Liam Breslin
Maria Cullen
Donna Cooney
Donna Cooney is a representative of Forest Friends Ireland. She is a Green Party Councilor on Dublin City Council. She has been a climate and environmental activist
for over three decades. She is also a professional artist with a practice in art as
activism, which works with participants to promote climate action and positive change for our environment.
Gary Dempsey
Gary is an accountant and works in BNY Mellon. He trained in practice and has vast
experience in financial reporting, management accounting, auditing and taxation.
Shane Downer
Nuala Madigan
Chair
Nuala Madigan is the Chief Executive Officer with the Irish Peatland Conservation
Council (IPCC) and has worked with the IPCC for over eighteen years. During this time Nuala has worked across all aspects of the Council’s initiatives to conserve a
representative sample of Irish peatlands from peatland education, species and habitat
monitoring, site management and conservation, policy development and organisational
management. Nuala holds a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture and Environmental Science and a Masters degree in Education.
Elaine Nevin
Elaine is the National Director of ECO-UNESCO, Irelands leading environmental
education and youth organisation. She is a specialist in environmental education and education for sustainable development (ESD) and has worked in the field in both
formal and non-formal settings for over 20 years. She holds a BA in Geography and Political Science, an MA, a Higher Diploma in Education.
Dermot Tynan
Dermot Tynan is Chair of the Rise Foundation and a senior engineer at Google in
Dublin. His focus is on corporate governance. Dermot is an avid sailor and passionate about the environment, especially the marine environment.