Development & Advocacy Committee

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Sophie Hussey

Trustee and Development & Advocacy Commitee

Sophie is a Development Consultant currently working with the Women’s Prize Trust (the charity behind the Women’s Prizes for Fiction and Non-Fiction), the Royal College of Art and SportsAid. Sophie focuses particularly on philanthropy to support emerging artists into sustainable creative careers, having worked at new writing venues Royal Court Theatre and Bush Theatre, the conservatoires Royal College of Music and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, as well as the Courtauld Institute of Art and the Architectural Association School of Architecture. In 2024, she completed her MA in Philanthropic Studies at the Centre for Philanthropy, University of Kent.

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Kate Rosser-Frost

Trustee and Development & Advocacy Commitee

Kate has worked for over 20 years with multiple organisations across the visual arts, cultural education, and heritage sectors, specialising in stakeholder engagement, partnerships, and brand strategy. At the helm of DACS’ communications and engagement strategy, she leads a team driving media, marketing, digital, and public affairs activity including managing the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Visual Arts & Artists, and commissioning the UK’s most comprehensive research into artists’ earnings since 2014 with the University of Glasgow. A Trustee of Outside In, Kate champions equity and sustainability for artists through advocacy and campaigns. Her previous roles span The British Academy, London Museum, MOLA, and PR agencies in London and Shanghai.