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w Forged by our community champions, in honouree – has as State Comptroller for New York w business, arts and culture, the relationships between State, explored those avenues of opportunity. With our great cities thrive and flourish in this investments in the city currently totalling (30 million environment. This is where the talking begins, where dollars) his commitment highlights the city’s the discussion and debates grow, on how our aspiration and ambition as well as its steady growth camaraderie and connections translate into mutually and success. beneficial results. The leading US companies operating here, from Previous events have produced those results in Citi to AllState and Andor, are further proof of real estate investment, development and services, Belfast’s status as a city on the rise, not just open for and I am delighted that a delegation from Belfast business but already doing the business. Chamber will attend again this year. This group of The ‘Be The Bridge’ theme of this year’s New York Belfast’s business leaders will meet with their New New Belfast, is a recognition that this works both York counterparts to enhance and increase business ways and we are ready and willing to provide the links and create and cement relationships. This platform for succesful collaborations in key spheres. forum for companies and individuals, and the Friends, I regret that I am not available to join you opportunities it provides to network and explore, has at this year’s conference and wish you a productive been an invaluable source of opportunity for all of and enjoyable time and I look forward ro welcoming those involved. many of you to Belfast in the time ahead. During my term of office, I will be seeking such Best wishes from Belfast opportunities to continue to showcase the city and its people, to drive change and build on momentum – all whilst keeping rights and equality at the heart Cllr John Finucane of all we do. Lord Mayor of Belfast

Belfast has the tenacity and spirit A city buzzing with world-class talent, full of rank – particularly from the US - enjoying the entrepreneurial energy and alive with cultural benefits of a highly-skilled workforce which diversity; not a description of our host city – gives them a competitive edge. although it is obviously apt – but a brief Citi arrived in Belfast in 2005 with the glimpse at the new Belfast. intention of hiring 375 people; it now employs It’s not so new to those of us who live and over 3,000. Allstate has a headcount of 2,200 work there but in the same way New York has and has just celebrated its 20-year anniversary lived up to its name by constantly reinventing in the city. HBO arrived in Belfast to film the itself, Belfast has shown it has the tenacity first series of Game of Thrones before and spirit to lead the pack in an ever-changing returning time and again as its most popular world. programme gathered pace. That is never so ably demonstrated than in These are just a few examples of inward the businesses which make up our diverse investors being so impressed with the return economy; and with a combination of on their investment that they have reinvested, competitive cost base, first class not just once but many times over. The infrastructure and a vibrant social positive experience they have enjoyed means environment, Belfast stands out as a magnet they are our biggest advocates. city. At KPMG we are proud to support the New Belfast has been named the most business- York New Belfast Conference and the ‘Be the friendly city of its size globally, taken the Bridge Awards’ lunch. We have a strong track second spot in a list of cities ranked by FDI record in helping companies make sound strategy and been placed second in a ranking inward investment decisions and we would be of mid-sized and small Global Cities of the delighted to tell you more about why choosing Future in a report compiled by the Financial Belfast can make a big difference to your Times fDi magazine. business. We look forward to hearing from A raft of indigenous companies have been you. enjoying these benefits for some time, names like First Derivatives, Norbrook and Kainos. Johnny Hanna And over the years a raft of blue chip Partner and Head of Tax, names from across the globe have joined their KPMG in Northern Ireland Page 19 / Irish Echo / JUNE 12 - 18, 2019 / www.irishecho.com

