Chairperson
Dr Ann Lyons works as a co-ordinator of community-university engagement at the Community Knowledge Initiative (CKI) NUI Galway, the university’s centre for community engagement. The CKI works in close liaison with a wide range of individuals and groups, both inside and outside the university, to develop civic links and partnerships, through a range of activities including volunteering, service-learning and community based research.
Co Chair
Ciara graduated from NUI Maynooth in 2000 with a Postgraduate Diploma in Community Work and Youth Work and again in 2010 with a Masters in Applied Social Studies. Currently the Coordinator of the All Ireland Endorsement Body for Community Work Education and Training (AIEB), Ciara has worked in a variety of settings locally and nationally as a community worker including with Traveller women and in management roles in both the homeless and intellectual disability sector. She has also worked as an assistant lecturer in the Department of Applied Social Studies, NUI, Maynooth teaching on the youth work and community work programme there.
Director
Bainisteoir at Comhar Caomhán Teo for 2 years.
Chloe completed a Bachelor of Social Science in Community & Youth Work, 2020 from the Department of Applied Social Studies at Maynooth University.
She is the island co-operative manager, Community Development officer and youth worker. Inis Oírr the smallest of the three Aran Islands is in the Gaeltacht so she works through Irish. Her work is diverse and can include advocacy, negotiating, trading, social media, tourism, public relations, renewable energy, sustainable living, promotion, and preservation of the Irish language.
Her hope as a board member is to help raise awareness of DVR services and supports on our offshore Islands in Galway and in Gaeltacht areas of Connemara. She looks forward to helping the service in any way she can over the next year and also learning more about what we can all do to make society a safer place for all.
Director
Sinéad retired in 2019 from University of Galway where she held a number of roles in the ISS central IT support department, ending with Project Manager. She is involved with an organisation supporting mental health. She is delighted to be a board member at DVR, and hopes to bring some relevant skills to this important work.
Director
Dr Anne Cassidy is Senior Manager for Galway Rural Development’s SICAP programme and previously worked as a Rural Resource Officer on this. She has a Masters in Community Development and a PhD in Child and Youth Research with a specific focus on rural youth sociology. She has previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher on a Tusla early intervention and prevention programme called Meitheal and has extensive experience as a lecturer and tutor in the University College Galway.
Director
Máire has a professional background in organisational management, with significant experience in governance, quality, risk and compliance management, project management, strategic and operational planning and systems development. She has worked with a range of health and social care providers, in Ireland and internationally, to implement practical quality management solutions to improve service user/patient safety. Máire previously held posts in the community and voluntary sector, higher education and the private sector.
She holds a BSc (hons) in Information Systems and Management (University of London, 1997) and an Executive MBA (University of Galway, 2010).
Treasurer
Director
Domestic Violence Response is a registered Charity: Charity Registration number CHY18394.
The Charity is a company limited by guarantee without a share capital and is registered as Domestic Violence Response Ltd.
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