She has previously worked as an Interim CEO and Organisation Effectiveness Director at Respond, a charity supporting autistic people and people with a learning disability who have experienced abuse, violence or trauma. Earlier in her career, she was also Director of Clinical Services at SurvivorsUK and Head of Talking Therapies at Wimbledon Guild.
Georgina is a qualified psychodynamic psychotherapist and music therapist, who has supported autistic children and adults through her work. She understands the importance of lived experience as a parent carer of a SEN child herself and also having served as a Trustee for both Carers First and Embrace Child Survivors of Crime.
“On behalf of the Trustees and team at the PDA Society, we are delighted to have someone of Georgina’s calibre joining us to support the important work we do with PDAers and their families. Georgina is experienced, warm and as ambitious about building awareness and understanding about PDA and helping PDAers thrive as we are.”
Sally Cairns, Chair of Trustees
“I’m excited to be joining the PDA Society at such an important time, as the charity marks its 10th anniversary. I’m dedicated to deepening understanding of PDA in all its complexity, and working relationally across systems to create and sustain environments in which PDAers of all ages and their families can truly thrive. I look forward to working in collaboration with the Trustees, the team and our wider community of stakeholders to build on that impact and shape a thoughtful and ambitious path forward.”
Georgina Hoare, PDA Society incoming CEO