Texas Emerald Ball 2015

Saturday, February 28, 2015

The Fairmont Hotel, 1717 North Akard Street, Dallas, TX 75201

6:30 p.m. Reception

7:30 p.m. Dinner

Honorees: Mike and Lou Ann Corboy

Black Tie

RSVP by February 13 to kstover@irlfunds.org

Sponsorship Opportunities and Tickets

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EMERALD SPONSOR – WINEGEESE TABLE $7,500
• VIP premium table of twelve
• High recognition as dinner hosts on event program and menu
• Invitation for five to Thank You breakfast reception co-hosted by Irish Consul General Adrian Farrell and Honorary Consul General John Kane
• Irish WineGeese wine served at table
• Magnum of Silver Oak Cabeet Sauvignon encased in a keepsake wooden box for table purchaser
• Included in press releases and signage recognition with logo at the dinner
• Full page advertisement in the Texas Emerald Ball joual
• Twelve tickets to the VIP chairmen’s reception
• Four tickets to the Dallas Golf dinner, May 18, 2015

GOLD SPONSOR $5,000
• Prime table of ten
• Invitation for two to Thank You breakfast reception co-hosted by Irish Consul General Adrian Farrell and Honorary Consul General John Kane
• Listing on printed materials, corporate signage and recognition
• Full page advertisement in the Texas Emerald Ball joual
• Entered into drawing for Waterford crystal bowl
• Ten tickets to the VIP chairmen’s reception
• Two tickets to the Dallas Golf dinner, May 18, 2015

SILVER SPONSOR $3,000
• Table of Ten
• Entered into drawing for dinner at the Pyramid Restaurant and two-night accommodations at the Dallas Fairmont
• Acknowledgment in the Texas Emerald Ball joual
• Ten tickets to the cocktail reception
• Two tickets to the Dallas Golf dinner, May 18, 2015

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS
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$195 per person/# of tickets

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Anne Marie Kenneally has been Senior Vice President of Global Enterprise Sales at CommScope, Inc. based in
Richardson, Texas since 2011. A native of Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland, Ms. Kenneally leads all of CommScope’s
business enterprise sales activities around the world. Previously, she served as Regional Vice President of
Enterprise sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Ray Sullivan is President of Sullivan Public Affairs in Austin, Texas. Mr. Sullivan has served as Chief of Staff for
Goveor Rick Perry, as well as Communications Director and primary spokesman for the Perry presidential
campaign. Previously he served as a national spokesman for the Bush-Cheney campaign and as Deputy
Communications Director for Texas Goveor George W. Bush.

Mike Corboy is President and CEO of Corboy Investment Company in Dallas, Texas. Mike serves on the Board
of Directors of The American Ireland Fund and the Advisory Board of Allies in Service. Mike has served as
President of Jesuit College Preparatory School Foundation and as President of the St. Anthony School Foundation
in Dallas. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Dallas and currently serves on the
Board of Visitors of the UT Southweste Medical Center.

Lou Ann Lancaster Corboy is a native Dallasite. She has worked in the fields of mental health with an emphasis
on geriatrics, mental retardation, epilepsy, and Alzheimers. Her civic volunteer interests include serving on
the Board of Directors of the St. Paul Foundation of the UT Southweste Medical Center, the Advisory Board
of the Pines Catholic Camp, and being a founding member of the Catholic Charities Angels of Charity.

Davey Devlin is a co-founder of the AIF Dallas Young Leaders and founding co-Chair of the Inaugural
Emerald Ball in 2012. Davey is also a co-founder of The Dallas GAA Club and active in innumerable other
Irish and civic causes. In 2014 Davey championed the cause of Gavin Glynn, a very sick 4 year old Irish boy
who travelled to Houston for medical care. Through his own grit and determination, Davey conceived of
and led a campaign for Gavin which raised nearly $40k to help cover the costs of Gavin’s medical treatment
from friends and colleagues throughout Texas and Ireland.

Haley O’Sullivan was the 2013 Texas Rose and Inteational Irish Rose of Tralee. While serving as the Rose
of Tralee, Haley traveled to Belarus with Cheobyl Children Inteational Fund. In Belarus she did hands
on volunteer work with children still affected by the Cheobyl disaster. During her one year reign, Haley
served as an ambassador for Ireland, connecting the global Irish community and sharing the heritage of
Irish people at home and abroad. Haley is also an AIF Dallas Young Leader and plays in the Dallas GAA.

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