AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIET Y & PIER A - Aisling Events

Page created by Nancy Simpson
 
CONTINUE READING
AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIET Y & PIER A - Aisling Events
#NYNB18                                                                          IER A
                                                   L S O C I E T Y&P
                  ISH H               IST    ORICA
    R I C A N I R
AME

                                  SHAPING THE FUTURE
                                            JUNE 7 - 8, 2018

                                                                                               Headline Partner
The conference will highlighting the bridges of progress and prosperity being built
   between the citizens of the two great cities of New York and Belfast, looking
optimistically to the future while celebrating our shared past. A Belfast delegation
    of community, cultural and business leaders will meet with their New York
 counterparts to discuss investment, embedding the peace, tourism, the arts and
     how they can work together to the mutual benefit of their communities.
AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIET Y & PIER A - Aisling Events
www.irishecho.com / Irish Echo / JUNE 6 - 12, 2018 / Page 18

                                                               New York - New Belfast Conference 2018

                                                               ‘Knowledge economy’ grows by the Lagan
                                                               By Johnny Hanna
                                                               Partner and Head of Tax,
                                                               KPMG in Northern Ireland

                                                                      orthern Ireland is a region on the rise as a

                                                               N      walk through Belfast will testify. As a location
                                                                      for inward investment and entrepreneurial
                                                               activity, it is city that is hard to beat.
                                                                  A combination of first class infrastructure,
                                                               competitive costs and a vibrant social environment
                                                               all combine to provide a compelling case for
                                                               companies looking to locate in Northern Ireland.
                                                                  Belfast is now the second-fastest growing
                                                               knowledge economy in the UK, has been named
                                                               Europe’s most business-friendly city of its size by
                                                               the Financial Times fDI magazine and is ranked in
                                                               the top 10 local areas in the UK for productivity.
                                                                  Indigenous companies like First Derivatives,
                                                               Kainos and Almac have led the charge, but they are
                                                               not alone in recognising the benefits. They have
                                                               been joined by a raft of canny inward investors –
                                                               over 800 at last count - who have been attracted to
                                                               the city by a highly-educated workforce, the best
                                                               broadband connectivity in Europe, an outstanding
                                                               education system, a strategic location and an
                                                               excellent quality of life.
                                                                  Many of those investors originate from the US.
                                                               Amongst those who have chosen to locate here are
                                                               Allstate, Citi, Baker McKenzie and Chicago
                                                               Mercantile Exchange - all of whom have a                  Johnny Hanna.
                                                               considerable presence in Belfast. Tellingly, all have
                                                               reinvested (in most cases several times over) since       inward investors are our greatest advocates and will     sound inward investment decisions and we’d be
                                                               first arriving in the city and have embedded              provide countless reasons why investing in Belfast       delighted to tell you more about why choosing
                                                               themselves in the local economy and wider society.        and in Northern Ireland makes business sense.            Belfast can make a big difference to your business.
                                                                  In addition to the business community, our                We’re committed to helping your company make          We look forward to hearing from you.

                                                               Conference finale to honor Irish Echo’s Irish American
                                                               of the Year for 2018, Congressman Joe Crowley
                                                                                                                                            Congressman Crowley will be honored at               His cousin, New York City firefighter
                                                                                                                                            the NY/NB conference finale reception at         John Moran, was killed as a result of the
                                                                                                                                            Pier A on Friday evening, June 8.                9/11 terrorist attacks. Crowley subsequently
                                                                                                                                                                                             authored a bill that provided the 9/11
                                                                                                                                            Congressman Joe Crowley, whose political         Heroes Medal of Valor to all emergency
                                                                                                                                            career has taken him into the front line of      workers who died as a result of the attacks.
                                                                                                                                            the nation’s political life, is the Irish Echo   The bill was passed unanimously by the
                                                                                                                                            Irish American of the Year for 2018.             House and Senate.
                                                                                                                                            Congressman Crowley is the eleventh                  Crowley is a leading member of the
                                                                                                                                            person to win the accolade since it was          congressional Friends of Ireland. One of his
                                                                                                                                            revived in 2007.                                 recent initiatives has been aimed at naming
                                                                                                                                                Crowley succeeds university lecturer and     a park in the nation’s capital after Irish
                                                                                                                                            Great Hunger curriculum pioneer, Professor       patriot and immigrant, Thomas Addis
                                                                                                                                            Maureen Murphy, who was the 2017                 Emmet.
                                                                                                                                            recipient of the title.                              Rep. Crowley joins a distinguished and
                                                                                                                                                Married and a father of three, Crowley, a    varied Irish American of the Year roster. He
                                                                                                                                            Democrat, represents New York’s 14th             is the third member of Congress to be
                                                                                                                                            congressional district in the U.S. House of      named to it, the other two being Republican
                                                                                                                                            Representatives. Prior to redistricting, he      Peter King and Democrat Richard Neal.
                                                                                                                                            represented New York’s 7th congressional             Rep. King was Irish American of the Year
                                                                                                                                            district.                                        in 2016 and broadcaster Adrian Flannelly
                                                                                                                                                Rep. Crowley is chairman of the Queens       was the 2015 title holder.
                                                                                                                                            County Democratic Party and became chair             The winners prior to Mr. Flannelly were
                                                                                                                                            of the House Democratic Caucus in 2017. As       Philanthropist Loretta Brennan Glucksman,
                                                                                                                                            such, he is the fourth ranking Democrat in       attorney and rights activist Brian O’Dwyer,
                                                                                                                                            the House of Representatives.                    author Pete Hamill, Congressman Neal,
                                                                                                                                                His congressional career goes back to        author Colum McCann, New York City
                                                                                                                                            1998, so this year marks his twentieth           council speaker Christine Quinn, and U.S.
                                                                                                                                            anniversary on Capitol Hill.                     Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald.
                                                                                                                                                Crowley was born in New York City, the           “We proudly welcome Congressman
                                                                                                                                            son of an Irish-American father and an           Crowley to the growing family of Irish Echo
                                                                                                                                            immigrant mother from County Armagh.             Irish American of the Year award holders,”
                                                                                                                                                He was a member of the New York State        said Echo publisher, Connla McCann.
                                                                                                                                            Assembly from 1987 to 1998.
                                                               Congressman Joe Crowley.
AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIET Y & PIER A - Aisling Events
Page 19 / Irish Echo / JUNE 6 - 12, 2018 / www.irishecho.com
                                            Invest in Belfast

We open doors for
investors looking to
do business
Belfast: City for
investment service   www.belfastcity.gov.uk/cityforinvestment
AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIET Y & PIER A - Aisling Events
www.irishecho.com / Irish Echo / JUNE 6 - 12, 2018 / Page 20

                                                               New York - New Belfast Conference Honorary Chairs

                                                                   Andrea Haughian,             Bill Cox,               Christine Quinn,        CM Daniel-Dromm,              Erin Doyle,           Francis Schott,
                                                                       Invest NI               Partner Cox                 CEO Win             New York City Council      Producer, Saturday         Restaurateur
                                                                      New York                Law Firm, LLC                                                                   Night Live              Stage Left

