b'Day three featured a two-session business brunch spon-sored by Board Director John Duffy at the exclusive COREClub with a presentation by fellow Board Director JohnFitzpatrick. Johns speech was followed by breakout ses-sions to discuss how the Young Leaders would operate froma global standpoint, going forward. Following the session,the Young Leaders enjoyed dinner at Soho House, with around table discussion hosted by Bloombergs MargaretBrennan and featuring Sean Love of The Ireland Fundssupported project Fighting Words; New York Congress-man Joe Crowley; Aidan Connolly of The Irish Arts Centerin New York; New York Times bestselling author, ColumMcCann,andNYYoungLeaderentrepreneur,ShaneNaughton. The discussion revolved around the Irish iden-tity, Philanthropy and the future image of brand Ireland. 5Day four began with a visit to the remarkable Irish Hunger1 Young LeadersMemorial in Battery Park City. The Summit completed withassemble outside a casual brunch session at the Dubliner, where the YoungNew York Stock Exchange Leaders downloaded the positive outcomes of the weekend,2 Round table discussion and agreed to immediately put in place a quarterly confer-at Soho House, Pauline Turley,ence call to continue the conversation and strengthen theCongressman Joe Crowley,global network that was launched in New York. This willColum McCann,lead to the next task which is setting up a global advisoryMargaret Brennan, Aidan Connolly,structure with a key Young Leader volunteer serving in eachShane Naughton,market. The group also agreed to gather again in CountySean Love, John Fitzpatrick Cork at The Ireland Funds Conference in late June and to3 At Soho House,have round two of the Global Young Leaders Summit.Kat Woodruff,6Michael McGrath,The Summit closed with the key announcement that theBridget Monahan, Young Leaders pledged to raise over $1 million for The Colleen Nolan4 Margaret Molloy,Ireland Funds Promising IrelandCampaign. The CampaignKristen Lee, isTheIrelandFundsinitiativetoassistcharitable Richie Huggard, Colleen Nolan,organizations in Ireland meet the challenge of an increasedJohn Fitzpatrick 5 Young Leaders applauddemandfortheirservicesatatimeofmajorfunding the opening bell from reductions. President and CEO of The Worldwide Irelandthe floor of the NYSE6 Maureen Kelly, Pat Tully,FundsKieranMcLoughlinsaid,TheannouncementTom Kennedydemonstratesamazinggenerosityfrompeoplein 7 At Soho House, Megan Molloy,theearlystagesoftheirprofessionalcareers.Their Erica Roseingrave,commitment to the future of the diaspora and also to Naomi McMahon8 Bridget Monahan,developing philanthropy in Ireland is tremendous. Darren Ryan and Bridget Bray show what 7networking is all about9 New York Young Leader patron Bob McCann addresses the group8 9connect2012 | 57'