Ruth Gould MBE is the Artistic Director of DaDaFest, a disability and D/deaf arts organisation based in Liverpool. She is a leader and pioneer in creating opportunities to empower disabled and Deaf artists, using the arts to change social attitudes to reposition disabled/Deaf people in society.

Ruth is a Patron for Graeae Theatre Company and Life Now; a board member for USA based DisArt: Chair of Unlimited’s Main Commissions Panel since 2014 and an advisory member for the Granada Foundation and Liverpool City Council Tourism and Culture Select Committee.