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Staff & Board

Staff

Volunteer Centres Ireland (VCI ) has two members of staff dedicated to the promotion of volunteering and the development of a volunteering infrastructure in Ireland.

CEO - Dr. Yvonne McKenna

From a background in academia, Yvonne has several years experience of volunteering both in Ireland and England, where she lived for eight years. Upon her return to Ireland in 2003, she was increasingly drawn to working within the community and voluntary sector and began working with VCI in September 2005. In addition to her work with VCI , Yvonne continues to engage in oral history research and is an associate research fellow / lecturer at the University of Limerick.

Information and Communications Officer - Terri O’Brien

Terri recently returned to Ireland having lived in the USA for 12 years. She has 9 years of experience working as a Volunteer Programme Manager, and lots of experience volunteering with a variety of non-profit organisations.

In her first job as a Volunteer Manager with The Nature Conservancy in Arizona Terri worked to setup a volunteer programme from scratch implementing recruitment, interview, training, evaluation, retention and recognition procedures.

Terri later moved to Oregon where she worked for 4 years with a local government Parks and Recreation District where she oversaw volunteer programmes at 15 locations, implemented volunteer policies and procedures, and managed the Park District’s special events.

Board

 

Tricia Nolan, Chairperson and Director of VCI and Manager of the South Dublin County Volunteer Centre

Tina Roche, Chief Executive, Business in the Community Ireland and of the Community Foundation.

Roisin Coffey, Director of VCI and Manager of the Drogheda Volunteer Centre

Sacha Johnson, Director of VCI and Manager of  the Dublin City South Volunteer Centre

Ian O' Flynn, Director of VCI and Manager of the Westmeath Volunteer Centre

Geraldine O’Sullivan, Director of VCI and Manager of the Kerry Volunteer Centre

Mick Power, Director of VCI and Manager of the Kildare Volunteer Centre

Donncha Foley, Director of VCI and Manager of the Galway Volunteer Centre