Our leadership team
Women in Transport was founded as a volunteer-led organisation in 2005. Volunteers remain at the heart of delivering the mission of Women in Transport. Our volunteer board is formed of members of Women in Transport who contribute their time and skills.
On this page:
President Welcome and Pillars
Our Board of Directors
Key Contacts
Our purpose
Vision (where we aspire to be):
At its core, our vision is to integrate women into the fabric of transport so that their views are holistically represented without a future need for an organisation like Women in Transport.
Mission (what we’re here to do):
We improve outcomes for women working in transport by supporting professional development, creating a platform for knowledge-sharing and networking, and collaborating with and influencing the industry.
Our Presidential Pillars
1. Inspiring the Next Generation
We will look to build the pipeline for women to join the industry, by encouraging the next generation and taking the necessary steps to improve the sector for women.
It’s clear from our members we need to start engaging with young people at the time they are making career decisions. This means working with educational institutions, from schools to universities, to engage with young women so they consider transport a viable and fulfilling career path.
I am passionate about working with young people to change perceptions of the industry, and believe by profiling women as role models and the range of exciting careers on offer, we can encourage more young women to join the sector.
2. Influencing Industry to Decarbonise
I want Women in Transport to be seen as an active and relevant voice, so we must focus on the biggest issue that is challenging our industry: the climate crisis.
We will work with the APPG for Women in Transport to influence policy and ensure sufficient progress is being made by government and industry on our net zero ambitions.
We will also look to challenge barriers that prevent women from pursuing forms of active travel and work with the industry to highlight and promote best practice for transitioning to net zero.
3. Supporting Women’s Safety
Our members tell us they want to feel safe, both as transport workers and as users of the network.
We will work with industry, parliamentarians and government to ensure women’s safety as public transport customers and workers is a top priority. We will seek the creation and enforcement of policies that ensure women are protected and feel safe.
4. Challenging Cultural and Gender Barriers
Women in Transport will lead the transport industry in being more inclusive for everyone.
We know our members from ethnic minority communities face cultural barriers to leadership. Based on this feedback, we are developing a unique leadership programme that is designed and led by our members from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. The programme will work alongside our LEAD programme and together they will help diversify the industry and close the skills gap.
Jo Field — President
Jo is the President of Women in Transport and has been a Board member since 2015, where she led the industry body’s engagement with parliamentarians to set up the first ever All-Party Parliamentary Group for Women in Transport in 2016. As President, Jo has overseen Women in Transport growing from a small, London-based group to a UK-wide organisation that is a powerful movement for change.
Aside from her voluntary work with Women in Transport, Jo is the Founder and Chief Executive of JFG Communications, a public affairs and stakeholder engagement consultancy that is helping the transport and infrastructure industries to decarbonise and diversify their workforce. Named among the 100 most influential women in Westminster and the top ten most inspirational women in public affairs, Jo has over 20 years of experience in helping transport companies engage their stakeholders, build advocacy for their plans, and inform and influence public policy.
Before founding JFG Communications, Jo spent almost a decade at Transport for London where she built and led the company’s award-winning stakeholder engagement team, building stakeholder support and advocacy for London’s transport infrastructure and the funding to deliver it.
Jo is a Chartered Public Relations practitioner and a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation.
Marny Moruzzi — Vice President
Katie Hulland — Past President
Sonya Byers OBE — CEO
Matthew Regan — Company Secretary
Rachael Collman — Treasurer
Rachael joined Women in Transport in 2024 as Treasurer and a member of the Board. As Treasurer, Rachael is working with the team on the continued optimisation of our financial systems, processes and data management and insights.
Rachael has held business performance leadership roles in organisations such as EMCOR/GlaxoSmithKline and Sodexo. She has also worked as Managing Director of an engineering and consultancy firm, and is currently the Director of Finance and Operations at CYSIAM, a cybersecurity company.
Rachael specialises in strategy development and delivery, and performance optimisation, having previously led business transformation programmes, FP&A, quality and compliance.
Lauren Sager Weinstein — Board Adviser
As Chief Data Officer at Transport for London (TfL), Lauren leads TfL in using vast amounts of system data to transform how TfL plans and operates transport in London. Lauren created TfL’s Data and Analytics department, building a team of data scientists, data software developers, and analytics translators who provide data tools for TfL to understand customer travel behaviour, and analytic tools to operate and plan London’s vast transport network. Her team’s analysis has been instrumental during the challenges during Coronavirus, providing TfL, London city officials, UK Government, and the public with information about how travel changed during the pandemic.
Lauren joined TfL in 2002 and she’s held a variety of roles, working on many projects, including the launch of the contactless payment system across London’s transport network. Originally from Washington, DC, USA, she has degrees from Princeton University and from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, who awarded Lauren the 2019 Alumni Award for Digital Innovation. Lauren was named the 2017 UK Chief Data Officer of the year by the CDO Club, and was honoured to be included in The Female Lead’s 20 role models in Data & Technology 2017. She’s also made an appearance on the DataIQ100 List for several years.
Lauren is a founding member of Women in Transport, and was instrumental in its creation in 2005. She’s served in several positions on the Board, including Acting President as maternity cover for the then-President. Lauren has seen Women in Transport go from strength to strength over the years and she’s delighted to be back on the Board to help shape its future direction.
APPG Secretariat — JFG Comms
D&I Bus Group — Dal Kalirai
Events & CPD Lead — Steve Griffiths
External Partnerships Lead — Gary Lincoln
Equity Index Lead — Sue Terpilowski OBE
Women’s Safety Group Lead — Jade Neville
Lead Programme Director — Iain Smith
Advance Programme Director — Angela Gainsford
Intersectionality Programme Director — Shireen Ali-Khan
For details on our regional leads, see the Our Regions page.