Meet our Trustees
Dianne Smith
Di is a founder Trustee having sat around our first CEO Julie Budge’s kitchen table in 2014 when the concept of My Sisters House was born.
Her background is in Education as a former Secondary Headteacher and Government Workforce Advisor. She became an independent consultant in 2010 training mostly Children’s Services employees across the country on how to use coaching to improve performance. Her consultancy also included recruitment of Senior Managers in Education, writing successful bids for and opening new academies and University Technical Colleges.
Throughout her career Di has been a passionate advocate for empowerment of women Her first Headship was of a failing inner city girls’ school which under her leadership was transformed into the most heavily oversubscribed school in the city making a real difference to the lives of countless under privileged girls who left the school at 16 as young women with confidence, resilience and equipped for life in an ever-changing world. She brings this same passion to her role as the current Chair of Trustees for My Sister’s House where everyday women are helped to realise their courage, determination and full potential to make changes they are proud of. To’ Thrive not just Survive’
Sylvie Collier
Sylvie Collier is one of the founder members of My Sisters’ House and the organisation’s first chair. She has remained an active Board member and Trustee.
Professionally she is a journalist, documentary film-maker, photographer. She is a former newspaper reporter in London and the USA, and a television Producer-Director, working across network, cinema and independent productions. Her personal commitments include voluntary roles in the public, community and charity sectors.
Stephanie Emery
Stephanie is an experienced HR and finance specialist. Now retired, Stephanie worked for US investment bank J.P. Morgan for eighteen years, most recently as the Head of Compensation and Benefits for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Stephanie is a chartered accountant and chartered tax advisor and previously worked for the accountancy firm Coopers & Lybrand (now part of PwC) for over ten years.
Inspired by a desire to support an organisation which helps local women to lead their best lives, Stephanie has been a volunteer at My Sisters’ House since October 2021. She was appointed as a Trustee in February 2023. Stephanie is married and has two children and one grandson.
Louise Hastings
Louise Hastings is the finance trustee for My Sisters House who joined the board on 6 October 2021. She is an FCA qualified account and a partner with Moore (South) LLP based in the Chichester office. She has an extensive experience in the not for profit sector and is a member of the Finance and HR Committee.
Kim Hoiser
Kim originally trained as a social worker and was employed in child protection. She joined her local rape crisis centre as a volunteer in 1990 and worked in the sector for thirty years, this included the role of Centre Director.
Kim currently works in private practice as a UKCP registered gestalt psychotherapist and accredited EMDR practitioner providing individual and couples therapy. Kim is also a qualified clinical supervisor and works with individuals, groups and organisations including charities and community interest companies. She specialises in the sexual and domestic abuse sector and has provided training to organisations working in the field.