                                                                 Jim Clerkin, President    John J. Reilly, Partner     John Connorton,           Desmond Lyons,              Larry Kirwan,         Leo McGuire, LPM
                                                                     & CEO Möet             Squire Patton Boggs        Partner Hawkins         Lyons McGovern LLP           Songwriter and          Strategies LLC.
                                                                    Hennessey, USA                                   Delafield & Wood LLP                                     Playwright

                                                                    Lorraine Turner,        John Lee, Executive         Brian McCabe,           Susan McKeown,             Representative            Rob Walsh,
                                                                      NI Bureau              Director, Goodman        Chairman, American       Executive Director of       Mike Fitzpatrick,          Columbia
                                                                       New York             Media International         Irish Historical        Cuala Foundation           New York State            University
                                                                                                                          Society, NY                                         Assembly

                                                                   Mary Ann Pierce,        Nick Malito, President     Shaun Kelly, Global          Steve Lenox,            Suzanne Aquino,           Nigel Eccles,
                                                                     MAP Digital                    IBO              Chief Operating Officer     Co-President Irish     Global Category Head-         CEO Flick
                                                                                                                      KPMG International           Network USA          Professional Services,
                                                                                                                                                                               Chain IQ

                                                                   Geraldine Hughes,          Liam Lynch, Irish      Terry George, Director          Erin Rice,              Maura Kelly         Jennifer M. Frankola,
                                                                 Actor, Writer, Producer         Studio, NY            and Screenwriter            Political Action        Emmy-winning          Attorney, Lewis Johs
                                                                                                                                                     Committee           Producer, Marketer       Avallone Aviles LLP,
                                                                                                                                               International Union of       Partnerships          Islandia, New York
                                                                                                                                                     Operating           Board of Directors,
                                                                                                                                                Engineers, Local 825       IIBN-NewYork
AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIET Y & PIER A - Aisling Events
Page 21 / Irish Echo / JUNE 6 - 12, 2018 / www.irishecho.com

                                                 Moët Hennessy USA is proud to support the
                                           2018 New York-New Belfast Conference and celebrates the
                                                    shared history of Ireland and America.

                                                                           ÇÇ
                                                                         4VZ[/VUVYLK

©2018 Moët Hennessy USA Inc., New York, NY. Moët Hennessy USA encourages responsible drinking.       mhusa.com
AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIET Y & PIER A - Aisling Events
www.irishecho.com / Irish Echo / JUNE 6 - 12, 2018 / Page 22

                                                               New York - New Belfast Conference Speakers and Participants

                                                                                               MODERATOR                                               MODERATOR                                               MODERATOR                                            MODERATOR
                                                                                               Leo McGuire                                             Paul                                                    Nicholas                                             John Lee
                                                                                               LPM Strategies                                          McErlean                                                Malito                                               Executive Director,
                                                                                               LLC                                                     xxx                                                     Attorney at                                          Goodman Media
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Schnader Harrison                                    International
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Segal & Lewis LLP
                                                                                                                                                                                                               and President of
                                                                                                                                                                                                               the Irish Business
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Organization of
                                                                                                                                                                                                               New York