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Image: The Personal is Political, is published in the artists whose work has an affinity with ABSTRACT focussing on Diligence projects. Cara leads the Previously she was the photography theory text book, The Photography EXPRESSIONISM, a decisive period in the history of U.S Irish Business Group New York desk, a art, i.e. William de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Franz James Arnott Chair in Reader, Liz Wells, Routledge Press, Winter 2003. collaborative initiative between the U.S. and Irish Cline. I film abstract artists who are working in Her essay, Catharsis: images of post conflict Belfast member firms, whose primary purpose is to Drama at the University of aesthetic qualities related to this period. Glasgow, where she held a is included in the international journal provide clients, who have operations in both the range of roles including Photographies, Vol. 6. Issue I, Taylor Francis, 2013. Billy Condon U.S. and Ireland, with fully integrated services. Dean of Research for the Faculty of Arts and Senate Ashleen Feeney 35 years’ experience in the Assessor. She began her career as British Academy Travel Industry serving Conor Twomey Post-Doctoral Fellow, then lecturer and senior Ashleen Feeney, Director – Conor Twomey is the Deal Advisory and Head of both Tourism Ireland and lecturer at the University of Glasgow and as a Aer Lingus in a variety of Managing Director of First lecturer at Trinity College Dublin. She has particular Business Development for Derivatives and Kx North KPMG in Northern Ireland. management positions in research interests in Scottish theatre and drama several overseas markets. I America. The First from the eighteenth century to the present; theatre Ashleen has a background Derivatives Group in infrastructure financing was charged with and drama for childre n and young people; developing the commercial employees over 800 staff eighteenth- and nineteenth-century women and has provided across 12 cities in the US, commercial and financial distribution of the Irish playwrights; and, cultural policy, in particular in tourism product Canada and Mexico. It’s relation to Scotland and to cultural and national advice on over £1bn of biggest location is New economic and social throughout Australia and New Zealand along with identity. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of project work in South East Asia. York City with over 330 Edinburgh, and a previous recipient of the RSE’s infrastructure projects delivered in Northern Ireland employees where Conor is based. Starting as a Prize Lectureship in the Humanities. Adrienne was over the last decade, including Belfast Rapid Transit software engineer, Conor has worked in a number of (Phase 1), Belfast Metropolitan College Titanic Brian McCabe a member of the REF2014 subpanel for her locations and roles for First Derivatives around the Quarter Campus, Titanic Belfast and M1 Westlink. The new Chairman of the discipline having previously served the equivalent world (London, Tokyo and Newry Co.Down) during More recently, Ashleen led the KPMG team engaged Executive Council of the role for RAE2008 Subpanel. She regularly serves on his nine years with the company specialising in by Belfast City Council to assist develop the Belfast Society is Brian E. McCabe. AHRC prioritisation panels. She has been a director building bespoke trading and risk systems. He has a Region City Deal proposal that secured £350m of Brian is a member of a of several arts-sector boards, including serving as Bsc. in Financial, Mathematical and Actuarial investment from the UK Government in October 2018. large and well-known Irish chair of the Citizens’ Theatre Glasgow, and is American family with a Sciences from University College Cork and a Msc. in currently a trustee of the National Library of She is a Fellow Member of Chartered Accountants Ireland, a member of the Institute of Directors distinguished tradition of Computational Finance from the University of Scotland and a lay member of the Court of service in the political, Limerick where he graduated top of his class. Edinburgh Napier University. (former NI Committee Member) and was recently appointed Chair of CBI Northern Ireland legal, educational, building Infrastructure Forum. trades and cultural life of Daniel Dromm Alison Fraser New York City. Brian enjoyed a long and Daniel Dromm has been a Alison Fraser, PhD, is Becca Hume accomplished career in the NYPD Detective Bureau progressive leader in Assistant Curator of the Becca Hume is Founder of as a detective and commander and was widely Queens for over 20 years. Poetry Collection and TapSOS, a smartphone app recognized for his service in the Irish Peace Process. An award-winning public Interim Coordinator of the that allows people to He is currently a System Director with the Bon school teacher, Dromm Rare & Special Books contact emergency Secours Charity Health System and a consultant in was elected to the New Collection of the University services in a non-verbal investigative and security operations, creative and York City Council in 2009 Libraries, the University at manner. Becca graduated educational projects. Brian is now Chairman of the and represents District 25 Buffalo, The State from the University of Executive Council of the Society, on which he has (Jackson Heights & University of New York. The Ulster in 2015 with a served for a number of years. Elmhurst). He serves as Poetry Collection is the Masters in Multidisciplinary the Chair of the Education Committee. Prior to his library of record for twentieth- and twenty-first- Design and has completed Brian Houston election, Dromm was an award-winning New York century poetry in English. It is home to the world’s British Sign Language Level 6. Becca is curious Recently relocated back to City public school teacher at PS 199Q in Queens largest and most comprehensive James Joyce about users, behaviours and needs in order to his native Belfast, Brian from 1984 to 2009. In 2006, Dromm was chosen as Collection, in addition to over 150 other manuscript design functional products for accessibility. Becca is Houston has not had time “Outstanding Teacher of the Year” by his school’s collections that include significant archival a ‘Global Shaper’ – initiative of the World Economic to get over his transatlantic principal and in 2009, he was chosen as “Educator collections of William Carlos Williams, Wyndham Forum – this network of under 30s working together jet lag before he’s recorded of the Year” by the Kiwanis Club of Sunnyside. He Lewis, Dylan Thomas, Robert Graves, Robert to address regional and global challenges to play an and is releasing a brand has also received the Marsho-Raimo Award from Duncan, and Helen Adam. With her colleagues in active role in shaping policy, innovation, health, new album. A complete the United Federation of Teachers (UFT). Dromm is the Poetry Collection and University Libraries, Dr. education and more. departure from his always the founder of the Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Fraser is taking a leadership role in making the self penned albums, Committee and has organized the first Queens vision for a James Joyce Museum at the University Billie-Jo McDowell Houston has presented a LGBT Pride Parade and Festival, which he still puts at Buffalo a reality. Billie-Jo McDowell grew up selection of gems from his childhood. Entitled on the first Sunday in June in Jackson Heights. in the Foster Care System “Songs From My Father”, Brian has taken the songs Dromm co-founded the Queens Chapter of Parents, Angela Kelly in Northern Ireland. She he was taught at home by his parents and infused Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (P- Originally from Belfast, N. graduated from Queen’s them with a fresh creative sparkle! Currently on tour FLAG), as well as the Generation Q Youth Services Ireland, Angela Kelly came University Belfast with a in the England, Houston will return home launch the Program in Astoria. He also helped found the to the US from the UK to BSc (Hons) degree in album at his headline show on Saturday March 5th Queens Pride House. serve as a full- time Geography in 2016 and is in the Empire Music Hall as part of the Belfast Visiting Artist at the School currently studying for a Nashville Festival. When asked why this sudden turn of the Art Institute, degree in Social Work, due Donovan Wylie around from his policy of only releasing his own Born in 1971, Donovan Chicago. Her art work is to graduate in June 2019. compositions, Houston replied “There’s some thing Wylie is a photographer included in international Throughout her time at about being away from home for a long time that Queen’s University Belfast, Billie-Jo has engaged in a and filmmaker based in collections worldwide, makes you appreciate your culture and heritage. I range of advocacy and policy development roles, as his native Belfast. including: The Center for was being asked for songs from home in the states well as international opportunities, including Exploring alternative Creative Photography, Tucson; The Art Institute of and I decided to look more into the folk music of the participation in the Washington Ireland Programme strategies for the Chicago; The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur sixties after seeing the movie, “Inside Lewyn Davis”. I Foundation; The Museum of Contemporary for Service and Leadership, Class of 2018. During representation of conflict, her time in Washington DC, Billie-Jo interned with was reminded of how many great songs my Dad had Wylie combines Photography, Chicago; The Historical Society, introduced me to that I’d more or less ignored. The Chicago; The Arts Council of London, UK, as well as the Brady Campaign for Prevention of Gun Violence, conceptual and typological completing service with a range of NGO’s and more I bought the more, I was inspired by the approaches, and asks us several private collections. She has received grants stories and the melodies of my childhood” and fellowships from The Arts Council of Great charities, and actively seeking widening her to consider the role of photography within the knowledge of the foster care system and child contexts of preservation, memory and history. Wylie Britain and N. Ireland, the Arts Mid-West National Cara Sloan Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council, the welfare in the United States. is Professor of Photography at Ulster University, and Cara joined Grant his work is held in numerous public collections Focus Infinity Fund, as well as faculty development, Thornton Ireland in 2009 FEAD grants from RIT and a Chancellor’s artist in Bill Page including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New I am a filmmaker producing and progressed to residence fellowship from the University of New York; the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven; documentaries about visual Associate Director in the and the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. Wylie’s Orleans. Her curatorial work debuted at Hayward artists. And, as a painter Financial Services Gallery, London. She continued curating while the books include Maze (2009), Outposts (2011), North this gives me in-depth Advisory department. Warning System (2014) and Housing Plans for the vice-chair of exhibitions at Randolph St. Gallery, insights into understanding She has eight years’ Chicago. She has lectured widely on her work in Future (2018). the creative process, how experience in advising Europe, Asia and the US. Currently a full professor artists work and the artists’ corporate clients and at RIT Rochester, she has served on the executive point of view. 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He represents of the Institute of clients in complex business Erin Hartnett Engineering and Technology Johnny Hanna litigation matters, including in Northern Ireland (2013/2014), and holds and has Erin Herlihy Hartnett is the Johnny Hanna is a Partner commercial tort and held a number of advisory and board roles with associate director of in KPMG and Head of Tax in contract litigation, organisations focused on economic and social Advancement for University Northern Ireland. He has securities and financial development.Jayne’s career has involved leadership Libraries at the University over 20 years’ experience industry disputes, positions with both multinationals and start-ups, at Buffalo, a premier advising on Irish, UK and employment and restrictive covenant litigation, and across a variety of operational and executive roles. research-intensive public international tax issues for maritime and international transaction disputes. He Jayne has lived and worked in culturally and university and the largest, leading indigenous and also represents trust companies, financial politically complex environments in a variety of global most comprehensive multinational businesses institutions, and individuals, as fiduciaries and locations including Europe, China, India and North institution in the 64- across a range of Industry beneficiaries in trusts and estates disputes, as well America. Roles have included international sales, campus State University of sectors. Johnny, originally as tax-exempt organizations in connection with business development, corporate due diligence and New York system. UB Libraries is internationally from Newry, is a law graduate of Queen’s University, a regulatory issues. Matt advises clients on matters ownership of a range of cross functional technical recognized for its Special Collections, which include fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), projects of scale. The Poetry Collection – one of the world’s largest Ireland, a Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA) and former cybersecurity and data privacy (including the EU’s collections of poetry first editions, little literary Council member of the Irish Tax Institute. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)), and magazines, manuscripts, broadsides and anthologies Jennifer M. Frankola electronic discovery. Jennifer Frankola is an – and The Rare & Special Books Collection, whi ch Fr. Joseph P. associate in the litigation began with Buffalo philanthropist Thomas B. Parkes, SJ Maura Kelly department and part of the Lockwood’s donation of rare books in 1935 and now Fr. Joseph P. Parkes, SJ, oMaura is a mission-driven Special Education Group. encompasses over 14,000 titles, including four 17th- was appointed provincial strategist and Emmy- Jennifer’s practice is century William Shakespeare folios assistant for pre-secondary winning producer with dedicated to representing and secondary education for experience in management, Fionntán Hargey the educational needs of all the Maryland and USA digital marketing and children and in particular I am the project worker on Northeast Provinces, partnership development. children with special needs the Community effective summer of 2018. Through her consultancy and their families at CSE Transformation Initiative at As one of the founders of practice, Purple Mountain meetings and throughout the Market Development Cristo Rey New York High Media, Maura helps the administrative hearing process, appeals, and Association (MDA), leading School (CRNYHS), he served organisations and related proceedings. A former full time public school on community engagement as president of the school in East Harlem since its nonprofits develop and launch projects, and creative teacher in the Bronx, Jennifer cares about her clients and organising, training, opening in 2004. He has taught and held engagements that amplify their brand and social and families and understands the complexities of the education and economic administrative roles at Ateneo de Manila High School impact. Her career spans leadership positions in education system. With a hands on approach, she development, including the in the Philippines, St. Peter’s Prep in Jersey City, N.J., broadcast television at PBS/ WNET where she helped takes the time to understand her clients’ goals and Market Tunnels Project and and Fordham Prep in the Bronx. He also served as raise over $17 million for programs and EdTech will create a strategy to best achieve their objectives. Market Travel Centre. I hold a degree in Politics (BSc) provincial of the New York Province, helping to build initiatives — to working with top-media companies, from Ulster University and an MA in Violence, Loyola Jesuit College in Nigeria. such as The Jim Henson Co, PBS Kids, Tribeca Film Terrorism and Security from Queens’ University, Jennifer Stein Festival. Passionate about women’s leadership and Jennifer Stein is a design Belfast (QUB). As well as my work at the MDA, I am Dr Karen Winter gender equality, Maura is the Director of LEAP researcher examining the vice-chair of the Pangur Bán Literary & Cultural Karen Winter is a senior (Leadership Executive Acceleration Program) for implications of ubiquitous Society and the community co-investigator on the lecturer in social work at emerging women executives, and an Adviser to technologies on the built Creatively Connecting Civil Rights project at QUB. Queen’s University Belfast. EdSnaps (Educational Snapshots), a nonprofit that environment. Jen is She has over 16 years of introduces underserved girls to STEM careers. Maura Gordon McElroy currently Adjunct Faculty in professional social work was elected to the Board of Directors