Ruth has a strong involvement in the local voluntary sector working as Chief Exeuctive of Red2Green. She is a trustee for Ely Soham Dial a Ride as well as a governor of Cottenham Village College. Ruth was the chair of South Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trust from 2002 until September 2007.
Ruth says she wanted to join the Police Authority as she values the work the police do in partnership with the public and other agencies and wanted to contribute to that work.