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Built on Chicago’s longstanding corporate and cultural ties to the island of Ireland, this chapter brings people together and makes a positive contribution to communities on both sides of the Atlantic.
For more than 40 years, Chicagoans have proudly translated their connections to Ireland through interest and heritage into generous support for hundreds of nonprofit organizations each year.

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The Ireland Funds Young Leaders cultivates an emerging generation of philanthropists in cities around the world, while providing a networking forum and connection with modern Ireland.
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Chicago Regional Advisory Committee
Chair
Terrence Brady
Retired, President
Underwriters Laboratories
Vice Chair
Devon C. Bruce
Partner
Power Rogers LLP
Committee Members
Ted Ahern
Chief Investment Officer
Guaranteed Rate Inc.
Marion Cameron-Gray
CEO Sipi Metals Corp
Dr. James Carr
Chair of Department of Radiology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Áine Denari
President
Navico Group and Brunswick Chief Technology Officer
Brunswick Corporation
Brian Duffy
Managing Director
Grant Thornton
William Galvin
Retired CEO
Anixter International
Marilynn Kelly Gardner
President, CEO
Navy Pier, Inc.
Dan Gibbons
CEO
City Club of Chicago
John Gibbons
Co-Managing Shareholder
Greenberg, Traurig, LLP
James Hayes
CFO
Draper & Kramer
James Keeley
VP
BMO Harris N.A.
Young Leaders Co-Chair
Oliver J. Kelly
Group Chief Commercial Officer
Kerry Group
Michael Mackey
EVP
Alliant/Mesirow Insurance Services
Matthew F. Moore
Managing Partner
Chicago Cut Steakhouse
Neil Murray
Global CEO
Work Dynamics, JLL
Michael D. O’Halleran
Executive Chairman, Geneva Re Limited
Senior Advisor to Ryan Specialty
Thomas Emmet O’Neill, III
Former Executive VP, General Counsel and CAO
Treehouse Foods
Michael O’Rourke
President
Signature Bank
Marianne O’Shea
Vice President, Global Life Sciences
PepsiCo
Nicholas Parrish
Partner
Weatherford Capital
Bridget Reidy
Retired Executive Vice President and COO
Exelon
Daniel E. Sullivan
Managing Director
CIBC
Gavin Tierney
CEO
Bimeda, Inc
Daragh Watson
Managing Partner
Cross Country Consulting
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Áine Mallaghan
Vice President of Development, Midwest
+1 312-659-1995
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