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.
DRISHYA
PROGRAMME MANAGER
Drishya has previously worked in India’s education and development sector. She has designed and developed programmes on teacher pedagogy and motivation, socio-emotional wellbeing and lifelong learning. She’s worked with a wide range of stakeholders including students, teachers, school leaders and government education officials. She has also previously worked as a Teach For India Fellow in Mumbai and holds a Master’s in International Education and Development from the University of Sussex. She believes that it is curious, critical thinking, action-oriented young people and children who will create resilient and sustainable communities. Through GSL, she feels that young people will get the opportunity, exposure and tools to gain these skills and mindsets. At work, she is interested in processes that facilitate design thinking, co-creation and contextualization. Outside of work, she enjoys doodling, reading fantasy fiction books, listening to podcasts, cooking Indian food and eating masala dosas!