Sarah has a MA in Law from the University of Oxford and a PGCE from the University of Hertfordshire. She is a qualified solicitor who has worked in the City, in industry and for Cambridge University colleges. She is also a qualified teacher and has worked as a volunteer in local schools and in museum education in Hertford and Cambridge. She has studied History of Art and Creative Writing at Cambridge University Institute of Continuing Education and also spent a year studying Jewish Muslim relations at the Woolf Institute.
Sarah is the Chair of UCSA, a collaboration between The University of Hertfordshire and Oaklands College, and also a member of the Professional Advisory Group supporting the work of the Hertfordshire Law School at the University. She works with a number of groups across Hertfordshire focussing on diversity, inclusion and equalities and has acted as independent chair of the Hertfordshire Hate Crime Partnership Board. Sarah is an Ambassador for the Hertfordshire Community Foundation, patron of the Herts Domestic Abuse Helpline and a trustee of One Vision, Watford. She is also a voluntary bereavement supporter for Cruse Bereavement Care and served for many years as a school safeguarding governor.
Sarah was born and brought up in Hertfordshire. She served as High Sheriff of Hertfordshire from 2019 to 2020 and sits on the Council of the High Sheriffs Association. In 2021 she was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Hertfordshire. She has four children and enjoys travel, walking, tennis and visiting galleries and museums.
Professor of Diversity in Public Health and Director of the Institute for Health Research at the University of Bedfordshire. The Institute for Health Research hosts a thriving health research programme, examining issues throughout the whole of the life-course from pre-conception to end-of-life care and He was the Research Lead for the Unit of Assessment 3
(Health) for the REF2021 and REF2014.
Sally is the Director of Human Resources at Hertfordshire County Council, with a workforce of over 8,000 staff, working everyday to contribute to the vision and priorities centred around four key areas: improving the health and wellbeing of our people, protecting, and improving our environment, supporting the sustainable and responsible growth of our county, and providing excellent services that are accessible for all.