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Susan O’Dwyer

Susan joined Make-A-Wish in October 2006 as Development & Fundraising Manager, after spending 12 years with the Irish Heart Foundation. She has been in the fundraising sector for over 20 years. She became CEO in

 

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Irene Timmins

Irene joined Make-A-Wish in June 2012. She has an Honours degree in English and History and a Masters degree in History from NUI Maynooth. She previously worked for the Kelvingrove Refurbishment Appeal and

 

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Regina Tait

Regina joined Make-A-Wish in October 2005. She graduated from UCD in 1983 with a degree in Economics and Politics and after spending 18 years working as Financial Controller with The Marketing Institute, decided to take a step back from working full time and regain a work / life

 

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Cathy Elliot

Cathy joined Make-A-Wish in July 2004 after spending 10 years working in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and 3 years with the Games Organising Committee of 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games held in Ireland.

 

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Gareth Crowe

Gareth joined the Make-A-Wish team in December 2015 as Corporate Manager. He brings with him many years of experience in the domestic and international not-for-profit sector as well as many years working at the

 

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Emma Horgan

Emma has worked with a number of charities in Ireland professionally; LauraLynn Children’s Hospice, Temple Street Children’s University Hospital and Special Olympics Ireland. She sits on the board of The Sarah Bird Foundation.

 

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Mary Quille

Mary joined Make-A-Wish in September 2013. Mary previously worked as an Account Manager with Fuzion Communications, working on a number of national and regional charity campaigns, including the hugely successful

 

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Sarah Finnegan

Sarah joined as Finance Administrator in June 2015 having completed year 1 of an accounting technician course with ATI, which she hopes to complete at night. Prior to returning to college she worked as an administrator with a

 

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Ailbhe Goff

Ailbhe is a Wishgranter for Make-A-Wish Ailbhe joined Make-A-Wish in October 2006 originally as a volunteer after being made redundant in that September. She had initially had no intention of looking for a job until after that

 

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Marjut Ellis

Marjut joined Make-A-Wish in June 2016 as our Corporate Fundraising Officer. Marjut has eight years of experience in the corporate sector in both account and project management. She has held fundraising roles in both; LIKECHARITY

 

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Louise Whelan

From Montessori teaching, to working in the Alzheimer Society, to volunteering on a helpline, Louise brings a wealth of experience to the Wishgranting team. A born organiser, she is not afraid of a challenge! When …

 

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Niamh Ryan

Niamh joined Make-A-Wish as Marketing and Communications Officer in December 2016. She has an Honours degree in Music from Trinity College Dublin as well an Executive Diploma in Strategic Digital Marketing and a Postgrad in Cultural Event Management.

 

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Tricia Quinn

Tricia has recently joined Make-A-Wish team as Regional Co-ordinator for the West of Ireland. Tricia has worked for a number of charities throughout her career including 15 years as a Rehabilitative Instructor with The National …

 

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Anne McDonnell

Anne joined Make-A-Wish in September 2016 as an administrator/ wishgranter, having volunteered in the fundraising and wishgranting departments previously. She has a Masters degree in Biomedical Science from the University of Ulster. Having worked in …

 

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Niall Gaffney

Niall joined Make-A-Wish as Community Fundraiser in June 2017. He has previously worked in marketing and account management roles, both in Ireland and abroad, and has been looking to work in the Irish charity sector …

 

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Daragh Wallace

Daragh joined Make-A-Wish as an intern in June 2016 before taking on the full-time position of Volunteer Coordinator later that year. However, his connection to the organisation goes back much further; Daragh had leukaemia as …

 

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Sally Bourne

Sally joined Make-A-Wish in the beginning of 2017 as a Wishgranter, a job that fulfilled her childhood dream of being a fairy! She has an Honours degree in Psychology from Trinity and previously worked in …

 

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