of NY Women in the Interactive Media Film & Television, a leading association that promotes Gordon McElroy is a Director experience having Division and a Research gender equality in the entertainment sector. Maura at MKB Law and oversees previously worked as a Associate in the Mobile and holds a Masters from NY Institute of Technology the Commercial and social worker and a team Environmental Media Lab where she was also an adjunct lecturer. Corporate business of the manager in child protection at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, exploring design firm. As one of the founding and family support and as a for interactive architecture, ambient storytelling, and partners of MKB Law in Guardian ad Litem. Her research interests focus Michael Sorkin mobile experiences. She has worked on interactive Michael Sorkin is the 2003, Gordon is delighted to primarily on young children in care and their rights, design projects for BMW, Intel, and the 2011 Shenzhen principal and founder of have been it grow and relationships, experiences/views, their families and and Hong Kong Architectural and Urban Design Michael Sorkin Studio. His flourish alongside the their outcomes. She has published widely in her area. Biennale. practice and work spans Belfast business community. Karen is currently involved in a national research design, criticism and Over the years Gordon has undertaken some of the project that is assessing the effectiveness of a book pedagogy. Since 2000, most extensive commercial site assembly and John Lee gifting scheme delivered to children in foster care and John Lee is the Executive Sorkin has been development schemes in Northern Ireland and where there is an enhanced role for the foster carer. Director of Goodman Media Distinguished Professor of advised on all legal aspects, including planning, of Her other research projects include collaborations International, providing Architecture and Director of those schemes. As such Gordon has become a trusted with European partners, Belgium, Austria, Germany, public relations counsel for the Graduate Program in advisor to many local businesses throughout Belfast Norway, Romania, Canada, Egypt and Vietnam. professional services, digital Urban Design at City College of New York. His and Northern Ireland. In 2016 Gordon was elected as media and technology previous academic engagements include Professor of President of the Belfast Chamber of Trade and Kristen Moore clients. Previously he was Urbanism and Director of the Institute of Urbanism at Commerce. During his term the Chamber launched Kristen began her marketing with TallGrass Public the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Gensler Chair at the “Belfast Manifesto” setting out plans for the career with IBM in 2007 and Relations, where he Cornell University, Hyde Chair in Nebraska University, immediate future of Belfast and serving as a blueprint shifted gears into the travel represented emerging Saarinen Chair in the University of Michigan, Gilbert for the city for the next 10 years. industry following the technology companies and produced the CBS podcast economic recession of Chair in the University of Michigan, both the Jack Butler “All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett.” Before that he ran 2009. Previously, she Davenport and Bishop Chair at Yale University, and his own PR consultancy, John Lee MEDIA, which professorships at the Architectural Association, As chief financial officer, extended her education with included several Irish companies in its client mix. He Cooper Union, Harvard University, and Columbia Jack is responsible for a Master’s Degree in also enjoyed a long run at the New York Racing University. Sorkin is architecture critic for The Nation, providing strategic International Relations & Association, where he served as Director of contributing editor at Architectural Record, and leadership to the Finance Public Policy at Monmouth Communications & Media Relations for America’s author or editor of twenty books. His books include Department while also University where she honed her craft of public premier thoroughbred racing circuit. John has served Variations on a Theme Park, Exquisite Corpse, Local working closely with MRP’s speaking. She has cultivated valuable relationships on the Irish Business Organization of New York Code, Giving Ground (edited with Joan Copjec), parent company, First among top tier industry partners and travel advisors Executive Board as Communications Officer, Second Michael Sorkin Studio: Wiggle (Works in Progress), Derivatives, on corporate- and focuses on driving revenue through all valuable Vice President and First Vice President and as Chair of Some Assembly Required, Other Plans, The Next level priorities. As MRP’s channels of the marketplace. She was awarded first the IBO Board of Advisors. He was a long-time board Jerusalem, After The Trade Center (edited with senior representative in place with Travel Agent Magazine as Top Supplier member of the Irish American Writers & Artists and Sharon Zukin), Starting From Zero, Analyzing Ambasz, Belfast, Jack works closely with the office of over 200 Sales Rep of 2015 and won the gold Travvy Award in has been active in the New York New Belfast Against the Wall, Indefensible Space, New Orleans sales and marketing professionals focused on creating 2016 for Rising Star in Hotels/Resorts. Kristen leads Conference and Ireland Day at the New York Stock Under Reconstruction (edited with Carol Reese and value for EMEA-R clients, developing future MRP the team with strategic maneuvers both on the ground Exchange. Anthony Fontenot), All Over the Map, and Twenty leaders, and growing the overall operation. He is also a and online which ensures all our clients receive top level bespoke services around the clock. 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Ambassador Elliott was the U.S. raise revenue for mass transit and to reduce Belfast, and Director of Funding Programme Ambassador to Tajikistan from 2012 to 2015. Prior congestion. Professor Moss has been on the faculty Andras House ltd, which is Manager since joining the to her Ambassadorial appointment, she served as of New York University since 1973 and is also an Belfast largest hotel group organisation in 2014. Prior the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Affiliated Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering in and an established to this Rosemarie worked South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering. He served as property development as a management consultant for Mazars of State. Ambassador Elliott served on the faculties an adviser to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg during company. Rajesh trained as Consulting in Dublin where she had service line of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana and the his first campaign for Mayor in 2001. From 1988 to an architect at Oxford responsibility for strategic planning, organisation University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia 2003 he was Director of NYU’s Taub Urban Research School of Architecture, and specialised in urban development, business process reengineering, before joining the U.S. Department of State in Center and from 1983 to 2004 he was deputy to the design. He worked in this field across the UK and governance and enterprise risk management. March 1990. During her Foreign Service career, Chairman of the Governor’s Council on Fiscal and Ireland, before committing to the world of Rosemarie holds a Bachelor degree in law (LL.B) Ambassador Elliott worked in a variety of overseas Economic Priorities. Moss is currently a member of hospitality. Rajesh’s tenure at Belfast Chamber has from Trinity College Dublin and a Masters in and Washington-based assignments. Her previous the Steering Committee of the Association for a covered the challenge of the Bank Buildings fire and Criminology (MSSc) from Queen’s University overseas assignments include Minister Counselor Better New York. a period of transition for central Belfast, along with Belfast. for Political Affairs in Moscow, Russia; Principal great successes in the city in the growth industries Officer in Belfast, Northern Ireland; Deputy Nicholas Malito of tourism, tech and professional services. His role Sean J Gaffey Economic Counselor and Visa Section Chief in Nick is an associate at at Belfast Chamber has been to drive the stature of Sean entered the financial Athens, Greece. Other overseas assignments Schnader Harrison Segal & the organisation through a new corporate identity, services industry in 2000 include Moscow, Russia and Lima, Peru. Lewis LLP where his financial plan and management structure. At Andras after graduating from the practice focuses on House, Rajesh is responsible for hotel operations University of Scranton. He Suzanne Aquino commercial leasing, and property development. The company, which was joined Merrill Lynch in Suzanne Aquino global bankruptcy, litigation, and established by his father, Lord Rana, owns and 2008, where he leads The Category Manager advising emergent operates seven hotels in the city with 1000 Gaffey Mellody Savoie specializing in companies.He represents bedrooms. The group is about to commence Group. Within the group, Outsourcing and national and regional construction of a hotel at Portrush, which is the Sean crafts customized Offshoring with Chain IQ, clients in commercial home of The Open golf championship, and has portfolios with a focus on an independent, global leasing and retail property development, from the plans for further hotel and office sites in Northern impact investing and uncovering unique service company inception of lease negotiation to retail store launch. Ireland. opportunities to support each client’s specific providing strategic, Nick’s broad civil litigation experience includes goals. Outside of work, Sean serves as a Board tactical and operational prosecuting and defending appeals, business torts, Richard Cushnie member for three non-profit organizations, Co- procurement for its intellectual property disputes, real estate disputes, Richard Cushnie is First Operation Ireland, which focuses on peace and clients. As a Global Category Manager Suzanne construction claims, bankruptcy avoidance actions, Secretary and Deputy reconciliation on the isle of Ireland; the Children’s advises her clients on new ways to create value for claims for disability and employment discrimination, Director at the Northern Medical Research Foundation (CMRF), which seeks their customers in an environment of rapidly and mass tort claims. Nick also advises emergent Ireland Bureau. His role is to improve the quality of children’s healthcare and changing technology, advancing automation and companies across all stages of development. to promote Northern Irish research to transform the lives of sick children, an increasingly customer experience driven interests in the US and young people and their families in Ireland and the economy. Prior to joining Chain IQ, Suzanne spent Prof. Paul Moore Canada, including building United States and the Rockville Centre Lacrosse 15 years at UBS where she led strategic sourcing Professor Moore joined the relationships of mutual Club. Sean previously served on the Board of the teams responsible for establishing and executing University of Ulster in 1999 benefit, monitoring policy Irish International Business Network-NY (IIBN), on the bank’s sourcing strategy, identifying and has since been active developments, and which fosters the global connectivity of Irish opportunities for spend reduction, cost in the development of the supporting inward visits as well as visits to Northern entrepreneurs. In addittion, Sean has been named optimization, process improvement and ensuring creative arts/industries Ireland by American and Canadian contacts. Richard to the Irish American Business 100 on several the effective transition, execution and sustainable policy in the university. He also supports InvestNI and Tourism Ireland in occassions. performance of the bank’s outsourced portfolios. was head of the School of highlighting the significant business and tourism Suzanne was born in Belfast and currently resides Creative Arts and opportunities in Northern Ireland. Richard brings Sean O’Dowd with her husband in Manhattan. She holds a Technologies from 2008 to extensive political, policy and leadership experience Mr. O’Dowd is focused on Bachelor’s degree in Business and Marketing and 2017 and has now been to the role. Previous posts within the civil service advising clients with is an active member of the Irish Business appointed as head of a new School of have included political and policing transformation regard to liquidity events, Organization. Communication and Media. He is a Director of in the Northern Ireland Office, leading major reform independent valuation Ulster’s Creative Industries Institute (CII). He was projects in Northern Ireland’s Departments of analysis, restructurings Tony Donnelly awarded a personal chair in 2009 becoming Education and Justice, and a secondment to the and business succession Born and bred in West Professor of Creative Technologies at the Magee Foreign and Commonwealth Office (where he was planning. Prior to joining Belfast, Tony Donnelly, campus, and was awarded a National Teaching First Secretary in Dublin for four years and Director Silvercrest, Mr. O’Dowd Managing Director of Fellowship in 2014. His research is focused on both of Communications for the historic State Visit to spent 13 years at NorthernPropertyni.com the creative industries and the ways in which theory Ireland by the Queen). Richard has also worked in Bessemer Trust, where he has always immersed and practice can be brought together in research, the Irish Department of Justice, providing policy helped create Bessemer Trust’s Family Company himself in the world of training and education. Most recently he has been advice to Ministers on equality issues. Before Advisory group, which provided corporate finance construction and property. involved in various arts data research projects with joining the civil service he was a journalist in the advisory services to clients. He has also worked in The former St Mary’s national bodies such as NESTA in the UK. He has North West of England. investment banking within Lehman Brothers’ Power Christian Brothers’ published widely in a range of journals/books and Group and corporate finance and valuation work at Grammar School pupil his practice has been exhibited in a number of Robert W. Walsh Ernst & Young and KPMG. Mr. O’Dowd holds took up summer placements working on building commissioned gallery exhibitions in London, Robert Walsh is Adjunct Bachelors of Commerce from the University of sites in London when he was just 16 and was Coventry, Belfast, Derry, Lough Neagh, and the Professor of International British Columbia and an MBA from the Yale School determined to carve out a career in the National Gallery of Namibia. and Public Affairs at of Management. He is also a CFA Charterholder construction/property industry. After graduating Columbia University. He and a member of the New York Society of Security from Queen’s University, Belfast as a Civil Engineer, Pauline Turley brings hands-on Analysts. Mr. O’Dowd is a member of the board of Tony went to work for various construction giants Pauline is the Vice Chair of experience in economic directors for Saugatuck Nursery School in including Farrans and O’Hare & McGovern. “After the Irish Arts Center, New development and Westport, CT, where he serves as Treasurer. seeing the returns I decided to become self- York.Born in Co. Down, revitalizing communities employed and project manage various sites in and Northern Ireland Pauline throughout New York City. Siobhan Dennehy around Belfast,” he explains. Together with brother graduated with a B.A. Walsh previously served Siobhan was born in Declan Donnelly, the pair began to amass their Honors degree in Drama as Commissioner of the New York City Department County Dublin born to own property portfolio and from this Northern and Theater Studies from of Small Business Services (SBS) from January parents Patrick, aka “Bob” Property was formed in 2006. Having just relocated Trinity College, Dublin. 2002 to December 2 013. During his twelve-year Greene from Doonbeg, to new purpose fitted premises in the Gaeltacht Pauline was appointed tenure, he reshaped SBS to become one of the County Clare and Mom, Quarter at the corner of Beechmount Avenue, the Executive Director of the city’s most innovative agencies in serving the Sheila (nee Hughes) from company has grown from a staff of one to twelve. Irish Arts Center in New York in 1998, a position she needs of its 200,000 small businesses. Walsh re- Athy, County Kildare. Her Each staff member hails from a background in held until April 2006 when she was appointed Vice energized the City’s 69 business improvement father Patrick was construction, finance and property and is on hand Chair of the Board of Directors.Founded in 1972, the districts and created an award-winning commercial stationed as a member of to advise on rental, sales, management, insurance Irish Arts Center is a multi-disciplinary organization revitalization and neighborhood leadership the Irish Police, An Garda and mortgages. Page 27 / Irish Echo / JUNE 12 - 18, 2019 / www.irishecho.com T m o S c m . o s c r . A o s s t s r i n o v s F e

