Jo became Chief Executive in February 2023.

She joined the United Synagogue to implement the 2015 Strategic Review and since then became Director of Communities and Strategy.  Key areas of responsibility in this role included rabbinic recruitment, community development and the management of community life during the Covid pandemic.

Before working for the United Synagogue Jo was in leadership roles, at PaJeS and PJ Library following an earlier career in educational publishing.  She is an active member of her local community – where her love of community-building was ignited  – and is a  trustee of the Yavneh Foundation Trust.