Who's Who in Jessie's Fund

Victoria Wood
Patron
Victoria needs little introduction. She is a multi-talented stand-up comedian, actress, and writer who has won many awards for her wide-ranging work.

She says 'What I love about music is we don't know what it is, how it works, and it doesn't matter. It's all about totally personal response, it helps us find out who we are, and we all deserve that, however many days we're given.'

Michael Stott
Chair of Trustees
Michael retired from a management role with IBM after a business career spanning 33 years. Since then he was for 10 years Development Director of a major musical ensemble, has worked in public affairs consultancy, a sports sponsorship organisation and with two other charities. He has been an adviser and then a Trustee of Jessie's Fund for more than 10 years. He lives in London and indulges his love of music through frequent visits to concert hall and opera house.

Steven Burkeman
Trustee
Steven has extensive experience in the not-for-profit sector, having worked as a chief executive, a board member, and a volunteer. He ran the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust for nearly 20 years, and was for 6 years a board member of the Community Fund (now part of the Big Lottery Fund).

Joe Chamberlain
Trustee
Joe is a consultant in palliative medicine, having held posts at Guy's Hospital and St George's Hospital, along with a senior lectureship in medicine. He was Director and Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Trinity Hospice until 1999, when he retired from active medical practice. He was Medical Director of King Edward VII Hospital
2002-3.

Marion Friend
Trustee
Marion is the Director of Junior Trinity, the Saturday school of Trinity College of Music. In the early part of her career, Marion combined freelance orchestral playing with peripatetic oboe teaching and class teaching, before taking up senior arts administration posts at the Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Young Musician of the Year and Wigmore Hall.

Alan George
Trustee
Alan, father of Jessie, is the viola player in the Fitzwilliam String Quartet, which originally became well known for its relationship with Shostakovich, whose last three quartets they premiered in the UK. He has held teaching posts at the University of York and the Royal Northern College of Music, as well as a residency at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by both Bucknell University (USA) and the University of York.

Hannah George
Trustee
Hannah is training as a Clinical Psychologist in Leeds, having completed her PhD at Newcastle University. As the sister of Jessie, the fund is something very close to Hannah's heart. She has been involved since the outset, when she was just 12 (designing the first version of our logo!), and felt honoured to be invited to become a trustee in 2004.

Mary Hodgson
Trustee
Mary has known Jessie's family since meeting Lesley and Alan through music in the 1980s. She is a counsellor of young people with a special interest in creative ways of communicating. The work of Jessie's Fund is particularly inspiring for her since it is a communication beyond words.

Rebecca Howard
Trustee
I am a housewife at a rather unusual house, and mother to young twins Merlin and Octavia. Having worked as an historical researcher, primarily in the field of 18th and 19th century Balkan Politics, I moved careers into the world of classical music, organising concerts and recitals - something I would very much like to continue at Castle Howard. Having played the piano from the age of four, and now beginning to sit down with my own children at the keyboard, I can totally understand and applaud the tremendous work and achievements of Jessie's Fund.

Lesley Schatzberger
Development Director
Lesley is a clarinettist, having been involved in a wide range of music-making - from working with Stockhausen in his chamber group to touring extensively with orchestras such as the English Baroque Soloists and the Academy of Ancient Music. Following the death of Jessie, her daughter, she increasingly turned her energies towards running Jessie's Fund. In 2006 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of York.

Tom Northey
Soundtracks Project Manager
Tom has worked in arts administration and project management across the U.K., including three years with the Education Department of Opera North. He enjoys working on projects that bring together the talents and ideas of young people with those of professional musicians. Tom lives in Manchester where he also works with a visual arts organisation.

Karen Kadow
Administrator
Karen has supported Lesley in the office as the charity's part-time Administrator since 2001. During that time, she has also qualified as a French-English translator, and worked privately as an English tutor. As a music-lover and mother of two children busy learning their own musical instruments, she is keenly aware of the importance of the services Jessie's Fund provides and is delighted to be able to contribute to its success.