NORTH RIDING COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION - Key Persons


Aimee Leonard

Job Titles:
  • Football Operations Officer - Finance Lead

Barry Casterton - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Callum Guy

Job Titles:
  • Football Administration Assistant

Clair Shield

Job Titles:
  • Designated Safeguarding Officer

Courtney Jones

Job Titles:
  • Events & Partnerships

David Goodwin

Job Titles:
  • Senior Independent Director
Background David possesses a wealth of coaching experience, having coached both boys and girls in both the UK and USA for over 43 years. Alongside his coaching, David has undertaken a number of various voluntary roles in the game, ranging from fundraising, Club Welfare Officer, Treasurer, Chairman, Events Manager, and Major Project Manager.

Dr Tanya Gray

Job Titles:
  • Non Executive Independent Director
  • Research Associate With Durham University
Dr Tanya Gray has over 20 years of experience developing sports participation, voluntary sector capacity building and economic regeneration initiatives. Currently, Tanya supports sports clubs and voluntary associations (particularly in economically deprived areas facing multiple social and community challenges), with strategic and business planning, fund raising, bid writing and project evaluations. Tanya is a research associate with Durham University publishing works on place-based community development and a Board member of a local leisure trust.

Iain Broom - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Finance Director
BACKGROUND: Spent 11 years working at Chipchase Manners & Co, Middlesbrough before leaving to set up own firm. Broom Sturman & Co was formed in 1992 with Allan Sturman and has operated from an office in Acklam since then.

Jasmine Morris

Job Titles:
  • Football Development Officer - Women and Girls and Disability, and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Officer )

Joe Chidanyika

Job Titles:
  • Health & Wellbeing Director

John Campbell

Job Titles:
  • Football Development Director

John Fothergill

Job Titles:
  • Head of Football Development & Operations )

Lesley Clark

Job Titles:
  • Football Operations Officer - Discipline Lead

Louise Radwan

Job Titles:
  • Non - Executive Independent Director

Mentor Programme

Job Titles:
  • FA Coach

Ross Joyce

Job Titles:
  • Referee Development Manager

Steven Wade - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive
BACKGROUND: Worked at North Riding FA since 2005 initially joining as a Football Development Officer before spending 7+ years as the County Development Manager. Previously worked in the Sports Development Team at the City of Sunderland Council. Steven is an FA Safeguarding Children Tutor and FA Level 2 qualified coach.