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Irish American of the Year 2019 Mae O’Driscoll Mae O’Driscoll, who has devoted time beyond America’s shores. measure to the cause of the Irish in America, is the In response to the crisis facing these Irish Echo Irish American of the Year for 2019. immigrants, the Irish Immigration Reform O’Driscoll, who lives in New York, is the twelfth Movement was founded at a Cork Association person to win the accolade since it was revived in meeting in May, 1987. 2007. O’Driscoll is a charter member of the IIRM and Mae was born in Lisheen, Skibbereen, County served as chairperson of the New York State Cork. She grew up on a dairy farm with her five Branch. brothers and a sister. As a result of the IIRM’s dedicated efforts the In 1958 she immigrated to New York and worked Immigration Act of 1990 was enacted providing in the banking and travel Industries. She continued thousands of visas for the Irish through the her education at Brooklyn College where she Morrison Visa program. O’Driscoll is also a received a Bachelor of Science Degree in founding member of the Emerald Isle Immigration Accounting. After twenty eight years of service, Center and continues to serve the Irish immigrant Mae retired from J. P. Morgan & Company where community in her work as director and trustee of she was an assistant vice president. the EIIC. A dedicated member of the County Cork O’Driscoll has been active in the Irish American B.P. & P. Association, in addition to being first community since her arrival in New York. Whether woman president, O’Driscoll has served the it was in organising a benefit for a worthy cause, or association in various capacities through the walking a picket line in support of civil rights. years. With her brother, Bill, she began raising money Mae O’Driscoll joins a distinguished and for various Irish causes in the early 1960s. She varied Irish American of the Year roster that worked with the National Association for Irish features Congressman Joe Crowley, university Justice in 1969, particularly for Bernadette Devlin’s lecturer and Great Hunger curriculum pioneer, visit to New York City, and became a member of Maureen Murphy, Congressman Peter King, the Ladies Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of broadcaster Adrian Flannelly, philanthropist Hibernians in 1971. She joined the County Cork Loretta Brennan Glucksman, attorney and rights Association in 1983 and six years later, in 1989, she activist Brian O’Dwyer, author Pete Hamill, was elected its first woman president. Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal, Mae’s care and concern became particularly author Colum McCann, New York City Council evident in the 1980s when thousands of Speaker Christine Quinn, and U.S. Attorney undocumented Irish immigrants flocked to Patrick Fitzgerald. Page 31 / Irish Echo / JUNE 12 - 18, 2019 / www.irishecho.com f . o y