                                                                                        Christine                                               Rick O’Meara                   the Marsho-Raimo Award from the United                                        Andrew
                                                                                                                                                 Richard M. O’Meara is a       Federation of Teachers (UFT).
                                                                                        Kinealy                                                                                      Dromm is the founder of the Queens Lesbian                              McCullough
                                                                                         Since completing her PhD                                retired Brigadier General,                                                                                  Andrew is WIP’s Director
                                                                                                                                                 USA, and trial attorney       and Gay Pride Committee and has organized the
                                                                                         at Trinity College in                                                                 first Queens LGBT Pride Parade and Festival,                                  of Communications,
                                                                                         Ireland, Christine Kinealy                              who presently serves as                                                                                     based in New York.
                                                                                                                                                 the Director of the           which he still puts on the first Sunday in June in
                                                                                         has worked in educational                                                             Jackson Heights. Dromm co-founded the Queens                                  Originally from Belfast,
                                                                                         and research institutes in                              Division of Global Affairs,                                                                                 Andrew received an MA
                                                                                                                                                 Rutgers University. He        Chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of
                                                                                         Dublin, Belfast and                                                                   Lesbians and Gays (P-FLAG), as well as the                                    and MSc (in Psychology
                                                                                         England and, more                                       has received a PhD in                                                                                       and International Politics)
                                                                                                                                                 Global Affairs from           Generation Q Youth Services Program in Astoria.
                                                                                         recently, in the USA. In                                                              He also helped found the Queens Pride House.                                  from the University of
                                                               September 2013, Professor Kinealy was appointed         Rutgers University and a Juris Doctorate from                                                                 Edinburgh, with a focus on political activity
                                                                                                                       Fordham University. He has also received two                  A fluent Spanish-speaker, Daniel has been
                                                               the founding Director of Ireland’s Great Hunger                                                                 honored by the Sociedad Puertorriqueña de             within immigrant and diaspora populations. Prior
                                                               Institute at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut.      Masters Degrees in History and International                                                                  to joining WIP, Andrew was a senior political
                                                                                                                       Affairs and graduated from the US Army War              Queens. He is a member of the NAACP –
                                                                    Professor Kinealy has published extensively                                                                Corona/East Elmhurst branch and has also been         advisor in the UK Parliament, managing the
                                                               on modern Ireland, with a focus on the Great            College and the US Army Command and General                                                                   SDLP’s office in the House of Commons. He was
                                                                                                                       Staff College amongst other schools. He                 honored by the Korean-American Association of
                                                               Hunger. These publications include, This Great                                                                  Central Queens. In October of 2006, Dromm             awarded a Parliamentary Researcher of the Year
                                                               Calamity. The Great Irish Famine 1845-52, Repeal        presently teaches in the Division of Global Affairs                                                           award for his work on policy areas including
                                                                                                                       at Rutgers University and the Holocaust Studies         received a Community Leadership Award from
                                                               and Revolution. 1848 in Ireland, and Daniel                                                                     the TimesLedger newspapers.                           international development and legacy issues
                                                               O’Connell and Abolition. The Saddest People the         Program, Stockton University and has developed                                                                related to the Northern Ireland peace process.
                                                               Sun Sees, and her most recent book, Charity and         and taught in the first Homeland Security Studies
                                                                                                                       Program in New Jersey. In the days and months
                                                               the Great Hunger in Ireland. The Kindness of                                                                                            Larry Kirwan
                                                               Strangers. More recently, she completed a               following 9/11, O’Meara worked as an EMT and
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Larry Kirwan was the                                 Brett Zych
                                                               graphic novel on the Great Hunger, entitled, ‘The       Red Cross Responder at the World Trade Center                                                                                          Hailing from Ardglass,
                                                                                                                                                                                                        leader of the Irish
                                                               Bad Times’ or, in its Irish language version, ‘An       Site. His interests are reflected in courses he has                                                                                    Co. Down, Brett has been
                                                                                                                                                                                                        political rock band Black
                                                               Droch Shaol’. Professor Kinealy is also a Director      taught and developed over the years at various                                                                                         in New York for just over
                                                                                                                                                                                                        47 for 25 years. A
                                                               of the Frederick Douglass Ireland Project, and is       institutions including War Crimes, Genocide, and                                                                                       3 years. He joined
                                                                                                                                                                                                        playwright and novelist,
                                                               currently completing a book on ‘Frederick               International Law, Nationalism and Ethnic                                                                                              Jefferies in June 2016 on
                                                                                                                                                                                                        an Irish Echo columnist
                                                               Douglass in Ireland’.                                   Violence, Intelligence Law and Function, US                                                                                            the European Equity
                                                                                                                                                                                                        and host/producer of
                                                                    Professor Kinealy has lectured throughout          Security Interests in Sub-Saharan Africa, US                                                                                           Sales desk, covering
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Celtic Crush on SiriusXM
                                                               the world on the Great Hunger. In 1997, she was         Security Interests in the North Pacific, Human                                                                                         small New York Hedge
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Satellite Radio, he has
                                                               invited to speak to invited audiences in both in        Rights Law and Practice, Nuremberg: the Trial                                                                                          funds and larger asset
                                                                                                                                                                               written 16 plays and musicals, three novels, a
                                                               the British Houses of Parliament and in the             and It’s Legacy for the International Legal                                                                                            managers in the Midwest.
                                                                                                                                                                               memoir, and A History of Irish Music. He is
                                                               American Congress on this topic. Since 2013,            Community, Contemporary Issues in International                                                               Prior to this, he was consulting for several large
                                                                                                                                                                               president of Irish American Writers and Artists.
                                                               Professor Kinealy has been named one of the top         Law, The American Way of War, Evolution of the                                                                US banks with KPMG (Oct 2014-May 2016). Brett
                                                                                                                                                                               His play, Rebel in the Soul, finished a successful
                                                               100 educators in Irish America. In March 2014,          Global System and Human Development.                                                                          began his career with Cowen in New York (Jan
                                                                                                                                                                               run at The Irish Repertory Theater, NYC, on May
                                                               she was also inducted into the Irish America Hall            As an Adjunct Faculty member of the                                                                      2011-Dec 2011) under the auspices of the USNI
                                                                                                                                                                               21st and he is currently recording songs for his
                                                               of Fame. Earlier this this year, she won an Emmy        Defense Institute for International Legal Studies,                                                            Mentorship program set by then-US Special
                                                                                                                                                                               latest musical, IRAQ.
                                                               for her contribution to the documentary, ‘The           O’Meara has traveled to such diverse locations as                                                             Economic Envoy Declan Kelly. Following this, he
                                                               Great Hunger and the Irish Diaspora’.                   Moldova, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ukraine, Slovenia,                                                               then spent nearly 3 years in London with Cowen
                                                                                                                       the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia,                                   Erin Rice                     on the US Equity Sales team. Brett is a former
                                                                                                                       Peru, El Salvador, Panama, Guinea, Rwanda,                                          Erin is currently the     pupil of St Patrick’s Grammar in Downpatrick and
                                                                                        Nathan                         Chad, Sierra Leone and Iraq where he has taught                                     Coordinator of            graduated from Queen’s University Belfast with a
                                                                                        Richardson                     rule of law and governance issues to civil and                                      Community Relations and   BSc. in Management and Spanish in July 2010.
                                                                                       Nathan M. Richardson is         military stakeholders and helped to develop                                         the Political Action      Brett is a keen fisherman, reader and runner.
                                                                                       an accomplished                 programs designed to strengthen constructive                                        Committee for the
                                                                                       performance poet and            relationships between members of civil and                                          International Union of
                                                                                       published author based          military society.                                                                   Operating Engineers,                              Jerry Hanweck
                                                                                       out of Suffolk, Virginia.            As a Fellow in the Stockdale Center for                                        Local 825. In her role                             For over 20 years, Gerald
                                                                                       His published collections       Ethical Leadership, United States Naval Academy,                                    with the Operating                                 Hanweck, CEO and
                                                                                       are “Likeness of Being”         O’Meara worked with colleagues towards the              Engineers, Erin works to track projects and                                    founder of Hanweck, has
                                                                                       and “Twenty-one                 adaption of military ethics to emerging                 economic development throughout Local 825’s                                    been at the forefront of
                                                               Imaginary T-shirts.” He has also contributed to         technologies and he has written and presented           territory, which covers all of New Jersey and five                             derivatives research,
                                                               the following anthologies: The Poets Domain, The        widely in the area of the use of robotics and other     counties of New York State, as well as                                         strategy and technology
                                                               Cupola, The Channel Marker and Skipping                 technologies as tools of war. He continues this         coordinating the Union’s Political Action                                      innovation. Prior to
                                                               Stones. Richardson teaches a variety of                 work as a member of CETMONS, Consortium for             Committees.                                                                    founding Hanweck, he
                                                               workshops for emerging writers and his past             Emerging Technologies, Military Operations and               Previously she worked at Lenox Consulting, a                              spent ten years with
                                                               residences include creative writing instructor for      National Security, The International Society for        US and Ireland based strategic communications         JPMorgan, where he served as Chief Equity
                                                               the Camp Rise Summer Arts Program which was             Military Ethics, the International Association of       firm. Prior to entering the private sector, Erin      Derivatives Strategist and led the bank’s U.S.
                                                               awarded the 2012 National Arts & Humanities             Genocide Scholars and CIVIC, Campaign for               served as an aide in the office of Congressman        Fixed-Income Derivatives Strategy team. Earlier in
                                                               Youth Program Award from The White House.               Innocent Civilians in Conflict.                         Bill Pascrell, Jr. In addition to her governmental    his career, he worked as a derivatives researcher
                                                                                                                                                                               role, Erin also worked on the Congressman’s re-       at Discount Corporation of New York Futures, and
                                                                                                                                                                               elections efforts, serving as Campaign Manager,       as a software developer at Microsoft.
                                                                                        Glenn Patterson                                         Daniel Dromm                                                                              A frequent industry speaker, Mr. Hanweck
                                                                                        Glenn Patterson is the                                                                 and has worked on countless campaigns in
                                                                                                                                                Daniel Dromm has been a                                                              has also taught master’s-level business courses
                                                                                        author of ten novels,                                                                  various other capacities.
                                                                                                                                                progressive leader in                                                                at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate
                                                                                        including Gull (2016),                                                                      Erin is a founding Member of the Board of
                                                                                                                                                Queens for over 20 years.                                                            School of Management and the Graduate School
                                                                                        which tells the story of                                                               the Irish Network’s New Jersey Chapter, and was
                                                                                                                                                An award-winning public                                                              of Business at the University of Chicago, in
                                                                                        John DeLorean and the                                                                  named 2016 Irish American Youth Ambassador by
                                                                                                                                                school teacher, Dromm                                                                addition to dozens of seminars on financial
                                                                                        Belfast factory where the                                                              the Irish Echo. She is a member of the non-
                                                                                                                                                was elected to the New                                                               derivatives. Mr. Hanweck holds a PhD in
                                                                                        DMC12 sports car was                                                                   partisan Women’s Political Caucus, NJ SEED, and
                                                                                                                                                York City Council in 2009                                                            managerial economics and decision science from
                                                                                        built. The Mill for Grinding                                                           has been honored for her dedication to New
                                                                                                                                                and represents District 25                                                           the Kellogg Graduate School of Business at
                                                                                        Old People Young (2012)                                                                Jersey’s Labor community. She was elected to
                                                                                                                                                (Jackson Heights &                                                                   Northwestern University, and an AB in
                                                                                        was Belfast’s first One                                                                serve as a delegate to the 2012 Democratic
                                                                                                                       Elmhurst). He serves as the Chair of the                                                                      mathematics from Princeton University.
                                                               City One Book choice. He has also published two                                                                 National Convention. She earned a Bachelor of
                                                                                                                       Education Committee.
                                                               collections of his journalism and a memoir, Once                                                                Arts in English with a Journalism Concentration
                                                                                                                           Prior to his election, Dromm was an award-
                                                               Upon a Hill: Love in Troubled Times. He is the co-                                                              from Montclair State University. A lifelong New
                                                                                                                       winning New York City public school teacher at
                                                               writer (with Colin Carberry) of Good Vibrations                                                                 Jersey girl, Erin now lives in Montclair.
                                                                                                                       PS 199Q in Queens from 1984 to 2009. In 2006,
                                                               (BBC Films) and wrote the libretto for Long Story       Dromm was chosen as “Outstanding Teacher of
                                                               Short: the Belfast Opera. He is director of the         the Year” by his school’s principal and in 2009,
                                                               Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s.                        he was chosen as “Educator of the Year” by the
                                                                                                                       Kiwanis Club of Sunnyside. He has also received
AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIET Y & PIER A - Aisling Events
Page 23 / Irish Echo / JUNE 6 - 12, 2018 / www.irishecho.com
A tech startup incubator
program in New York
startlab New York, powered by Bank of Ireland, is an
incubator programme built from the ground up to connect
and scale Irish tech startups launching in North America.

