Tim Halstead (Chair)
Tim is a solicitor and joined the trustees in 2013. He chaired the Finance and Resources Committee before becoming chair or the board in 2017.
Richard Lewis
Richard joined the board in 2024. He is a retired chartered surveyor who chairs the campaign board for THE BUILD project and is a member of the Finance and Resources Committee.
Jenny Slee
Jenny is a solicitor and joined the board in 2013. She wants to help children, young people and their families in Yorkshire and the surrounding areas.
Gordon Singer
Gordon became a director in 2018. He is a member of our Finance and Resources Committee where he hopes to use his experience to support our finance team.
Mike Millington
Mike joined the board in 2013. He is passionate about providing care and support to the families that use our services.
Stephen Plews
Steven takes an active role in supporting our fundraising teams and is also a member of the Finance and Resource committee.
Tim Straughan
Tim joined the board in 2017 and chairs the Finance and Resources Committee. He wants to use his experience to help the hospice provide the best possible personalised care.
Dr Shiela Puri
Dr Puri joined the board in 2022. She worked as a consultant paediatrician with children with complex neuro-disability for 25 years. She is passionate to help support families and children with complex needs.
Dr Jayne Price
Dr Jayne Price is a children's nurse and has a wide range of experience in children's palliative care practice, education, as a trustee and in research. She is currently a Professor in children's nursing at Kingston University London. Having undergone her children's nursing course and degree in Leeds in the 90s, she feels serving on the Board of Martin House is like coming back to her roots and enables her to give something back to children and their families in Yorkshire.
Emeritus Professor Patricia McKinney
Tricia has a background in research on improving the health and care of children with a variety of serious conditions. She currently represents the Martin House Research Centre based at the University of York.
Yasmin Khan
Yasmin trained as a GP and now works in a leadership role in the NHS in Yorkshire, where she has lived for many years. She is keen to use her skills and knowledge of health service dynamics to support Martin House to grow and make a difference to even more families and young people’s lives when they need it most.