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Louise’s Comprehensive. Be The Bridge Award for Arts After graduating from UCLA with a BA from the School of Theater, Film and TV, Geraldine embarked on a creative Geraldine Hughes journey which has included theatre performances on Broadway in classics such as Brian Friel’s Translations Actor, Producer, Playwright and Cyrano de Bergerac and contemporary works including Martin McDonogh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan and The Beauty Queen of Leenane. She has recently As a playwright, actor, producer and integrated education finished a year’s run as Professor McGonagle in the campaigner, Geraldine Hughes takes on almost as many smash hit Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, again on roles off stage as she does in her award-winning auto- Broadway. biographical play, Belfast Blues. Her most famous movie roles include Gran Torino and The play, written and performed by the Belfast-born Rocky Balbao in which she appeared opposite Clint actress, sees her represent over 20 characters and, like Eastwood and Sylvester Stallone respectively. On the the woman herself, has been a hit on both sides of the small screen roles in primetime television shows such as Atlantic, making our ‘Be The Bridge’ Arts honoree the Nurse Jackie, The Good Wife and most recently The personification of these New York New Belfast bridge Blacklist have kept this multi-talented performer very building accolades. much in the public eye. Having been brought up in the Divis flats area of West An enthusiastic and active champion of the arts in the Belfast, Geraldine’s relationship with the US started when US and Belfast, Geraldine is a patron of Brassneck she was just 14 after being cast in the movie Children of Theatre Company and a long-standing campaigner for the Crossfire which, as well as being her film debut, gave integrated education in the north of Ireland. her the opportunity to attend the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) on finishing her schooling at St

