Director

Julia Unwin has been the Director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation since 1 January 2007.

She was previously Deputy Chair of the Food Standards Agency and worked as an independent consultant operating within government and the voluntary and corporate sectors. In that role, she focused on the development of services and in particular the governance and funding of voluntary organisations.

She also served as a member of the Housing Corporation Board for 10 years and a Charity Commissioner from 1998 until 2003.

Among other voluntary roles, she was chair of the Trustees of the Refugee Council from 1995 until 1998.

Julia has long experience as an advocate for the users of housing, health and social care services.

Julia is a member of the Prime Minister's Council on Social Action, a member of the Ethics Committee at the University of York and a Governor of the Pensions Policy Institute.

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