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Care and Support Committee
Pauline is an experienced Executive and Non-Executive who has worked with a range of housing organisations and charities for over 28 years, most recently as an Executive Director at Peabody in London, and as an independent consultant. She brings experience in charity and not-for-profit sector governance; leading and designing customer services; property and asset management; customer and client engagement; and devising and delivering change programmes to improve outcomes for customers/clients and staff teams.
She has a passionate interest in care and support services and has seen the real difference that a safe environment and the right care and support can provide. In addition to being Chair of the Care and Support Committee and Board Member with Riverside, she is Chair of Southdown Housing Association a housing, care and support provider based in Sussex.
John Glenton took over as the Executive Director for Care and Support in April 2016, following three years as Director of Operations. John has more than 25 years’ experience in the care and support sector.
John’s career began as a Support Worker and has held various management roles over the past 20 years covering business development, strategy and operations.
With 25 years' multiple disciplined housing experience, Sara has built a reputation in delivery.
12 years heading up retirement and extra care services and then Executive Director for all Care and Support services for a major housing association has led to a huge understanding of what is required to deliver exceptional quality services in challenging housing times.
Michele has over thirty years experience of working within disability issues, disabled people’s organisations and the VCSE and recently retired from the role of Chief Executive at Breakthrough UK a role she held for 11 years. Michele enjoys working collaboratively to achieve change and reduce inequalities. Michele’s key interests are to influence local, regional and national policy and practice and remove the barriers that prevent disabled people and other marginalised communities from living independent and healthy lives.
Michele is a highly experienced strategic leader and influencer and operational manager in local government and the third sector, with strong business acumen, significant experience in change management, policy and business development.
Michele has nationally known expertise in disability issues and was awarded a place on the ‘Power 100 list’ of most influential disabled people in the UK in 2017.
Current Governance and Scrutiny roles include: Chair: Warrington Housing Association, Director: North West Care Co-operative & member of the North West Regional Stakeholder Network of disabled people.
Until March 2023 Michele was; Co-Chair of Greater Manchester Mayor’s Disability Panel, a member of Greater Manchester Voluntary Sector Leadership Group, elected member of Our Manchester Leaders Forum and Chair of several lived experience panels.
Up till March 2022 on its dissolution, Michele was an appointed member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission – Disability Advisory Committee a role she held for 5 years.
Michele began her career working & volunteering for disabled people’s organisations and in the mid 90’s moved into Local Government where she spent 10 years in corporate roles, first as a Disability Equality Officer and then in a managerial role developing and leading best practice in service delivery – whilst there she obtained her Masters in Management.
Michele has a hearing impairment.
Pam is based in Essex and is currently the Minister 57 West, a Baptist church plant among adults experiencing homelessness or who are vulnerably housed. Pam has a wealth of experience working alongside individuals from complex backgrounds and has joined the Committee as church representative. In addition to this role, Pam is a trustee of One Body One Faith, a grassroots charity enabling LGBTQ+ Christians and advocating for change within the church.
Appointed January 2024
Wendy has over 20 years of Board and Committee experience in the NHS, not for profit sector and local government. She joined OHG in 2018 as a Board member and was a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and Chair of Care & Support Committee.
She began her career as a Clinical psychologist working in the NHS eventually moving into management. Wendy brings long experience of partnership working across sectors from the creating the first joint commissioning between the NHS and Social Services, sports and disability and latterly creating innovative services between Health and Housing.
Wendy has led regional strategies, worked across many disability and client groups. She has a passion for enabling the voice of people who use the services provided. She was Chief Executive of an NHS Foundation Trust for 10 years until her retirement.
Appointed July 2024
Rod is a qualified accountant and has worked in the NHS for over 30 years most recently for Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and prior to that for 8 years as CEO of Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust. Rod is also a board member of Flourish Enterprises CIC, which provides mental health vocational support and specialist end-of-life care and a Trustee at CATCH, a charity that provides holistic, restorative, learning for a young people in Leeds.
Appointed July 2024
Brian is a qualified Youth & Community Worker. He holds a degree in Psychology, is PRINCE II qualified and holds an Assessor Award.
Brian has held management roles in social care for over 20 years and has been a director for the past 11 years. He is currently Director of Adult Social Care at Mind in London. In addition to his full time Director role, Brian is Vice Chair of a London based community organization, holds a Public Appointment at the Ministry of Defense and volunteers at Shelter Charity.
Brian lives in south west London and is originally from Yorkshire.