David works as the CEO of North Yorkshire Youth which supports young people with a number of provisions including youth clubs and one-to-one sessions. He enjoys the diversity of everyday, and in particular developing the ways he approaches obstacles and generating practical solutions and is looking to support a mentee with general support and guidance.

Liz has been the Chief Officer of Hambleton Community Action since 2019, after spending most of her career in operations management roles in a range of fields within the private sector. She is a Chartered Manager and Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, with more than 15 years practitioner experience in senior leadership roles, balanced with theoretical understanding and academic study. Liz has postgraduate degrees in social sciences, manufacturing leadership and international human rights law. She is an advocate of lean management and agile approaches, and has a “green belt” in Six Sigma (process improvement methodology). She is highly analytic, definitely unorthodox, and passionate about reducing and removing inequality, injustice, abuse and neglect.

As CEO at Time Together, Louise believes that everyone has the potential to learn and develop with the right support, and she leads with compassion and social responsibility. She likes supporting individuals on their professional journey to help them grow. Enjoying giving back to her community, Louise is also a trustee for a youth charity and a governor at a primary school. In her spare time, she enjoys yoga and a good book or podcast.

Lucy has worked as a CEO at a Housing Association for young people for the past five years, and previously worked in several large and small VCS organisations. While she does a bit of everything in her role, she would particularly like to support an individual interested in fundraising and is also interested in mental health.

Sally has experience working across business support services, education, the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector and not-for-profit organisations. She is the CEO of a membership organisation and holds trustee roles at a number of organisations and also provides marketing consultancy predominately in education. An experienced mentor, Sally has worked with individuals to help them progress in their careers, overcome challenging situations and support personal development.

I run an award-winning community interest company which I founded to promote community cohesion and engagement.  As well as being a Director of Tadcrafters CIC,I am also a Development Officer for Community First Yorkshire.

I am currently helping to steer initiatives to develop a more sustainable economy and environment in Tadcaster, and also to instigate the creation of a community arts centre.

I am skilled at helping people to understand complex issues and enabling them to be able to make their own informed decisions. I have a good grounding in both science and the arts.

With a varied background of teaching, business and voluntary sector community engagement I think I can be an effective and supportive guide to empower and inspire a mentee.

Valentina Hynes is a distinguished social entrepreneur, and speaker, with over 15 years experience inspiring diverse audiences globally. As the founder and CEO of SVH Inc. CIC (Strong Vibrant Happy & Incorporated), a workplace wellbeing solutions provider, she brings a unique perspective that emphasises success with purpose and social impact. Her extensive experience and insight make her an invaluable guide for aspiring entrepreneurs and business leaders seeking to drive positive change.