Member Bios
Name: |
Donal De Buitleir |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
1987 Multi Nation |
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Area(s) of focus for Fellowship: |
US Tax Reform of 1986 |
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Career Information: |
Secretary Commission on Taxation 1980-85 |
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
Now Retired. Self-Employed Consultant Member, Irish Taxation Institute, Strategic Policy Group Member, Ageing Well Network President, Statistical & Social Inquiry Society of Ireland Member, Institute of International & European Affairs |
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Personal interests: |
Public Policy, Running, Golf |
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Name: |
Brian Patterson |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
1983 Multi-Nation Programme |
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Area(s) of focus for Fellowship: |
Executive Development |
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Career Information: |
HR Director, Guinness Dublin |
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
Present Positions: Focus is mainly on leadership development through senior executive and team coaching |
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Personal interests: |
Music, History, Poetry, Sailing, Cricket |
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Name: |
Dr Tom Frawley |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
1989 - Single Area Programme |
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Area(s) of focus for Fellowship: |
Health Care Systems in US Leadership Transforming Culture |
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Career Information: |
Joined NI Health and Social Services 1971 1971-73 – Graduate Trainee 1973-75 – Hospital and Community Services Manager, 1975-77 – Community Services Manager, North & 1977-80 – Acting District Administrator, Lisburn 1980-85 – Chief Administrative Officer, Western Health & Social Services Board 1985-2000 – Chief Executive, Western Health & Social Services Board |
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
2000 – Appointed NI Assembly Ombudsman and since 2002 Interim Commissioner for Standards for NI Assembly § Good Governance § Complaint Handling § Improving Public Services Managing Transformation |
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Personal interests: |
Rugby, music, current affairs, politics. |
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Name: |
Dan Flinter |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
1989 Single Area Programme |
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Area(s) of focus for Fellowship: |
Development opportunities in the services sector in particular internationalsation of the sector |
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Career Information: |
Executive Director IDA Ireland 1988-1993 |
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
Chairman Governing Auhtority National University of Ireland |
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Personal interests: |
3 level education, policy and governance |
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Name: |
David A Lavery |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
1989 Single Area Program, Ireland |
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Career Information: |
Barrister-At-Law until 1983 |
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
Director, Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service |
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Personal interests: |
Current Affairs, Political Development, Law and Government |
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Name: |
(Rev) John Dunlop |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
1989 - Single Area Programme |
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Area(s) of focus for Fellowship: |
Religion, identity and the influence of legislation in changing social attitudes |
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Career Information: |
Presbyterian Minister: Jamaica 1968-78; Belfast 1978-2004; Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland in 1992-93; Warrack Lecturer (Scottish Theological Faculties) 1986-86; Member of the Senate at Queen’s University Belfast 1987-1999; Member: Independent Review of Parades and Marches 1997; Chair: North Belfast Community Action Project 2002; Chair: Independent Facilitators,Omagh Bomb Memorial Wording 2007; Director: Northern Ireland Memorial Fund. Former Member: Irish Inter Church Meeting, USA/Irish Inter Church Committee on Northern Ireland, Board of British Irish Encounter. Awards: CBE 2004; Honorary DD: Presbyterian Theological Faculty; Honorary DD Trinity College Dublin; Honorary LLD: Queens University Belfast; Honorary LLD University of Ulster; Cultural Traditions Award 1993; E.H. Johnston Memorial Trust Award, Presbyterian Church in Canada; Paul Harris Rotary Fellow. Patron: Wave Trauma Centre; N.I. Council for Integrated Education; Habitat for Humanity; Drumalis Retreat Centre; Publication: “A Precarious Belonging, Presbyterians and the Conflict in Ireland. Blackstaff Press 1995 |
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
Retired |
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Name: |
Mary Walsh |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
1989 Single Area |
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Area(s) of focus for Fellowship: |
US companies investing outside the US |
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Career Information: |
Past: Partner – PricewaterhouseCoopers, Dublin |
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
Somewhat unfocussed at this point... |
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Personal interests: |
Taxation, Economy, Inward Investment, Innovation, Ecology |
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Name: |
Norman Shaw.C.B.E. B.S.C.{Hons} Dunelm |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
1989 Single Area Programme, Ireland |
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Area(s) of focus for Fellowship: |
Farming. Processing. Agricultural Politics and Education, Media |
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Career Information: |
Craigy Dairy Farms |
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
Family Farming business. Trustee Farmer’s Club, London |
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Personal interests: |
Farming. Sport , Media .Opera. Community |
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Name: |
Joyce O’Connor |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
1989 All Ireland Programme |
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Area(s) of focus for Fellowship: |
Education
Research
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Career Information: |
Published widely on education, innovation and enterprise, drinking and smoking behaviour, the elderly and carers. She has wide experience in the fields of education, business , the voluntary and community sectors Involved in Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives and is co-editor of a book on CSR |
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
Non Executive Director of Cement Roadstone Holdings (CRH)Plc and the Dublin City Gallery –The Hugh Lane , Government Steering Group on Active Citizenship. Patron of the Caring for Carers Association of Ireland |
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Personal interests: |
Reading, Theatre, Music, Walking, swimming and Munster Rugby Completed the Path to Rome and the Paris and Dublin City Marathons |
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Name: |
Sir Brian Kerr |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
1999 Multi Nation |
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Area(s) of focus for Fellowship: |
Judicial Appointments; Training and continuing education of judges; Case Management |
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Career Information: |
1993-2004 High Court Judge, Supreme Court of Judicature, Belfast 2004-2009 Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland |
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
2009 – Lord of Appeal in Ordinary; Justice of the United Kingdom Supreme Court |
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Name: |
Gillian Robinson |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
2003 Multi Nation Programme |
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Area(s) of focus for Fellowship: |
Social Science Research Centres and Data Archives. Links between the University Sector and the public. |
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Career Information: |
