Judy is a Non-Executive Director of the Government Equalities Office, a member of the Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body, a member of the Central Arbitration Committee and a member of the European Economic and Social Committee.

Judy was General Secretary of Napo, the trade union and professional association for family court and probation staff, from 1993 until 2008. She was previously a senior national official in the civil service union, the Public and Commercial Services Union, PCS. Judy was also active for many years in the TUC, (Trade Union Congress). .She was awarded the OBE in 1999, and the CBE in 2009, for services to equal opportunities and industrial relations.