JON
CO-FOUNDER OF GSL
Jon is the Co-Founder of Global Social Leaders, and the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Future Foundations.
KATY
CO-FOUNDER OF GSL
Katy is co-founder of Global Social Leaders and holds a Doctorate from the University of Oxford, where she researches leadership, flourishing, and education and is a post-doctoral teaching fellow. Katy is also a Deputy Headteacher.
JESS
PROGRAMMES DIRECTOR
Jess joined Future Foundations in September 2021. Jess brings a wide range of experience of working in the charity and education sectors in the UK and East Africa including setting up new schools, managing schools and running capacity building programmes for school staff and government education officials. Jess is passionate about the potential of young people to make the world a better place, and about the impact that learning to be a leader within their own lives and within wider society can have on helping young people grow and succeed in life. This is something she experienced first-hand when she was given the opportunity to participate in setting up a youth council in her town as a teenager which led to many opportunities including being elected as a trustee of the British Youth Council and appointed as an Executive Board member of the National Youth Agency when she was 18. Outside FF Jess is currently a trustee of the EA Foundation and a governor of Wimbledon Park Primary Federation. Jess is excited to be leading Future Foundation’s programmes which support the development of young people in a range of different ways, enabling them to reach their potential.
MICHELLE
OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
Michelle started her Future Foundations journey back in 2008 when she was at the University of Reading where she was leading the Enactus team. Working with FF on “Third Sector Edge”, Michelle mentored a team of sixth form students from Reading Girls School to successfully complete a project with social impact. In fact, one of those sixth formers is now a Coach on Future Foundations programmes! Michelle has a great belief in education in its many forms, having been the Principal of an EFL School, a teacher, a coach and a mentor. She was rather excited to join Future Foundations in 2016 and become part of our amazing programmes aiming to create the leaders of the future.
INDY
PROGRAMME MANAGER
Indy is a Programme Manager for Global Social Leaders at Future Foundations. Her role focuses on designing courses and content which is tailored to the young people that we support throughout the year. Indy studied Politics & International Relations at Warwick University and is currently undertaking an MA in Gender at Bristol University. She has a background in Social Innovation and Community Development via her role as Schools Programme Manager and has spent the last 6 years working in the youth sector and leading youth programmes across the UK. Indy is passionate about co-designing spaces and opportunities for young people which are led by them, in order to ensure that their voices are at the heart of everything.