Jo Cribb Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Dr
Jo Cribb
Education:	Victoria University of Wellington Cambridge University
Chief Executive Ministry for Women Affairs
Term:	2021 - 2017
Predecessor:	Kim Ngarimu (Acting)
Successor:	Renee Graham
Website:	http://www.jocribb.co.nz

Jo Cribb is a New Zealand civil servant who headed the Ministry for Women.^{[1] [2]} She has given a talk at TEDxWellington and published work on volunteerism.

Education

Cribb is a graduate of Cambridge University and has a PhD from Victoria University of Wellington in Public Policy that investigated the contracting relationship between governments and NGOs which completed in part as a New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women Fellow.^{[3] [4]}

Career

Between 2012 and 2017, Cribb held the appointment as chief executive for the Ministry for Women Affairs. Prior to this, she led policy and research functions at other New Zealand government agencies, such as the Ministry of Social Development, the Families Commission, the Department of Internal Affairs, and the State Services Commission.^[5]

Cribb also held appointment as the Deputy Children's Commissioner and led the Children's Commissioner's Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty.

Cribb's book, Being Accountable: Voluntary Organisations, Government Agencies and Contracted Social Services in New Zealand (2007) analyzes the way that people in the voluntary sector view accountability to the government and nonprofit service providers.^{[6] [7]}

Honours

• Westpac Leadership Fellowship 2014
• Finalist, New Zealand Woman of Influence Awards 2015^[8]
• Finalist, New Zealand Woman of Influence Awards 2016^{[9] [10]}
• Winner, Not-for-Profit Governance Leader, Women in Governance Awards 2021^[11]

Publications

• Cribb, Jo, and Rachel Petero. 2020. Take Your Space : Successful Women Share Their Secrets. Auckland: Onetree House Ltd.
• Cribb, Jo, and David Glover. 2018. Don’t Worry about the Robots : How to Survive and Thrive in the New World of Work. Auckland, New Zealand: Allen & Unwin.
• ‌Cribb, Jo, and Victoria University. 2006. Being Accountable : Voluntary Organisations, Government Agencies and Contracted Social Services in New Zealand. Wellington N.Z.: Institute Of Policy Studies.

External sources

• Profile on the Institute of Directors website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dr Jo Cribb resigns as chief executive of New Zealand's Ministry for Women . Global Government Forum . 2017-04-06.
2. Web site: New Ministry of Women's Affairs Chief Executive Appointed | State Services Commission . Ssc.govt.nz . 2012-10-02 . 2017-04-06.
3. Web site: Newsletter April 2013 . Graduatewomencanterbury.nz . 2017-05-17.
4. Cribb . Joanne . 2005 . Doctoral thesis . The Accountability of Voluntary Organisations: Implications for Government Funders . Open Access Repository Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington . 10.26686/wgtn.16926703 . free .
5. Web site: Resignation of Chief Executive of Ministry for Women | State Services Commission . Ssc.govt.nz . 2016-06-20 . 2017-04-06.
6. Pomeroy. Ann. November 2007. Being Accountable: Voluntary Organisations, Government Agencies and Contracted Social Services in New Zealand by Jo Cribb. Social Policy Journal of New Zealand. 32. 170–172. subscription . EBSCOhost.
7. Web site: Jo Cribb: a Woman of Influence (Dec 2016) : Institute of Public Administration New Zealand . Ipanz.org.nz . 2016-07-28 . 2017-04-06 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20170406095308/https://www.ipanz.org.nz/Category?Action=View&Category_id=294 . 2017-04-06 .
8. Web site: Women of Influence 2015: The finalists. Stuff. 28 September 2015 .
9. Web site: Women of Influence alumni Q&A: Jo Cribb . Stuff.co.nz . 2016-06-27 . 2017-04-06.
10. Web site: State Services Commissioner congratulates Women of Influence - Scoop News. www.scoop.co.nz.
11. Web site: Women in Governance Awards 2021 : Governance New Zealand. 2021-06-29. www.governancenz.org.