Jo is passionate about the transformative power of education and combatting inequalities across the system. Following 15 years in the classroom as teacher, AST, and leader, Jo worked as Senior Education Adviser and Senior Project Manager at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change for ten years. She was privileged to develop networks of stakeholders including policy makers, educational leaders and educators across 60 + countries. For the FED Jo led on the 2021-22 national consultation and co-authored the subsequent report. Jo is co-founder of WECAN, a women consultants and advisers group, an adviser for a Life Skills Ed-tech company and a primary school governor. Jo loves the company of young people and feels that teachers and school leaders are her natural tribe.