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George, for some years now an American citizen, who has long rugby pitch during his time at university, making the rugby m been building bridges in the worlds of transatlantic business and o team’s first fifteen for a total of three years. His devotion to the c

. high finance. o Irish rugby team is matched by his dedication to forging business h A partner with Versant Capital, a real estate focused asset c

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Mary Ann’s dedication to diversity in tech has also been Be The Bridge Award for Technology underpinned by her work with Equality Moonshot as a co- founder of the project to foster women-run STEM businesses Mary Ann Pierce solving the UN Sustainability Development Goals 2030. Mary Ann is also an adviser for Raiven Capital emerging technology Founder & CEO, MAP Digital venture fund, global partners seeking market-originating tech run by cognitively diverse teams. In addition to the Equality Moonshot, Mary Ann Pierce The recipient of our Be The Bridge Award for Technology, Mary serves on the board of Digital Irish, is an observer for the MIT Ann Pierce has been smashing down barriers as well as Enterprise Forum NYC and an advisor for Inspirefest in Dublin, building bridges as she has blazed a trail in digital a sci-tech and arts festival with diversity at its heart. conferencing over the last two decades. She taught digital event design at New York University and The founder & CEO of MAP Digital, Inc., for over 20 years has been a speaker at many prestigious events including the Mary Ann has fused the digital space to investment banking Ideagen UN Empowering Women & Girls 2030 Summit as well conferences and built MAP Digital: MetaMeetings™, an event as PCMA, and MPI business and leadership conferences. MAP platform as a service. Mary Ann is also the founder of Smart Digital is certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise Venues which embeds MAP Digital: MetaMeetings™ within National Council. conference centres worldwide. In 2008, Mary Ann Pierce received the Belfast Amabassador MAP Digital is headquartered in New York City, produces award at the Belfast International Homecoming in recognition events globally, and is dedicated to cognitive diversity in its of her transatlantic bridge-building heroics. approach.

