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• Julie Stansfield, chief executive

  Julie is one of the founding members of In Control and was managing director before becoming chief executive in 2009.

• Martin Routledge, head of operations

  Martin Routledge joined In Control in April 2011 as head of operations. He is one of the founding members of In Control and has been at the heart of the development of the personalisation agenda both in policy and in practice. His most recen...

• Martin Cattermole, head of finance and business

  Martin Cattermole has joined In Control as head of finance and business. He has come from the Department of Health, where he led work on personal budgets, producing advice and guidance for councils based on learning from across the country.

• Caroline Tomlinson, consumer director

  Caroline Tomlinson is a co-founder and director of In Control. Caroline became involved in trying to influence change for people with disabilities when her son Joe contracted meningitis at six months old and was left with complex disabilities. Joe was...

• John Waters, research & evaluation lead

  John has worked in social care for 23 years starting work as a care assistant in a home for older people he trained as a social worker in the early 1990s and worked in a range of practice, management and commissioning roles. John's work on self-assess...

• Nic Crosby, children and young people lead

  Nic leads In Control's Children's Programme and the development of our 'whole life' approach. He also supports a number of adult services and is beginning work with local authorities on the development of life-long disability services.

• Rita Brewis, lead on health

  Rita is the health lead for In Control. She joined In Control initially to consider issues around self-directed support by people with mental health problems, and that research was reflected in 'A Voice and a Choice'.

• Lynne Elwell, Partners in Policymaking

  For more than 20 years Lynne has designed and run family leadership and information courses for disabled people and their families.

• Laura Bimpson, communications manager

  Laura Bimpson is In Control's communications manager overseeing all internal and external communication activity.

• Gaynor Cockayne, office manager

  Gaynor joined Mencap in 1997 within the Learning and Development team, co-ordinating the administration for their national training programme. During 2004, she was seconded to support In Control with the administration of the first pilot programmes of...

• Clare Roberts, Stay Connected network lead

  Clare studied health at Sheffield University. She then went on to work/study at The Institute For the Achievement of Human Potential (IAHP) in Philadelphia USA on child brain development. During this time, Clare also worked on facilitated communic...

• Donna Godding, events administrator

  Donna Godding joined In Control in 2009 as events co-ordinator and administrator, supporting team members with the co-ordination of In Control's events.

• Wendy Kellett, finance administrator

  After working for over 22 years for the administration and finance department of a major retailer, Wendy joined Mencap in 2001 as an administrator within the learning and development team.