit organisations – especially in the arts and local community activity – and rooted in her home region of Leeds, Bradford and West Yorkshire.