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i native said in an interview last Friday afternoon. . w It wasn’t the biggest price tag of the week in New w w York’s high-end real estate sector. Jeff Bezos bought an apartment for $80 million. Seated in the balcony area of his company’s 15th- floor office complex on Madison Avenue, George was well-placed to talk about the sector. He pointed to a nearby Robert Stern-designed building. “He probably gets the highest prices of any architect in the city. He appeals to a very specific sort of buyer,” he said. “He’s a brand. People love his buildings. That one is full of bil - lionaires.” George, who is being honored this week at the New York-New Belfast conference, discussed also the excep - tionally slender and tall building a block south and east. Michael George will be honored at this week’s New York-New Belfast conference. PHOTO BY NORA SCALLY “That’s very high end,” he said. Four years after comple - tion, 432 Park Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets, continued. “Even though Amazon aren’t going there. it’s British,” he said. “He’s definitely dug his heels in. At the has already established itself, he added, as “one of the probably going to continue to develop. The land is very end of the day the British are closer to the Irish than the iconic buildings of Manhattan, if not the world.” This is cheap. The rentals work over there. In Manhattan the French or the Germans. Leo doesn’t realize that. The in part because it is the second tallest in New York after rentals don’t really work. You’ve got to sell condos.” Germans and the French, if they don’t need him they’ll One World Trade Center and it has the highest rooftop in toss him aside.” the city. It’s ranked third in the U.S. in terms of height More broadly, he’s not keen on making predictions, and is also the tallest residential building on the planet. Short-term pain especially about what might be next big thing. An engineer by training, George can appreciate and “In my era we were engineers. We went into financial admire the conceptual thinking that went into 432 Park George was educated at the Royal Academy Belfast engineering and we kind of destroyed the world,” Avenue, especially the part of that that prevents it from before going on to study engineering sciences at St. George remembered. “I never did any of it, by the way, swaying. But the Downtown Manhattan resident was Catharine’s College, Cambridge, where he continued but a lot of people did these fancy financial products likely speaking for many when he said that he wouldn’t with postgraduate studies in computer science. While at when we would have been better off putting that intel - live in it himself. Cambridge, too, he played rugby for the university’s first lectual capital into something much more productive. The Empire State Building, still New York’s most icon - XV. He joined Lehman Brothers upon graduation in 1986. We trained all these engineers and rather than building ic structure, “was built to boost demand and to give a He was sent for an early stint in New York in the late high-speed railway engines they built CDOs [collateral - bunch of people jobs” nine decades ago. 1980s and has been in the city full-time since 1992. ized debt obligation], what Warren Buffet called “We build to try to make money,” George said. “On In 1999, George joined Deutsche Bank. “I like to tell ‘weapons of mass destruction.” our side of the business, we lend to the developers at a everybody that when I left Lehman Brothers, everything lower-cost basis, so that they can actually get their was fine,” he said of a company that filed for bankrupt - buildings built.” cy in 2008. The move to cities Versant’s partner HFZ is a developer and puts equity His last position in his 10 years at Deutsche Bank was into the building itself. as managing director in the Institutional Client Group “If you were a young person, what would the next thing with responsibility for its largest North American clients. go into to make a good living for yourself over and He was appointed managing director of Fortress above the average? I wouldn’t send anybody towards Paying top dollar Investment Group LLC in 2009 and joined Versant in financial engineering. I think that’s the last 25 years.” 2017. “Renewals and solar. That may have some legs to it.” “The skillset you need is to identify the area, the trend, George said he only has occasional regrets about “I’ve two 24-year-old daughters, I’ve directed them the price point, what people are going to buy, where leaving London. “It wasn’t the city it is today. In the into the real estate business, because we’ve got such they’re to buy, the size of the apartments. You can’t just 1990s, the infrastructure was very bad,” he recalled. terrible infrastructure in New York and buildings always throw up something in some area and hope.” “Everything shut at 5 o’clock at night. Getting to the air - have to be replaced and changed. It’s more of an art, George suggested, as with an port was a disaster. But today London has caught up in “The U.S. has trillions of dollars of infrastructure architect. terms of amenities.” spending to be done,” George said. “So that’s an area “You’re going to have to build an iconic building if He retains strong ties to Europe. His mother and that could be looked at.” you’re going to have someone who’s going to pay top brother are in Northern Ireland, while his sister lives in As for life advice for someone intent on going into dollar for it. It’s very competitive. You’re competing England. He has a place in Paris and stays there fre - business, he said, “Get a good broad general education. against people who see the best product in the world,” quently. On the issue of Brexit, he said: “There will be That’s the first thing. Education is something that he said. short-term pain; I’m not convinced there’ll be long-term nobody can take away from you. Secondly, don’t spe - George means people like Jeff Bezos and the New gain quite frankly, but if it’s what people want, democ - cialize too early. Zealand client. racy has to be respected. “Learn how to problem solve and think,” he said, “These people are the richest people in the world; “There’s no will on either side to put up a hard bor - adding that his engineering science degree thought him and they see the best product in the world. So you have der,” George said in relation to the island of Ireland. how to solve problems. to put out the best product.” “There’ll be a little bit of noise about the regulatory stuff, “Then continue to learn and innovate. Try to stay cur - Money came into the U.S. in 2014-15 when conditions which will all get sorted out. And the British have offered rent. You don’t have to jump in and get in every trend. were better. “Not just New York. London, San Francisco, full monetary condensation for any sort of digital tech - But know what the young people are doing. Understand Los Angeles etc. All the gateway cities,” he said. “That’s nology that would be needed. what they’re doing,” George said. “Even from my busi - why you see a lot of cranes.” “I think there could be pretty significant disruption ness, I need to understand why the young people today But prices have had to come down to attract new [because of Brexit]. I don’t think people realize what want to live in cities. They don’t want to live in the sub - buyers. The real problem, these days, is selling apart - sorts of disruptions there will be.” urbs.” ments in the middle of buildings. What developers could Yet he does not believe the direst predictions that Forty years ago, Ivy Leaguers went back to where once sell for $3,500 per square foot might now be priced have been made. “It will be like ‘Oh, we hadn’t thought they came from. Now the graduates of the top 20 col - at $2,500. of that. We’ll have to sort that out,’” he said. “These are leges are flocking to America’s seven or so most impor - “What’s happening at the moment is the Chinese just the practicalities we’ll have to deal with.” tant cities. aren’t coming into the market anymore The one possible advantage coming out of Brexit “That affects my investing style. That affects where They had a very few people at the top of the economy could be an American bilateral trade deal with the UK — we put our money; affects the cities that we invest in. who were getting very, very wealthy and they were get - if it’s not a disadvantageous one forced on the latter due We have to understand young people. The jobs they ting the hell of China, and the Chinese government said, to its weakness. want to do. it doesn’t mean we have to live like them. ‘No more. Let’s try to rebalance the economy.’” “The one EU country that could benefit ironically is But it means we have to understand them.” “In many ways, I think that’s good,” he said. the South of Ireland, being next to the North,” he said. Twenty years ago the gurus said we’d all be living in Long Island City over the East River in Queens is George was critical of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. “I farmhouses talking to each other over the internet. “And “very interesting area where real workers live,” George think he should have been more accommodating to the the reality is just the opposite happened,” George said.

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o Council Member Daniel Dromm, Chair, tea, coffee and juices served). h c e Finance Committee, New York City Council. 8AM: Business Breakfast: A Bridge to the Future: h s i r i . 6:50PM: Welcome to the American Irish Historical Society Rebuilding Belfast’s City Core. w w