To find out more about Bank of Ireland in
New York or Ireland please contact:

Tony Dunne
US Country Manager
Bank of Ireland US
+1 203 391 5945
tony.dunne@boi.com

Bank of Ireland is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.
AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIET Y & PIER A - Aisling Events
www.irishecho.com / Irish Echo / JUNE 6 - 12, 2018 / Page 24

                                                                New York - New Belfast Conference Speakers and Participants
                                                                                       Raffaella Folli                system, and more. Corey has also been able to          Cannes, and Berlinale. Her radio work has been         International and Teterboro Airports. ( $700
                                                                                         Raffaella Folli is a         forge consensus on tough issues to achieve long-       broadcast on BBC Radio across the UK, RTE, and         million in annual revenues)
                                                                                         Professor of Linguistics,    sought goals in Council District 3. He won the         in the US, Canada, and Germany. She has been                Goal is to leverage management, business
                                                                                         Head of School of            creation of a new public park in Chelsea and           profiled as a theatre director in The Stage            development and labor negotiating experience to
                                                                                         Communication and            negotiated a landmark land-use agreement to            magazine, and her theatre work has toured              the full benefit for my organization.
                                                                                         Provost of the Belfast and   save Hudson River Park’s Pier 40 and its athletic      extensively across the UK and Ireland.                      Specialties: Union negotiations, airline
                                                                                         Jordanstown Campuses         fields, while creating nearly 500 units of                                                                    development, cargo development and leveraging
                                                                                         at Ulster University . She   affordable housing and a new South Village                                                                    synergies in transportation mergers and
                                                                                         studied Philosophy at the    Historic District.                                                             Tom Di Napoli                  acquisitions. Strategic business development for
                                                                                                                           He is a member of the Council’s LGBT Caucus                                 Thomas P. DiNapoli is the    target airport situations.Expert in Port
                                                                                         University of Milan. In
                                                                                                                      and is the only HIV positive elected official in                                 54th Comptroller of the      development for cars, cocoa and containers.
                                                               1998 she completed an MPhil in Linguistics at the
                                                                                                                      New York State.                                                                  State of New York. A life-
                                                               University of Oxford and then in 2001 a DPhil in
                                                                                                                                                                                                       long Long Islander, Tom
                                                               Linguistics, also at the University of Oxford. She
                                                               joined Ulster University in 2005 having previously
                                                                                                                                                                                                       was raised in a middle-                               Sentor Tim
                                                               held research positions at the University of
                                                                                                                                               Geraldine Hughes                                        class, union household                                Kennedy
                                                                                                                                                Geraldine Hughes                                       and saw the value of hard                              Senator Tim Kennedy,
                                                               Arizona (2001-2001) and then the University of
                                                                                                                                                received the Los Angeles                               work and stretching every                              born on October 20, 1976,
                                                               Cambridge (2002-2005) .
                                                                                                                                                Ovation, Garland and                                   dollar in the example set                              is a lifelong Western New
                                                                    Her main research area is theoretical syntax.
                                                                                                                                                Drama Critics Circle                                   by his parents.                                        York resident. Tim grew
                                                               Her standing in linguistics is evidenced by her
                                                                                                                                                Awards and a Drama                In 1972, Tom won his first election and served                              up in a blue-collar family
                                                               extensive publications in top journals in the field,
                                                                                                                                                League Award                 as a trustee on the Mineola Board of Education,                                  in Buffalo, where his
                                                               various grants from different research councils
                                                                                                                                                Nomination for               becoming the first 18-year-old in New York State                                 parents, Marty and Mary
                                                               and extensive collaborations with academics in
                                                                                                                                                Outstanding Performance      to hold public office. He attended Hofstra                                       Kennedy, raised Tim and
                                                               the UK and the US. In 2011 she was awarded a
                                                                                                                                                for her solo play Belfast    University, earning a bachelor’s degree in history     his four siblings to work hard, focus on their
                                                               Distinguished Research Fellowship award in
                                                                                                                                                Blues, which she also        and graduated magna cum laude in 1976. He              education, help their neighbors, and get involved
                                                               recognition of her research achievements.
                                                                                                                      wrote. Stage credits include Jerusalem opposite        worked in the telecommunications industry for 10       in their community. Tim and his wife, Katie, live in
                                                                    She is part of the linguistics team that in
                                                                                                                      Mark Rylance after (Broadway & West End                years, and went to night classes and earned a          the City of Buffalo where they are raising their
                                                               2012 established the Ulster Centre on
                                                                                                                      productions.) Other theatre credits include:           master’s degree from The New School                    three children, Connor, Eireann, and Padraic.
                                                               Multilingualism (UCoM), an information service
                                                                                                                      Particle Of Dread (opposite Stephen Rea), Cyrano       University’s Graduate School of Management and              Since being sworn into office in January 2011,
                                                               for people raising or working with children
                                                                                                                      De Bergerac (Broadway), Translations                   Urban Professions.                                     Tim has kept a strong focus on protecting the
                                                               growing up with more than one language. As part
                                                                                                                      (Broadway), Molly Sweeney (Irish Repertory                  In 1986, he ran for the New York State            most vulnerable in our community. He
                                                               of UCoM, she is involved in Language Made Fun,
                                                                                                                      Theatre), Pumpgirl (MTC), ), Orson’s Shadow, The       Assembly and was elected to represent the 16th         spearheaded the passage of Jay-J’s law,
                                                               a programme designed to support the language
                                                                                                                      Cripple of Inishmaan, The Weir, The Architect.         District in northwestern Nassau County for the         legislation that Tim introduced to stiffen penalties
                                                               needs of multilingual children or migrant children
                                                                                                                      Television credits include: Kevin Can Wait,The         next 20 years. Tom was elected State Comptroller       on repeat child abusers. The legislation was
                                                               in Northern Ireland. The programme is in
                                                                                                                      Blacklist, Blue Bloods, Nurse Jackie, Mercy, The       on Feb. 7, 2007 by a bipartisan majority of the        inspired by Jay J Bolvin, a young boy who was
                                                               collaboration with the Barnardo’s and is funded
                                                                                                                      Good Wife, Law and Order CI, Law & Order SVU,          State Legislature. He was elected Comptroller by       brutally abused by his father. Sadly, Jay J’s father
                                                               by a grant by Big Lottery Fund.
                                                                                                                      Law & Order, Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic             New York’s voters in 2010 and re-elected in 2014.      received a light sentence due to antiquated
                                                                                                                      Riddle, ER. She has starred in several features        Tom is known for his integrity, independence and       sentencing laws. Tim worked with colleagues in
                                                                                       Jayne Brady                    including The Book Of Henry, Gran Torino, Rocky        even-keeled leadership.                                both the Senate and the Assembly to secure
                                                                                        Jayne joined Kernel           Balboa, Time Out Of Mind and Killing Lincoln.               His record of accomplishments include             passage of Jay J’s Law. Since then, he has
                                                                                        Capital 2013 having held      Geraldine received an honorary doctorate from          identifying billions in waste, fraud and cost          pushed through several pieces of legislation to
                                                                                        a Senior Executive role in    Queens University, Belfast for her contribution to     savings in government, uncovering corruption in        reform Child Protective Services, as well as
                                                                                        Kernel Capital portfolio      the arts. She is currently appearing in Harry          State and local governments, leading to dozens         Jackie’s Law, which protects victims of domestic
                                                                                        company since 2007.           Potter and The Cursed Child on Broadway.               of arrests and tens of millions in restitution,        violence from GPS stalking.
                                                                                        Jayne’s investment focus                                                             providing robust oversight of school district               Tim has also fought to protect Western New
                                                                                        is ICT, Telecoms and                                                                 operations and education spending, successfully        York’s seniors. He worked with community and
                                                                                        Engineering. Jayne is
                                                                                                                                               Michael Alcorn                advocating for State law changes to increase
                                                                                                                                               Michael Alcorn joined the                                                            government leaders to secure funds to transform
                                                                                        currently Chairman of the                                                            oversight of special education contractors after       the former Holy Family Elementary School in
                                                                                                                                               staff at the School of        widespread abuse was found, developing an early
                                                                                        Institute of Engineering                                                                                                                    Buffalo into a senior apartment complex. He also
                                                                                                                                               Music at Queen’s              warning system to identify municipalities and
                                                               and Technology in Northern Ireland (2013/2014),                                                                                                                      fought for a significant increase in eligibility for
                                                                                                                                               University Belfast in 1989    school districts showing signs of fiscal stress,
                                                               and holds and has held a number of advisory and                                                                                                                      EPIC, a state program to help pay for prescription
                                                                                                                                               as Composer-in-               managing the third largest public pension fund in
                                                               board roles with organisations focused on                                                                                                                            drugs. With Tim’s support, the income eligibility
                                                                                                                                               Residence and later took      the nation through difficult losses during the
                                                               economic and social development.Jayne’s career                                                                                                                       for single seniors has increased from $35,000 to
                                                                                                                                               up a lecturing position at    Great Recession, reformed how it operates and
