as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4. Personal life Boaden is married and owns a home in Scarborough. Her husband is a newspaper journalist. References External links BBC Press Office biography BBC News blog Honorary degree from Suffolk College in 2002 Receiving Doctor of Letters from University of Sussex on 18 July 2003 Receiving an honorary degree from Greg Dyke, Chancellor of the University of York on 3 December 2004 BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Powerlist 2013 1956 births Living people Alumni of the University of Sussex BBC executives BBC News people BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 controllers British radio executives Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni Alumni of the London College of Communication People from Colchester People educated at Northgate Grammar School, Ipswich