w Brian McCabe, Chairman, AIHS. CHAIR: Suzanne Aquino, Chain IQ, 7PM: Catharsis: A New York Photographer Returns Member Invest NI, Advisory Panel, East Coast, USA to a New Belfast PANEL: Rajesh Rana, President, Belfast Prof Angela Kelly, Rochester Institute Chamber of Trade and Commerce of Technology, School of Photographic Arts. Ashleen Feeney, Deal Advisory and Head of 7:15PM: Photography, Creativity and Belfast Business Development, KPMG in NI Prof Donovan Wylie, Lecturer in BA/ Gerald Hanweck, CEO, Hanweck Associates. MFA Photography, Ulster University. 8:30AM: Alternate Histories of the Future: 7:30PM: University at Buffalo: A Home for the Greatest creative industries and social change in Belfast. Joyce Collection in the World CHAIR: Paul Moore, Head of the School of Erin Hartnett, Gift Officer, University at Buffalo & Communication and Media, Ulster University. Alison Fraser, Assistant Curator of the Poetry PANEL: Donovan Wylie, Lecturer in BA/MFA Collection, University at Buffalo. Photography, Ulster University 7:40PM: Along The Edge. The work of Rodney Dickson. Frank Lyons, Associate Dean of Research and By Bill Page. Impact, Ulster University 8:00PM: Be The Bridge Shebeen: Across the Great Divide Jennifer Stein, World Building Institute. Art which brings people together, across peace 9AM: Official Opening lines, across oceans, across a divided America. Corey Johnson, Speaker New York City Council. In association with Irish American Writers 9:15AM: A Wider Reach: Expanding the & Artists. Participation in our Universities. Featuring : Performance by Brian Houston, Belfast CHAIR: Maura Kelly, Founder Singer/Songwriter. Annalisa Chamberlin, Actor, Purple Mountain Media. recites poetry by John Kearns (“Even to say PANEL: Robert Walsh, Manhattan there are no words”, “Masjid Jahan Numa College Prof Adrienne Scullion, Pro Vice November 2016” and “Transmigration of Soul”). Chancellor, Faculty of Arts, Humanities Joe Hurley, Singer/Songwriter, & Social Sciences, QUB Fr Joe Parkes, Audiobook Narrator, Actor, Writer. Provincial Assistant for pre-secondar y & The London-bred, Irish Blooded New Yorker on secondary Education, Maryland & USA belonging elsewhere & everywhere. The cracks Northeast Billy-Jo McDowell, Graduate of that create cross cultural understanding and QUB Dr Karen Winter, Senior Lecturer in artistic collaboration. With a little help from Social Work, QUB. George Best. Andrea Barnes, Actor, Writer, 9:45AM: A MANHATTAN MINUTE performs an original monologue David Beattie, Digital Irish, NYC Larry Kirwan performs his Belfast 9:50AM: A MANHATTAN MINUTE version of David Bowie’s “Heroes”. Becca Hume, Entrepreneur, Founder TapSOS 8:40PM: Close 9:55AM: INVESTING IN BELFAST — Europe’s Fastest-Growing Knowledge Economy. CHAIR: Mary Ann Pierce, Founder, MAP Digital. PANEL: Jayne Brady, Partner, Kernel Capital, Belfast Johnny Hanna, Partner & Head of Tax, KPMG in NI Jack Butler, CFO, MRP, Philadelphia and Belfast Conor Twomey, Managing Director, Kx/First Derivatives, North America. P a g e

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10:25AM: A MANHATTAN MINUTE: BE THE BRIDGE: Lessons I Learnt /

Community Generator: A $10m Visitor Hostel. While Forging a Transatlantic Partnership U N E

Fionntán Hargey, Director, Market (Grace Room). 1 2

Development Association, Belfast. CHAIR: Jennifer Frankola, President, 1 8 ,

10:35AM: In a World of Outstanding Tourist Attractions, Brehon Law Society. 0 1 Why Should Visitors Beat a Path to Belfast’s Door? CONTRIBUTORS: Sean O’Dowd, MD, 9 /

Presentation by Kristen Moore, CEO, Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC, w w . i

Destinations of Distinction, NY on how Titanic Belfast Tony Donnelly, Managing Partner, Northern r i s h

captured the imagination of American travellers. Property, Mike Breen, Cara Sloan, Member e c h o .

CHAIR: John J. Reilly, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs New York Advisory Board, IIBN, New York, c o m

PANEL: Kristen Moore, CEO, Destinations Siobhan Dennehy, Executive Director, EIIC, of Distinction, NY Michael Stewart, Director, Sheila Lynott, Caoimhe Forde, Co-Chair, House Belfast, Billy Condon, VP Marketing USA, Irish Network, NY. Tourism Ireland, Rosemarie McHugh, 12:30PM- BE THE BRIDGE Director of Product Development, Tourism NI. 2:30PM: AWARDS LUNCHEON 11:05AM: MANHATTAN MINUTE: Recognizing exemplary bridge builders This Manhattan Minute will be presented by between Belfast and NY over the past decade: Pauline Turley, Vice Chair, Irish Arts Centre. GUEST SPEAKER: Thomas P. DiNapoli, 11:15AM: BETTER, CLEANER, FASTER: New York State Comptroller. Building Connected Cities. BE THE BRIDGE AWARD CHAIR: Mitchell Moss, Director, Rudin Center for FOR INVESTMENT: Thomas P. DiNapoli, Transportation Policy & Management. New York State Comptroller. PANEL: Elizabeth Crowley, Chairperson BE THE BRIDGE AWARD FOR ARTS: and Founder, 21 In’21, Gordon McElroy, Geraldine Hughes, Actor, Producer, Playwright. former President of the Belfast Chamber BE THE BRIDGE AWARD FOR BUSINESS: of Trade and Commerce, Patrick Foye, Michael George, Par tner, Versant Group. Chair & CEO, New York Metropolitan BE THE BRIDGE AWARD FOR Transport Authority, Michael Sorkin, TECHNOLOGY: Mary Ann Pierce, Founder Principal, Michael Sorkin Studio NYC. & CEO, MAP Digital. 11:45AM: MANHATTAN MINUTE 6PM-8PM Farewell Finale of New York Nicholas Malito, Irish Business New Belfast Conference. Organisation of New York. VENUE - Pier A Harbor House, 22 Battery Place, 11:55AM: BOARDROOM DIALOGUES New York, NY 10280. OUR 21ST CENTURY CITIES – Includes the presentation of Irish Echo From Division to Diversity (Patrol Room). Irish American of the Year Award to CHAIR: Richard Cushnie, Northern Ireland Bureau. Mae O’Driscoll in Pier A, Battery Place, CONTRIBUTORS: Rodney Dickson, Manhattan. Marcus Robinson, Geraldine Hughes, Bill Page, Sophie Colgan, Pauline Turley, Susan Elliott, President & CEO, National Committee on America Foreign Policy. BOOSTING IRISH AMERICAN: Belfast business connections in a time of uncertainty: Beating the Brexit Blues (New Yorker Room). CHAIR: John Lee, Executive Director, Goodman Media International. CONTRIBUTORS: Hon. Francine A Schott, J.S.C.(ret.) Purcell, Mulcahy & Flanagan LLC, Sean Gaffey, First VP of the Gaffey Mellody Group at Merrill Lynch, Mar tin Mallon, South Bank Square Ltd, Matthew Dunn, Member New York Advisory Board, IIBN, New York.