                                                               has involved leadership positions with both                                                                                                                          $75,000, and has increased for couples from
                                                                                                                                               the University. He devised    received high praise for industry leading
                                                               multinationals and start-ups, across a variety of                                                                                                                    $50,000 to $100,000. This has opened up
                                                                                                                                               and developed the Music       standards, investing nearly $2 billion in private
                                                               operational and executive roles. Jayne has lived                                                                                                                     eligibility to thousands more seniors in Western
                                                                                                                                               Technology pathway at         equity and loan programs to benefit New York-
                                                               and worked in culturally and politically complex                                                                                                                     New York.
                                                                                                                      Queen’s, the first such programme in Ireland, and      based businesses.
                                                               environments in a variety of global locations
                                                                                                                      led the successful bid to develop the Sonic Arts
                                                               including Europe, China, India and North
                                                                                                                      Research Centre, a multi-million-dollar research                                                                                       Gareth Maguire
                                                               America. Roles have included international sales,
                                                                                                                      centre that linked researchers in music, electrical                            John O’Donoghue
                                                               business development, corporate due diligence                                                                                            John O’Donoghue is                                   CEO Gareth Maguire has
                                                                                                                      engineering and computer science. SARC was                                                                                             been at the forefront of
                                                               and ownership of a range of cross functional                                                                                             Senior Vice President and
                                                                                                                      opened in 2004 and remains a key international                                                                                         the Sport Changes Life
                                                               technical projects of scale.                                                                                                             Director of Equities at
                                                                                                                      research facility for work in immersive 3D audio                                                                                       movement since the pilot
                                                                                                                      as applied in the game and film industries.                                       OTR Global, a very highly
                                                                                                                                                                                                        regarded global primary                              of the Victory Scholarship
                                                                                       Corey Johnson                  Michael Alcorn’s compositional interests lie at the                                                                                    Program in University of
                                                                                                                      intersection between instrumental writing and                                     research firm servicing
                                                                                         Corey Johnson was                                                                                              the largest mutual funds                             Ulster in 2007.
                                                                                         elected by his peers to      areas of new media creative practice involving                                                                                         There has been 28
                                                                                                                      experimental technologies. His music has been                                     and hedge funds. In a
                                                                                         serve as Speaker of the                                                                                        30+ year career on Wall                              Victory Scholars in total
                                                                                         New York City Council on     performed and broadcast in the UK, Europe,                                                                                             since its launch in Sport
                                                                                                                      North and South America, and the Far East. He                                     Street, John has run the
                                                                                         January 3, 2018. He was                                                             Equities division at Cowen & Co (a mid tier            Changes Life, formerly USNI Sport. The idea of
                                                                                         re-elected in 2017 with      has received commissions from the BBC, the                                                                    bringing elite scholar athletes from America to
                                                                                                                      National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the            Investment Bank), where he was a member of the
                                                                                         94% of the vote to                                                                  Operating and Executive committee. He was head         earn a Masters and at the same time work in the
                                                                                         represent Council District   Nash Ensemble, Singcircle, the Smith Quartet,                                                                 local community and raise the aspirations of
                                                                                                                      Darragh Morgan, the Irish Chamber Orchestra,           of Equity trading at Credit-Suisse and a member
                                                                                         3, which includes the                                                               of the firm’s Global Equity Operating committee        young people in sport, all while playing the sport
                                                                                         neighborhoods of             Opera Theatre Company and the Ulster Orchestra.                                                               they love came from Co-Founders CEO Gareth
                                                                                                                      In recent years he has worked on film music and        and prior to CS he was a partner at Schroders
                                                               Greenwich Village, Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen,                                                                   PLC. Whilst at Cowen & Co. John was                    Maguire, Professor Deirdre Brennan at the
                                                               Flatiron, West SoHo, Hudson Square, the                sound design projects in the UK and US. He was                                                                University of Ulster and International business
                                                                                                                      Director of SARC from its inception in 2001 and        instrumental in opening an office in Belfast in
                                                               Meatpacking District, Columbus Circle, Times                                                                  2012, with particular assistance from Invest NI,       man Mark Marais.
                                                               Square, the Theater District, the Garment District     later became head of the School of Music, Film                                                                     CEO Gareth Maguire has lead the way with
                                                                                                                      and Drama. Along with colleagues at Ulster             the office still currently employs 50 people.
                                                               and part of the Upper West Side.                                                                                   John still maintains extremely strong ties        his vision to help develop basketball and change
                                                                    Raised in a union household where his             University he has been leading a major research                                                               the lives of young people of Ireland through sport
                                                                                                                      and capacity-building project around the               with Northern Ireland, working closely with both
                                                               mother, a homeless services provider, and his                                                                 the Queen’s University and Catalyst-Inc.He has         developing EHOOPS Programs and Sports
                                                               father, a Teamster, instilled in him the values of     enhancement of the creative industries,                                                                       Programs with his wife Deirdre. The Victory
                                                                                                                      particularly the screen industries in Northern         served and continues to serve on private
                                                               community service and political engagement,                                                                   companies and charities both in the US and             Scholarship program has gone from strength to
                                                               Corey came to national attention in 1999 when,         Ireland. He is now Professor of Composition and                                                               strength in the past number of years with a
                                                                                                                      Dean of Internationalisation in the Faculty of Arts,   Ireland. John is graduate of Queen’s University
                                                               as the captain of his high school football team,                                                              and is a trustee on The Foundation Board.              rebrand of the company in early 2012 to Sport
                                                               he took the courageous step of coming out              Humanities and Social Sciences.                                                                               Changes Life.
                                                               publicly as gay. Corey’s actions landed him on the
                                                               front page of the New York Times and he began
                                                                                                                                               Aislinn Clarke                                        Ed Harrison
                                                               telling his story to audiences of young people                                                                                      Transportation Executive                                  Tim Murray
                                                                                                                                              Aislinn Clarke is an                                                                                        Tim Murray was hired as
                                                               across the country. He would later serve as                                                                                         in port and airport
                                                                                                                                              award-winning                                                                                               Director of Athletics at
                                                               chairperson of Manhattan’s Community Board 4,                                                                                       development. Personal
                                                                                                                                              scriptwriter, film-maker                                                                                    Marist College on Feb. 17,
                                                               becoming the youngest person to chair a                                                                                             experience includes
                                                                                                                                              and director, whose work                                                                                    1995. His athletic
                                                               community board in the five boroughs.                                                                                               marketing and
                                                                                                                                              has been professionally                                                                                     paradigm of
                                                                    Corey has earned a reputation as a tenacious                                                                                   development seaports on
                                                                                                                                              produced for film, stage,                                                                                   commitment, leadership,
                                                               advocate for his constituents and a prolific                                                                                        the U.S. east coast and
                                                                                                                                              and radio internationally.                                                                                  integrity, discipline and
                                                               legislator at City Hall. He has passed dozens of                                                                                    hub airports and major
                                                                                                                                              Her film work has been                                                                                      accountability has proven
                                                               pieces of legislation, standing up for tenants,                                                                                     general aviation airports.
                                                                                                                                              screened and showcased                                                                                      to be a model for
                                                               victims of domestic violence, transgender New                                                                                                Managing,
                                                                                                                                              at film festivals, events,                                                            unprecedented success and growth for Marist
                                                               Yorkers, those involved with our criminal justice                                                             marketing and developing Newark Liberty
                                                                                                                      and markets all over the world, including BAFTA,
AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIET Y & PIER A - Aisling Events
Page 25 / Irish Echo / JUNE 6 - 12, 2018 / www.irishecho.com
                                                                                                                                                              “We have just returned from