2008 to date. Professor of Social Research and Director of ARK at University of Ulster. |
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
In my current position I am responsible for the overall strategic direction of ARK a joint University of Ulster and Queen’s University resource providing access to social and political information on Northern Ireland. ARK is core funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. ARK’s work is focussed on four areas: through our surveys we aim to provide time-series attitudinal data across age groups to inform policy development; we provide access to a broad range of information on the Northern Ireland conflict and politics in the region, including detailed results of elections; we support policy development and debate in the region through providing information and critical analysis; and we aim to build research capacity across all sectors. See www.ark.ac.uk for further detail. |
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Personal interests: |
Keen interest in sport, gardening and travel. |
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Name: |
Michael Smith |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
2001 - Multi Nation Programme |
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Area(s) of focus for Fellowship: |
Planning, transportation, environment, community development |
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Career Information: |
Degree of Barrister at law 1989 Chairman, An Taisce, Dublin City 1997-9 Chairman, An Taisce, the National Trust, 1999-2003 Editor Village Magazine 2008-present A Director, Transparency International Ireland |
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
Editor, Village Magazine (a leftish, investigative current affairs monthly) |
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Personal interests: |
Investigative Journalism Sustainable Development Equality |
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Name: |
Caroline Casey |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
2007 Multi-Nation Programme |
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Area(s) of focus for Fellowship: |
Social Entrepreneurship Disability Media Philanthropy |
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Career Information: |
Management Consultant with Accenture Social Entrepreneur |
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
Founder of |
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Personal interests: |
Photography Running Travel Dancing Hanging out with friends Adventures |
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Name: |
Seamus O’Prey |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
2009 - Multi-nation Programme |
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Area(s) of focus for Fellowship: |
Business Growth and development strategies. Equity finance and venture capital funding. New technology and innovation. Green technology and opportunities. Government policy around SME development. | |
Career Information: |
Education:
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
Innovation; entrepreneurship; leadership; social enterprise and small business development Chairman – Ulster Community Investment Trust. |
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Personal interests: |
Keen golfer, scuba diver; GAA; Rugby; Travelling. |
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Name: |
John Joseph Lee |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
1989 |
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Area(s) of focus for Fellowship: |
American-European relations |
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Career Information: |
Mostly in universities, academic/ administrative – Dublin, Cambridge(Eng.), Cork, Pittsburgh, Austin(Tx.), Colby (Maine), New York. |
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
Director, Glucksman Ireland House, New York University, Glucksman Professor of Irish Studies and Professor of History, NYU. |
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Personal interests: |
International relations |
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Honary Members |
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Name: |
John E Osborn |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
1989 US Fellow to Ireland |
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Area(s) of focus for Fellowship: |
Explored the underlying causes of the conflict in Northern Ireland, and the nature of the peace process leading to the Good Friday Agreement, with particular interest in the roles of Washington, London and Dublin in securing the Agreement. Subsequently published an essay on Northern Ireland in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs (2000). |
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Career Information: |
Executive Vice President & General Counsel, US Oncology, Inc. Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Cephalon, Inc. Vice President & Associate General Counsel, DuPont Merck Pharmaceuticals Board of Directors, Incept BioSystems, Inc. Advisor, McKinsey & Company, Inc. Visiting Research Fellow in Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford Visiting Fellow in Politics, Princeton University Board of Governors, East-West Center, Hawaii Special Assistant to the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State Law Clerk to Judge Albert V. Bryan, U.S. Court of Appeals Associate, Hale and Dorr (now WilmerHale) Member, Council on Foreign Relations Member, American Law Institute |
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
Commissioner, United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy |
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Personal interests: |
Travel, Family, Politics, International Affairs, Tennis, Golf, Skiing |
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Name: |
Joan P.H. Myers |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
2005 US Program |
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Area(s) of focus for Fellowship: |
Cyber Terrorism & Security |
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Career Information: |
Director, Cyber Technologies, Applied Research Associates |
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
My company is a research, development and services firm focused in the area of national security. |
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Personal interests: |
International affairs, cyber security, fly fishing, gardening, cooking, and sports |
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Name: |
Esther Baldwin |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
1997 USA to Ireland |
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Area(s) of focus for Fellowship: |
Foreign Direct Investment |
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Career Information: |
Intel Corporation 1987-present |
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
Interaction and Experience Researcher |
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Personal interests: |
Doing Business in China, New Business Development and Start Up History, Innovation as a Discipline |
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Name: |
Jean C. Davis |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
2004 USA program |
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Area(s) of focus for Fellowship: |
During Fellowship, area of focus was Downtown Revitalization, Transit oriented development and adaptive re-use of historic structures. |
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Career Information: |
Partner – Empire Properties- downtown real estate developer of mixed used and commercial real estate |
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
Director of International Trade – NC Department of Commerce |
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Personal interests: |
Urban issues, Transportation, trade topics, global engagement issues. |
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Name: |
Michael Berkow |
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Year of fellowship and which Programme: |
1999, Irish |
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Area(s) of focus for Fellowship: |
Policing, conflict management |
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Career Information: |
Deputy Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department; Chief of four other cities in the United States, most recently the Savannah Metro Police Department in Savannah, GA. |
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Current career – position(s)/focus: |
President of Altegrity Security Consulting, one of the Altegrity family of companies. |
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