Sam Smethers
Sam Smethers has been the Chief Executive of Grandparents Plus, the national charity which champions the vital role of grandparents and the wider family in children’s lives, since 2008. She was previously Director of Public Affairs of the Equal Opportunities Commission and also has experience as a communications consultant and eight years of working in Parliament. Sam is a former trustee of Gingerbread and the Fawcett Society. She has four children and was brought up by her grandparents.