Welcome to our new trustees
Museum of Homelessness (MOH) is thrilled to announce that our Board of Trustees is expanding. Our current excellent board of Aderonke Apata, Jane Cook, Sharon Heal (Chair), Katie Langford, Rachael Minott and Martha Spurrier carried out a skills audit as part of our organisational development last year. This has resulted in the recruitment of new board members to strengthen and enhance the board in areas where we need specific skills or experience. After a very competitive process, we are now delighted to welcome our five new members (list below), who will be joining the board over the next six months.
Please join us in welcoming them to the museum!
Alan Ribunal
I am an avid landscape photographer and a finance director with around 10 years of experience in helping ensure companies use their resources effectively. I am now looking forward to using my knowledge and experience for the greater good.
Amara Sharif
Amara Sharif
Amara is a Computer Scientist turned Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programme manager at a Big 4. Not only is she an activist, she is a self-published author who is passionate about increasing diversity in children’s literature. In 2023 she scooped up the Asian Women of Achievements award in the social and humanitarian category, a testament to her passion for all things Inclusion, Diversity and Equity.
Eva Datta
Eva Datta
Eva is an award winning marketer who works with design studios with a strong social purpose and a proven commitment to sustainability. She has previously worked with international firms White Arkitekter and HKS, as well as British studios Alison Brooks Architects, Patel Taylor, and Studio Bark. Originally from Liverpool, homelessness and addiction has been a consistent presence through the lives of her friends and people she knew. However, she has an unwavering belief in the power of community action to help alleviate and combat the systemic effects of failed government policy. Eva is excited to work with the MoH team and guests to help shape the next phase of development.
Hetty Tapper
Hetty Tapper
Hetty is the Gallery Project Manager at the Science Museum, responsible for updates and interventions in permanent galleries. She has a science background, studying Neuroscience at university and then working in scientific publishing and engagement but moved into the museum world as she wanted to engage new audiences in the topics she was passionate about. She is local to the new Museum of Homelessness site - she grew up in Hackney and has lived in Haringey for the past decade, cycling past the new site on her commute most days.
Richard Sandell is Professor in the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester and co-director of the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries. His research and practice, carried out in collaboration with museums, galleries and heritage organisations, explores the potential that museums might play in supporting human rights, social justice and equality. His most recent publications include – Museums, Moralities and Human Rights (2017) and Museum Activism (with Robert R. Janes) (2019), winner of the Canadian Museums Association’s award for Outstanding Achievement for Research in the Cultural Heritage Sector.
Siobhán Forshaw
Siobhán Forshaw is a curator and researcher who works in community-based and collaborative art spaces. She is a curator at New Town Culture, helping to create a new Women's Museum in East London. Her research focuses on conflict, trauma and healing through cultural heritage and ways the work of artists helps to articulate complex issues around identity. She is one half of Foot Notes, a collective working on arts and heritage projects between the UK and Ireland. She has been an active organiser in trade unions and has a particular interest in fair and sustainable working practices within the arts.