Judy is the Events Director for Kambe, joining the core team in 2025. She has been involved with Shambala for 20 years, first leading the Oxfam stewards, moving to overnight Event Controller and Night Manager, and doing a stint in Operations planning in 2019, so it feels like a natural progression for her to take up the reins of delivering our events.
Prior to joining our core team, Judy has had a wealth of experience in the festivals and events world (since 2003), with too many shows under her belt to list here, but to spotlight a few; working as Operations Director at Boomtown Festival, Gate Manager for Glastonbury for 10 years, crowd manager at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, and oodles of Event Controlling. Judy’s driving force is the safety of everyone attending festivals, with extensive experience in safety, security and crime management (including Evictions!), crowd management, and command and control, as well as general operations.
Judy’s particular personal passions are in tackling violence against women and girls, leading an anti-harassment programme at Soundstorm in Saudi Arabia for 2 years in 2020/21, and championing diversity and inclusion. Judy’s face is familiar to many in the festival world as a regular speaker/workshop leader at industry-focused events and conferences.