 IRELAND & BRITAIN…                                                                                                                                             Ireland, and it was absolutely
                                                                                                                                                                wonderful. Our tour guide, Liam,

 Local flavor.                                                                                                                                                  did a marvelous job from start to
                                                                                                                                                                finish. He was both knowledgeable
                                                                                                                                                                and entertaining, making the tour

 Breathtaking scenery.                                                                                                                                          informative and enjoyable. We
                                                                                                                                                                had been wanting to visit Ireland
                                                                                                                                                                for many years, and this tour

 Authentic experiences.                                                                                                                                         exceeded our expectations in
                                                                                                                                                                almost every way. I would highly
                                                                                                                                                                recommend CIE Tours for anyone
 CIE Tours has been showcasing the magic of Ireland, Scotland, England and                                                                                      who wants to see this beautiful
                                                                                                                                                                country, with the peace of mind of
 Wales since 1932. We provide exclusive access, authentic experiences and
                                                                                                                                                                knowing that you are in reputable,
 in-depth knowledge, that in the spirit of our heritage, often begins with a story.
                                                                                                                                                                experienced hands.”
 Discover our over 50 award-winning guided vacations to Ireland and Britain,                                                                                    – Rosemary and Mike, NY
 including special small groups departures, exclusive private-driver vacations,
 and custom independent trips.

 Act now! Save 5% on ALL 2019 Ireland & Britain guided vacations!*

 Call   800.243.8687 visit www.cietours.com or contact your Travel Agent
* Prices are land only, per person, based on double occupancy on 2019 departures and may vary by departure date. Book by 9/15/18 to save 5%. Promo Code is EARLY2019. Not combinable with any other CIE Tours
  offers or discounts, and not available on Group travel. Tours with stays in Edinburgh 8/2/19-8/24/19 during The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo and departures during St. Patrick’s Day week, July 4 week or Labor Day
  week are blacked out. Valid on new bookings only, may be withdrawn at any time, are subject to availability and other conditions may apply. Call for details.
AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIET Y & PIER A - Aisling Events
www.irishecho.com / Irish Echo / JUNE 6 - 12, 2018 / Page 26

