Elected Executive Board members

The AYM board meets quarterly and comprises elected Executive Board members, AYM staff and observers to the board (Deputy Regional Representatives and Observers). Members of the AYM board are also portfolio leads, responsible for communicating between the membership, the executive and external stakeholders on a thematic basis.

Please click on the links for descriptions of the roles of our Regional Representatives

Executive Officers

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Kay Dargue
AYM Chair
Middlesbrough YJS
chair@aym.org.uk

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Charlie Spencer
Vice Chair
Tameside
vicechair@aym.org.uk

 

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David Webb
Secretary
Dorset Combined
secretary@aym.org.uk

Regional Representatives

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Kathy Gill
North West
Wirral

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Carly Turner
Leicestershire
East Midlands

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Sarah Griffin
Yorkshire & Humberside
Bradford

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Celia Payne
West Midlands
Wolverhampton

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Emma Blackwell
North East
Gateshead

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Pat Jennings
East
Bedfordshire

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Michelle Edwards
London
Newham

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Jon Ralph
South West
Torbay

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Ruth Hayles
South East
Isle of Wight

Additional Executive Members

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Jacqui Belfield-Smith MBE
Stockport

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Hazel Williamson
Staffordshire

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Tom Dooks
Cheshire

Non-Elected Executive Board members

Deputy Regional Representative

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Alison Sabaroche

London
Hammersmith & Fulham

 

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Samantha Starmer
North East (Inc. Cumbria)
South Tees

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Tom Lang

NorthWest
Manchester YJS

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Samantha Fahey
South West
Somerset

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Joy Molloy
West Midlands
Stoke on Trent

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Chris Sweeting
Yorkshire & Humberside
Kirklees

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John Evans
Nottinghamshire
East Midlands

Observers

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Jessica Edwards
Hackney

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Diz Minnitt

SEND and Speech & Language Portfolio