Our Staff

Indy Cross joins Agenda Alliance with almost 20 years of experience in the not-for-profit sector, as an expert in stakeholder relations, strategic planning, communications and fundraising.

Indy is a Trustee of Birthrights, and before leading Agenda Alliance she held senior leadership positions at criminal justice charity Spark Inside; young people’s enterprise charity The Peter Jones Foundation; and Arts Council England.

Indy has run strategic brand and communications programmes for high-profile organisations, including the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games and the Government Equalities Office, working with the Ministers for Women and Equalities.

Jess has worked in policy, research and co-production in the voluntary sector for over fifteen years, with a focus on women and girls, and social justice.

Before joining Agenda Alliance, she held a variety of research and policy roles with organisations including Plan International UK, the Howard League and the Young Women's Trust.

She is a Trustee for Clean Break, having previously sat on the board of Women's Breakout and Clinks. She has a Masters in Gender from the LSE, is a Griffins Society Fellow and volunteers with Opening Doors London.

Krystal has over a decade’s experience in the charity sector both in the UK and abroad, specialising in high-net-worth-individuals and corporate engagement. Prior to joining Agenda Alliance, Krystal worked for various small and medium charities and NGOs in the international development space.

Her ability to maintain, build and grow donor/stakeholder relationships both regionally and internationally has contributed to her success. She has also used her voice to advocate for people of colour within the sector, through the Antiracism Initiative she set up with two former colleagues. Krystal also currently serves as interim chair at a small women and birthing people charity.

Maria has joined Agenda Alliance with over 15 years of experience, including frontline work in public services, local authorities, and large third sector organisations, both in the UK and internationally. She has built on this cross-sector experience to develop meaningful co-production approaches that have informed impactful campaigns and contributed to legislative change.

Her work has spanned high-profile strategic litigation involving migration rights and the reform of deportation policies in the High Court, as well as influencing decision-makers to embed best practice in statutory guidance—particularly in relation to improved data monitoring of child protection procedures in cross-border placements.

Maria brings a strategic approach to applying research in the development of social policy, with a strong commitment to campaigning for anti-oppressive systems. She holds a degree in psychotherapy from Birkbeck, University of London, complemented by a Master’s in Global Diplomacy from SOAS.

Nina has a range of experience spanning press and PR, campaigning, and frontline work in the sexual violence sector.

She is a trained Independent Sexual Violence Advocate (ISVA), having previously co-ordinated support for survivors navigating the process of reporting to the police, and has a lifelong commitment to grassroots social justice organising.

Before joining Agenda Alliance, Nina worked as the Communications Co-Ordinator for Clean Break, a theatre company working with women with lived experience of the criminal justice system.

Tara has formerly worked on policy, strategic communications and research.

Prior to joining Agenda Alliance, Tara worked for an MP tackling national issues including the climate crisis and the cost-of-living crisis, working to help local constituents.

Tara has experience volunteering with women’s charities and has been the Women’s Officer on an Executive Committee. She holds an MSc in Gender and International Relations from the University of Bristol, where she studied feminist economics, looking at the ways in which women and minority groups are inhibited by, and excluded from, the economic sphere. Tara has a particular interest in making policy accessible to all.

Teddy has a background working across co-ordination, research and education.

Prior to joining Agenda Alliance Teddy has worked in a research and co-ordination role for an organisational psychology company, volunteered within a grassroots feminist campaign and supported children and young people both in and outside of school. They continue to work as a relationships and sex educator when they aren’t supporting Agenda. Teddy is currently completing their MSc in Social and Cultural Psychology at the LSE, with a focus on exploring gender and social movements.

Saleha is a human rights researcher and advocate with a decade of experience spanning the legal, advocacy, and third sectors, both nationally and internationally. Before joining Agenda Alliance, she was a Lead Campaign Analyst with Campaign Zero, where she led a research-driven criminal justice law reform campaign in collaboration with the Innocence Project.

Her work has encompassed policy development, research, influencing, strategic litigation, and submissions to national human rights commissions, all grounded a commitment to decolonial feminist praxis, racial justice, and systemic transformation. Saleha has worked in humanitarian and conflict settings, supported refugee communities through project and wellbeing management, and played a key role in developing and advancing organisational anti-racist strategies. She also has extensive frontline experience supporting survivors of gender-based and sexual violence, including young women and girls affected by child criminal exploitation.

Alongside her professional work, Saleha is a Trustee for a charitable trust in Oxford and actively supports grassroots initiatives that work alongside marginalised communities to challenge systemic inequities. She holds a Law degree from the University of Sussex and a Master’s in Law (LLM) with Distinction in Human Rights, Conflict, and Justice from SOAS, University of London.