Leadership
Council

Leadership Council provides strategic oversight of SDSN Ireland and aims to raise the network’s visibility amongst key stakeholders and identify strategic opportunities across the island of Ireland.
The Executive Committee is the working subgroup of the LC which works directly with the network manager on emerging projects and collaborates.

LEADERSHIP COUNCIL MEMBERS

  • Professor John O'Halloran (Co-Chair)

    President
    University College Cork

  • Professor Sir Ian Greer (Co-chair)

    President and Vice-Chancellor
    Queen’s University Belfast

  • David Donoghue (Executive Committee Chair)

    Leadership Council of the SDSN Global Secretariat, Former Irish Ambassador, co-facilitator of SDGs negotiations.

  • Professor Michael Alcorn (Executive Committee)

    Pro Vice-Chancellor for Sustainability and Strategic Projects, Queen’s University Belfast

  • Professor Patrick Paul Walsh (Executive Committee)

    Vice President of Education and Director SDG Academy

  • Sara Lynch (Executive Committee)

    Head of Sustainability
    Queen’s University Belfast

  • Dr Maria Kirrane (Executive Committee)

    Head of Sustainability and Climate Action
    University College Cork

  • Professor Brian O'Gallachoir (Executive Committee)

    Associate Vice President of Sustainability, University College Cork

  • Ms Siobhán Sleeman

    Assistant Principal Officer
    Department of Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

  • Dr Kay Hack

    Principal Adviser for Learning and Teaching, Advance HE

  • Dr Ian Humphries

    Chief Executive, Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful

  • Dr Sean Healy

    Director, Social Justice Ireland

  • Professor Patrick O’Leary

    Registrar, National University Ireland (NUI)