                                                               New York - New Belfast Conference Speakers and Participants
                                                               athletics during his tenure.                              The following year, the team won the Atlantic 10                                Professor of Architecture          His research is focused on both the creative
                                                                    Under Murray’s direction, Marist athletics           Championship, just three years into the tenure of                               and Director of the           industries and the ways in which theory and
                                                               has undergone exceptional growth and                      Head Coach Stephanie Gaitley. The softball                                      Graduate Program in           practice can be brought together in research,
                                                               achievement since joining the Metro Atlantic              program steadily became a regional powerhouse                                   Urban Design at City          training and education. Most recently he has
                                                               Athletic Conference in 1997, becoming one of the          under Reilly, as well, advancing to the NCAA                                    College of New York. His      been involved in various arts data research
                                                               most competitive programs in the MAAC. In the             Tournament in six of seven seasons, with the                                    previous academic             projects with national bodies such as NESTA in
                                                               2013-14 school year, Marist captured its 12th             winningest coach at Fordham University, Bridget                                 engagements include           the UK. He has published widely in a range of
                                                               overall Commissioner’s Cup, which is awarded as           Orchard, at the helm.                                                           Professor of Urbanism         journals/books and his practice has been
                                                               a symbol of overall excellence in athletics. That                                                                                         and Director of the           exhibited in a number of commissioned gallery
                                                               total is the most of any school in conference                                                                                             Institute of Urbanism at      exhibitions in London, Coventry, Belfast, Derry,
                                                               history. The Red Foxes are the only school in                                      Rajesh Rana                                            the Academy of Fine Arts      Lough Neagh, and the National Gallery of
                                                               conference history to win four consecutive MAAC                                     Rajesh Rana is Director     in Vienna, Gensler Chair at Cornell University,         Namibia.
                                                               Commissioner’s Cups, while capturing 30 overall                                     of Andras House ltd,        Hyde Chair in Nebraska University, Saarinen                  He was the Ofcom Content Board member
                                                               Commissioner’s Cups since Murray began at his                                       which is Belfast largest    Chair in the University of Michigan, Gilbert Chair      for Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2013. From
                                                               post.                                                                               hotel group and an          in the University of Michigan, both the Davenport       1995 to 2004 he was also a board member of the
                                                                    On Feb. 15, 2014, Marist became the first                                      established property        and Bishop Chair at Yale University, and                Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission
                                                               school in MAAC history to win 100 conference                                        development company.        professorships at the Architectural Association,        and chaired the education committee which
                                                               championships when it captured the women’s                                                  Rajesh trained      Cooper Union, Harvard University, and Columbia          developed the seminal Wider Literacy policy
                                                               swimming & diving title. Through the 2014-15                                        as an architect at Oxford   University.                                             document. In his spare time he is a freelance
                                                               school year, the Red Foxes have won a                                               School of Architecture,          Sorkin is architecture critic for The Nation,      broadcaster with BBC Radio Ulster and has
                                                               conference record total of 106 MAAC                                                 and specialised in urban    contributing editor at Architectural Record, and        written and presented a range of documentaries
                                                               championships. In addition, Murray has                    design. He worked in this field across the UK and     author or editor of twenty books. His books             for BBC national radio.
                                                               increased the varsity sports from 20 to 23,               Ireland, and produced the original Development        include Variations on a Theme Park, Exquisite
                                                               adding women’s soccer, women’s lacrosse and               Framework for Titanic Quarter while working at        Corpse, Local Code, Giving Ground (edited with
                                                               women’s water polo.                                       Turley Associates.                                    Joan Copjec), Michael Sorkin Studio: Wiggle                                      Cllr Donal Lyons
                                                                    Under Murray’s leadership, Marist student-                At Andras House, Rajesh is responsible for       (Works in Progress), Some Assembly Required,                                     Donal Lyons is 33, a
                                                               athletes have also thrived in the classroom and           hotel operations and property development. The        Other Plans, The Next Jerusalem, After The Trade                                 Dublin native and a UCD
                                                               the community. The Red Foxes won the MAAC                 company, which was established by his father,         Center (edited with Sharon Zukin), Starting From                                 Science graduate who
                                                               Pepsi Goodworks Challenge in 2013, 2014 and               Lord Rana, owns and operates six hotels and           Zero, Analyzing Ambasz, Against the Wall,                                        has lived in South Belfast
                                                               2015, which goes to the top conference’s top              serviced apartments sites in the city. The group      Indefensible Space, New Orleans Under                                            since 2006.
                                                               school for community service. Marist also led the         is about to open its seventh hotel, Hampton by        Reconstruction (edited with Carol Reese and                                      Donal replaced Claire
                                                               conference in selections to its Academic Honor            Hilton Belfast City Centre, which will be the first   Anthony Fontenot), All Over the Map, and Twenty                                  Hanna as Councillor for
                                                               Roll for the 14th year in a row in the 2014-15            Hampton on the island of Ireland. Andras is also      Minutes in Manhattan.                                                            Balmoral in July 2015
                                                               school year.                                              extending and refurbishing two of its existing             In 2005, Sorkin founded Terreform, and is                                   after Claire took up her
                                                                    Murray has overseen the improvement of               hotels, bring the total room count of the group to    currently its president. He is editor-in-chief of its                            new role in the Assembly.
                                                               athletic facilities all over the Marist campus in         1000.                                                 imprint, UR (Urban Research), which was                      Donal is a member of the City Growth and
                                                               recent years. In the fall of 2011, extensive                   Rajesh is working on plans for a new hotels      launched in 2015. He is on the board of several         Regeneration Committee and the People and
                                                               renovations to the James J. McCann Recreation             in Portrush and Derry, major grade A offices in       civic and professional organizations such as            Communities Committee of Belfast City Council.
                                                               Center were completed. The newly-branded                  Belfast and further projects in Belfast.              Urban Design Forum (Vice President) and the                  Donal is also on the board of the South
                                                               McCann Arena now features chair-back seating,                  Rajesh is currently Senior Vice President of     Architectural League of New York (Director). He         Belfast Partnership Board, is a member of
                                                               video boards and a new playing surface. An                Belfast Chamber of Trade and Commerce. He is          is also a member of the International Committee         Amnesty International, the National Union of
                                                               11,660-square foot addition connected to the              actively involved in the development community        of Architectural Critics.                               Journalists, the Drumglass Wind Energy Co-
                                                               south end of the McCann Center includes new               has been responsible for bringing together a               Sorkin has been the recipient of several           operative and the Boundary Brewing
                                                               offices, locker rooms, player lounges, conference         group of stakeholders and community groups in         fellowships and awards. His recent awards               Cooperative.
                                                               rooms, video editing rooms and a film theater.            the south west of the city centre, with the           include “Design Mind” from the National Design               Donal was previously employed by the Irish
                                                               The building also received lobby and restroom             purpose of coordinating major capital projects        Award in 2013; and Fellow in the field of               Labour Party and Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore and
                                                               renovations.                                              that are planned for the area.                        architecture planning and design from the John          has worked in the field of public policy and law
                                                                                                                                                                               Simon Guggenheim Foundation in 2015.                    reform and as an SDLP activist since moving to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Belfast.
                                                                                         Marianne Reilly                                          Michael George                                                                            Donal is married to Claire Hanna MLA and
                                                                                          Marianne Reilly ’82 was                                  Michael George is a                                  Philip Cassidy                 they have two young children.
                                                                                          introduced as Manhattan                                  partner with The Versant                             Philip has responsibility
                                                                                          College’s director of                                    Group (“Versant”), a real                            for solutions, pricing and
                                                                                          intercollegiate athletics                                estate focused asset                                 strategic projects as well
                                                                                                                                                   management company.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Francis Schott
                                                                                          on March 30, 2016 by the                                                                                      as developing, deploying                                 Francis Schott and his
                                                                                          school’s president, Dr.                                  Prior to joining Versant                             and maintaining our                                      partners own Stage Left
                                                                                          Brennan O’Donnell, and                                   in 2017, Mr. George                                  technology platforms.                                    and Catherine Lombardi
                                                                                          vice president for student                               served as a Managing                                 They enable improved                                     Restaurants in New
                                                                                          life, Dr. Richard Satterlee.                             Director of Fortress                                 customer engagement                                      Brunswick, NJ for 25
                                                                     “Marianne Reilly brings to Manhattan an             Investment Group LLC. Prior to joining Fortress in                             and better business                                      and 11 years respectively.
                                                               impressive record of accomplishment as an                 2009, Mr. George spent ten years with Deutsche        outcomes on behalf of more than 450 clients                                       With numerous awards,
                                                               administrator and educator,” said O’Donnell. “As          Bank where he was most recently a Managing            supported by Concentrix staff. Under Philip’s                                     each has been
                                                               an accomplished student-athlete, a former coach,          Director in the Institutional Client Group with       leadership, Concentrix has created an ecosystem                                   considered among the
                                                               and an alumna of the College, she has a deep              responsibility for the Bank’s largest North           to streamline front- and back-office functions                                    best in the state since
                                                               understanding of what is needed to excel in this          American clients. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank      that adapts to industry-specific processes while        it’s opening. He also consults on food and
                                                               important position.”                                      in 1999, Mr. George served as Co-Head of              improving performance via actionable data.              beverage to the industry. He had a hand in
                                                                     “I am extremely excited to be to be able to         Mortgage Backed Securities Trading at Lehman
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       helping Belfast organize its successful
                                                               come home to Manhattan College,” Reilly said.             Brothers where he started his career in 1986.                                  Paul Moore                     Restaurant Week promotions. He is a
                                                               “It is a dream come true and I would like to                   Mr. George graduated from St. Catharine’s                                   Professor Moore joined       professional wine and spirits judge.
                                                               thank both President O’Donnell and Dr. Satterlee          College, Cambridge University with an                                            the University of Ulster           Francis took an active role in the
                                                               for this amazing opportunity.”                            undergraduate degree in Engineering Science                                      in 1999 and has since        redevelopment of New Brunswick, and sat on the
                                                                     One of 39 female ADs at the Division I level,       and a postgraduate diploma in Computer                                           been active in the           board of The Special Improvement District of that
                                                               Reilly returned to her alma mater as the first            Science. Whilst at Cambridge University Mr.                                      development of the           town. He is an advocate for redeveloping
                                                               female athletic director in the school’s history.         George played Rugby for the University 1st XV for                                creative arts/industries     communities, for the arts and for the role one
                                                               She arrived in Riverdale with a diverse portfolio         three years, ‘walking-on’ to the team.                                           policy in the university.    can play in the other. He has regularly testified
                                                               of work in collegiate athletics administration                                                                                             He was head of the           before the NJ State Senate and Assembly. He
                                                               after spending three decades at nearby Fordham                                                                                             School of Creative Arts      holds a leadership role on the board of The New
                                                               University, where Reilly began her career as an
                                                                                                                                                  Tom DiGati                                              and Technologies from
                                                                                                                                                    Tom is the VP of Client                                                            Jersey Restaurant Association and has
                                                               assistant in recreation, facility management and                                                                2008 to 2017 and has now been appointed as              represented the NJRA in the media and in front
                                                                                                                                                    Success at Unosquare, a
                                                               club sports. She was elevated to associate                                                                      head of a new School of Communication and               of government on issues concerning small
                                                                                                                                                    Portland, Oregon based
                                                               director of athletics in 1996 to accompany her                                                                  Media. He is a Director of Ulster’s Creative            business.
                                                                                                                                                    software engineering
                                                               responsibilities as the senior woman                                                                            Industries Institute (CII). He was awarded a                  He is a noted public speaker and consultant
                                                                                                                                                    firm that provides IT
                                                               administrator for the Rams’ athletic department.                                                                personal chair in 2009 becoming Professor of            on food, wine, beverage and community. For 5
                                                                                                                                                    consulting and builds
                                                                     In her prior position, Reilly served on the                                                               Creative Technologies at the Magee campus, and          years, he was co-host of The Restaurant Guys
                                                                                                                                                    web and mobile
                                                               leadership team of Fordham’s Athletic                                                                           was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in           radio program.
                                                                                                                                                    applications for BFSI,
                                                               Department and supervised NCAA compliance,                                                                      2014.
                                                                                                                                                    Healthcare, and
                                                               academic eligibility and athletic training while
                                                                                                                                                    Software customers.
                                                               also serving as a sport administrator for a
                                                                                                                         Unosquare has been one of the 100 fastest
                                                               number of varsity programs. Reilly also served
                                                                                                                         growing private businesses in Oregon four years
                                                               on the Atlantic 10 Conference’s Strategic
                                                                                                                         in a row and was most recently named on the
                                                               Planning Committee.
                                                                                                                         Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in
                                                                     During her years at Fordham, Reilly
                                                                                                                         the USA for 2015, 2016 and 2017. Tom lives in the
                                                               mentored many coaches, administrators and
                                                                                                                         Philadelphia suburbs with his wife and two
                                                               student-athletes and oversaw the successful
                                                                                                                         children.
                                                               development of the women’s basketball and
                                                               softball programs. In 2013, Fordham’s women’s
                                                               basketball team christened Brooklyn’s new                 Michael Sorkin
                                                               Barclays Center by reaching the championship              Michael Sorkin is the principal and founder of
                                                               game of the A-10 tournament, a game that                  Michael Sorkin Studio. His practice and work
                                                               garnered the highest attendance ever recorded             spans design, criticism and pedagogy.
                                                               for an A-10 women’s basketball championship.                  Since 2000, Sorkin has been Distinguished
Page 27 / Irish Echo / JUNE 6 - 12, 2018 / www.irishecho.com
          The Northern Ireland Bureau
               is proud to support
              the 2018 New York -
            New Belfast Conference.

