Tymes Trust Executive Director Jane Colby is a former head teacher, member of the National Association of Educational Inspectors, Advisers and Consultants (now ASPECT), the National Association of Head Teachers, the Society of Authors, and the UK government Chief Medical Officer’s Working Group on CFS/ME. Jane is a medical educator and professional author who writes for children as well as for adults, edits the Trust's publications and co-authored the largest ever epidemiological study of ME. In 2010, the Tymes Trust was awarded the Queens Award for Voluntary Services: The MBE for Volunteer Groups.