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In May 2014 it was announced that Dame Jo Williams had been appointed as Independent Chair of the East Cheshire Caring Together Executive Board. However, the move was criticised by local councillors at the [[Cheshire East Council]] meeting on 14 May after they learned that the Council’s Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee had not even been notified of the appointment.<ref>Cara Cunningham, [http://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/news/11230915.Row_over_health_body_appointment/l "Controversial U turn made on appointment of Dame Jo Williams"], ''Knutsford Guardian'', 22 May 2014</ref> On 15 May, Caring Together announced that Dame Williams and the Caring Together Executive Board had jointly decided that she would not be taking up the role.<ref>"Board Stiffs", ''Private Eye No. 1367'', 30 May – 12 June 2014, pg. 31</ref>
Formerly known as Jo Dillon she changed her name to Williams (the name of her partner) whilst working as principal officer for Cheshire Social Services Department in the 1980s.. She progressed in seniority to become second in command before being promoted to Director of Social Services in Wigan. She later returned to Cheshire as Director of Social Services. When she took early retirement from this position she was appointed as chief executive of Mencap.
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
| NAME = Williams, Jo
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Dillon, Jo
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = CEO of Mencap
| DATE OF BIRTH = 8 July 1948
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