Committee members

UCU members at the University of Leeds elect a committee to run union affairs in between the all-member general meetings. (General meetings of all members are the primary decision making mechanism locally, committee meetings are the secondary one.) Election is for one year from 1 September. The committee can appoint up to four additional committee members.

Committee members 2025-2026

Committee members for the academic year 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026. This page should show current committee members – see footnotes for changes since initial elections.

Officers of the committee


President: Jenny Rivas Perez
Vice-president: Sandy James
Immediate past president: Aisha Walker
Honorary secretary: Vicky Blake
Treasurer: Nigel Bubb
Membership officer: Vacant
Health and safety officer: Neil Maughan
Equality officer: Sinéad D’Silva
Campaigns officer: Vacant
Anticasualisation officer: Dan Howdon
Casework officer: Jane Holgate

Ordinary members of the committee

(*Members of UCU’s national executive committee are automatically on the committee of their local branch.)

  • Andi Rylands
  • Chloe Wallace
  • Fozia Bora
  • Gogo Anyanwu
  • Hugh Hubbard
  • Marcia Allison
  • Mark Taylor-Batty*
  • Rachel Walls
  • Sally Heier
  • Stuart Hodkinson

UCU members at University of Leeds elect a new committee each year at or after the Annual General Meeting. Find out more at standing for election to the UCU branch committee.

Committee leads

The committee often appoints ordinary members to lead on specific priority areas of the committee’s work. This is not the same as an elected branch officer position – committee leads are typically not allocated facility time and are supported by a branch officer who has overall responsibility for that area of work.

The roles below are included only as placeholder text and are not up to date.

Black members equality:
Migrant members equality:
LGBT+ members equality:
Disabled members equality:
Women members equality:
Issues affecting academic-related professional services members:
Issues affecting members who are postgraduate students:
Climate change and the ecological emergency:
Pensions:
Communications: Rachel Walls

This page was last updated on 22 January 2026