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Developing Leaders. Building Communities Proudly Presents The Class of 2018 Board Members at the US Consul General’s Residence, Belfast Board and Staff B.R. McConnon III (Chair) David Gavaghan Carmel Martin (Vice Chair) Susan Hoffman Eamonn Fitzgerald (Vice Chair) Erik Huey Patricia Balana (Secretary) Kristin Leary Eugene Hillery (Treasurer) Richard McHugh Jim Boland Jennifer O’Malley Dillon John Buscher Terry O’Sullivan Frank Cantrel Jr. Paul S. Quinn Jim Carroll Pamela Smith Lorraine Corcoran Kevin Sullivan Michael Collins Congressman Jim Walsh Professor Roger Downer Executive Director - Bryan Patten Director of Programs - Claire Rumpsa Director of Communications – Andy McCullough Development Associate – Sammi Burke The WIP Class of 2018 at their orientation program in Belfast The Washington Ireland Program Learn, Lead, Serve For more than 20 years, the Washington Ireland Program of their own vision; on their attaining a sensitive and (WIP) has brought college students with the potential rigorous understanding of what it will mean to follow the to shape Northern Ireland and Ireland to the US. One of path of leadership; and on listening to the differing views the most coveted student development programs, WIP is of their peers. Through this crucible experience, deep widely acknowledged as a transformative personal and insights are achieved and lasting bonds are created. Over professional experience. the years, WIP has become synonymous with the forging of friendships across differing political perspectives, Representative of all backgrounds and traditions on across community boundaries, and with the emergence of the island, year to year the program’s participants are a new all island network of leaders. generously sponsored, and more than 40% qualify for full scholarship support. WIP alumni, always prominent in their chosen fields, have consistently delivered on their early promise. They Every summer WIP students are given the opportunity to include, Leo Varadkar (WIP 2000), the youngest Taoiseach be immersed in extraordinary professional environments in Ireland’s history; Claire Sugden (WIP 2010), who was in Washington, DC – and in 2018, for the first time, in appointed at the age of 29 as Northern Ireland’s Minister New York. Working on Capitol Hill, in leading think tanks, for Justice; Emma Little Pengelly (WIP 2002), the first WIP organisations, businesses and non-profits, they are graduate elected to the House of Commons; and Nuala immersed in American business and politics. They are also McAllister (WIP 2010), who in 2017 became Lord Mayor hosted by local families who are sensitive to the realities of Belfast. of contemporary Northern Ireland and Ireland, in whose homes the students gain a deep appreciation for US This year we are investing in 30 exceptional students – values. those who aspire to lead our island, to address social and political division, to shape our future in uncertain and Additionally, our students complete a challenging unstable times. We are delighted to introduce our Class leadership curriculum that is focused on the development of 2018. ANNOUNCEMENT Cody Keenan appointed as writer in residence for Washington Ireland Program “I’m humbled by this honor, and thrilled to remain connected with the Washington Ireland Program. I’ve had the privilege to meet with WIP students on a WIP is delighted to announce Cody Keenan as WIP’s regular basis over the past six second writer in residence. Over the coming months, including an writing retreat in years, and I’m excited to work Ireland, Cody will work with WIP students and alums to share their vision and aspirations for the future. with WIP alumni to help them Cody has been a speechwriter for President Barack Obama for more than a decade, rising from a campaign craft and share their visions intern in Chicago to Director of Speechwriting at the White House. for our future.” CELTIC CHEFS Cheers to our Celtic Chef Supporters! The 9th annual Evening with Celtic Chefs Honoring Tom Donohue (President and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce) raised a record level of support for the Washington Ireland Program. The event featured delicious samples from some of DC’s finest chefs: Tracy O’Grady {1789}, Laurent Aubel {Café Dupont}, Niall Duffy {Two and a Half Irish Men}, John Fielding {Broad Branch Market}, Ted Hughes {Irish Inn at Glen Echo & Lahinch Tavern and Grill}, Eric Bach {Bobby Van’s Steakhouse}, Marc Hennessy {Rare Steak and Seafood}. We were delighted to be joined by friends and supporters of WIP, including Stephanie Cutter, EJ Dionne Jr, Gordon Peterson, Laura Evans Manatos, Mike McCurry, and Reps. Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.), Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), David Joyce (R-OH), Donald Payne Jr (D-NJ), and John Katko (R-NY). A special thank you to our generous sponsors and guests for your support of the Washington Ireland Program. We hope to see you again next year! The Washington Courtney Allison Political Psychology Ireland Program Queen’s University Belfast is delighted to Courtney is completing a MSc in Political Psychology at Queen’s University Belfast, and was elected as the Course announce our Class Representative for the University’s Student Council. She is a passionate advocate for abortion rights across Ireland. She is the Engineering & Physical Sciences Ambassador in ‘Project of 2018. Choice’ campaign in her Student’s Union and also works on the social media campaign for this initiative. She has co- creating a podcast; “Orange, Green & In-between” which focuses on bringing a critical and neutral eye to the political There is no such thing as a typical WIP student, scene in Northern Ireland. She also writes for online political but after an extremely competitive application youth magazine “Veritas et Reformo”. Courtney is a proud process we know that these students share member of The Green Party in Northern Ireland. the capacity to thrive during our challenging leadership program in Washington DC and New York. Edel Browne Bringing together business, politics, law, media, Biotechnology science and art students from across the Northern Ireland and Ireland, this group will NUI Galway expand each other’s horizons and form bonds Edel is a final year Biotechnology student at NUI Galway. that will span their personal and professional Edel has founded her own venture, Free Feet Medical, lives. which is currently developing technologies for people with Parkinson’s disease. As a result, Edel has a keen interest in Entrepreneurship, and currently acts as ‘Entrepreneur in Our active alum community, including elected Residence’ at the Blackstone Launchpad in NUI Galway. Edel representatives, entrepreneurs and NGO is a founding member of the Irish Government’s Digital Youth leaders acts as both an engine for change and Council and has worked on campaigns aimed at improving a forum for the difficult conversations that still the representation of women in STEM. Through her work, need to take place. she has acted as a delegate on the UN Youth Commission for the Status of Women, as a Global Teen Leader for the We Are Family Foundation, and as a member of the US Embassy Youth Council for 2018. Tom Cantillon Law and Political Science Trinity College Dublin Tom is a final year Law and Political Science student in Trinity College Dublin, where he serves as co-editor of The Piranha, the college’s satirical newspaper. An active member of student societies, Tom has been secretary of Trinity’s law society and horse racing society. Passionate about youth empowerment and political engagement, Tom has spent two Diana Oprea and Colum Mackey years as a board member of the Irish branch of European (WIP Class of 2017) speak with Jake Youth Parliament, and has coordinated events both in Ireland and across Europe. In his spare time, Tom plays the saxophone Sullivan and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar with Trinity’s orchestra, and has performed at several music (WIP Class of 2000). festivals in Ireland. Róisín Carroll Investigative and Forensic James Cotter Psychology Economics and German University of Liverpool Trinity College Dublin Róisín is completing a Master’s in Investigative and Forensic James is a third year student of Economics and German at Psychology at the University of Liverpool, where she is Trinity College Dublin and is an awardee of the All-Ireland researching human trafficking and exploitation. She has a Scholarship. Passionate about the interplay between long history of volunteering with violent offenders, victims language and political and current affairs, he serves as Irish of crime, adolescents on probation and organizations for Language Officer of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union. the homeless. After completing a degree in Psychology at James is Secretary of the Voluntary Tuition Program, a Dublin City University, Róisín worked in a clinic providing charity he has been actively involved with since his first days neuroscientific interventions. Last summer she volunteered at university as a voluntary tutor and tuition coordinator to on psychiatric wards and for community wellbeing projects pupils attending socio-economically disadvantaged schools. in Sri Lanka. She is passionate about human rights, and hopes While completing an academic exchange in Germany, James to promote and contribute to offender rehabilitation and led a project bringing together visiting University student reintegration in the future. with local schools, strengthening both a sense of community spirit and a common European identity in his host town. Jennifer Chadwick Law and Business Joseph Curtin University College Cork Physiotherapy Jennifer is a second-year student of Law and Business at UCC, University of Limerick and a Quercus scholar for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. She is President of the Entrepreneurial and Social Society in UCC, and has been involved in the creation of three successful Joe is a final year of Physiotherapy in the University of Irish start-ups. Jennifer was the first Irish representative Limerick. He has served two years on the University of selected for the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards in Limerick Students’ Union Executive, as Clubs’ Officer, and 2015, and has worked with the Local Enterprise Office in Chairperson of the Student Council.

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