b'1 2 3Declan Ryan & Social Entrepreneurs Ireland1 Peter ONeill, Joe Fuchs,SEPTEMBER, 2012 The American Ireland Fund welcomed Social Entrepreneurs Ireland (SEI) for aSheila OMalley,breakfast at the offices of Alston & Bird, hosted by Young Leader Joe Tully. SEI has been supported by TheAnthony Callaghan2 Kieran McLoughlin,Ireland Funds and Co-Founder Sean Coughlin spoke about the work of SEI in Ireland identifying the bestPatrick Tully,social entrepreneurs, providing them with practical and technical support along with funding that helps toLoretta Brennan Glucksman, Michael Brewster create real change. That support has directly impacted over 170,000 people across Ireland and has created3 Matthew Brimer, Margaret Molloy,over 800 employment opportunities. Later, The American Ireland Fund hosted a cocktail reception Niamh Hughes attheIrishConsulate.Over100guestsgatheredtohearDeclanRyan oftheRyanairfamilyand Co-Founder of SEI and the One Foundation in Ireland. Declan spoke about how supporting entrepreneursbefore, during and after funding, is changing Ireland for the better. The One Foundation is an extraordinaryexample of Irish philanthropy and SEI is an extraordinary example of Irish entrepreneurship. The evening wasan opportunity for donors to learn more about the work of SEI, just one of the hundreds of organizations supported by The Ireland Funds Promising Ireland Campaign.1 2 3Young Leaders Hurricane Sandy FundraiserNOVEMBER, 2012 The New York Young Leaders packed Tavern 29 in Manhattan for a fundraiser to 1 NY Young Leaders Steering Committee Chair, Rob MacGoeyrespond to the New York and New Jersey communities affected by Superstorm Sandy. Ronan Downs andand Young Leader Jason OConnor Croine OHalloran donated their bar for an evening of fundraising that brought in over $30,000 which went2 Event Co-Chair David Kavanaghto aid the recovery of the communities that were still without basic needs following the natural disaster.gets a shave courtesy of Trumans GentlemensLed by event Co-Chair Rachel Conlan, the committee sold 300 tickets and put together an incredible Groomers3 Nick Southwell-Keely, Dougraffle. David Restiano created and donated a unique t-shirt design and 100 were sold that evening. DJ TealGaunt, Siobhan McGeever,donated her services and gentlemen at the event were treated to shaves by Trumans GentlemensEllie Kenning, Miranda May, Co-Chair Rachel Conlan Groomers. Young Leader Dean Thomas offered to shave his beard on the spot and through an impromptuSee page 48 for morelive auction raised $800 for relief efforts. Special thanks to James Higgins for donating his photography skillsinformation on Hurricane Sandyfor the evening. Thank you to Blue Ocean Brokerage and Young Leader Jason OConnor for being the relief effortspresenting sponsor of the evening. Thank you to the following Co-chairs: Joe Tully, David McCormack,David Kavanagh and the committee members who helped secure raffle items.connect 2013 | 61'