By Invitation Only
The Ireland Funds and The City Club of Chicago will host Joseph Kennedy III, Special Envoy to Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs, for a special luncheon on Friday May 3rd at 12 noon.
Joseph Kennedy III currently serves as the Special Envoy to Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs. He focuses on advancing economic development and investment opportunities in Northern Ireland. The United States is the largest foreign investor in Northern Ireland, with Chicago area companies such as Allstate, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Caterpillar, Baker McKenzie, Peak6 and many others having set up operations there.
Over four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, Mr. Kennedy built an impressive legislative record around economic policy, health care, and civil rights. Today, Mr. Kennedy also serves as President at Citizens Energy, a non-profit energy company founded to help low-income families meet their basic energy needs. He is the founder of Groundwork Project, an advocacy organization dedicated to supporting local community organizing efforts in under-resourced and historically disenfranchised communities. He also serves on the boards of the Woodwell Climate Research Center, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Massachusetts Association for Mental Health, and the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.
He is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Law School and spent two years in the United States Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic.
