b'Dallas Young Leader Haley OSullivan Named 2013 Rose of TraleeHaley OSullivan, one of the Dallas Young Leaders of The American Ireland Fund, wascrowned Rose of Tralee in August, 2013, from 31 other contestants representingcities from around the globe. Haley graduated from the University of Arizona in 2010with an honors degree in Elementary Education. She is a member of the Dallas Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and currently works as a marketing coordinator foran industrial chemical company.Bill WalshBill Walsh, longtime American Ireland Fund Board Director and later a LifetimeTrustee, passed away in November, 2013. Bill was a graduate of Fordham Universityand Harvard Law School, founded Sequoia Associates and sat on the Boards of numerousorganizations.DeeplyproudofhisIrishheritage,hereceivedThe American Ireland Fund Distinguished Leadership Award in San Francisco and had akeen interest integrated education in Northern Ireland. Bill was a true champion ofthe Fund who represented and contributed greatly to our values and to Ireland.Luanne TierneyLuanne Tierney, member of The Ireland Funds WineGeese Society, passed away in November, 2013. She supported The American Ireland Fund from its introductionto the Dallas Irish-American community seventeen years ago in particular through theannual Dallas golf tournament established in part by her late husband, Tom Tierney.Luanne attended many annual Ireland Fund Conferences as well as WineGeese trips.She was instrumental in raising funds and awareness of The American Ireland Fundin Texas.connect2014 | 107'