       We look forward to continuing our work
      building bridges between Northern Ireland
      and the United States for decades to come.

 The Northern Ireland Bureau is the diplomatic office of the Northern Ireland
   Executive in Washington, D.C. and New York. Its role is to represent the
 Executive and pursue areas of collaboration and partnership with the U.S. in
   the following areas: Economic Development, Education and Citizenship,
Enhancing Civic Engagement,Cultural Development, Research and Technology,
               Regeneration, and Post-Conflict Reconstruction.

     For more information, visit us at www.nibureau.com
                www.twitter.com/NI_Bureau
            www.facebook.com/northern.bureau
www.irishecho.com / Irish Echo / JUNE 6 - 12, 2018 / Page 28

                                                               New York - New Belfast Conference 2018

                                                               Hanweck the innovator
                                                                                                              at Northwestern University.
                                                                     pmcdermott@irishecho.com                     Searching around for a dissertation
                                                                        By Peter McDermott

                                                                                                              topic, he asked a friend of his father’s
                                                               Gerald A. Hanweck Jr. during his               for some ideas. He had none, but sug-
                                                               career has left not just one but two           gested that the doctoral student work
                                                               iconic American corporations – in both         part-time for his brokerage firm.
                                                               instances, when the company was get-           Hanweck had heard, however,
                                                               ting to the next level.                        through friends at the University of
                                                                   First there was Microsoft, which in        Chicago that doctoral programs didn’t
                                                               1989 as a recent graduate he decided           permit its students to work and so he
                                                               had already become too big with 500            approached the dean with some trepi-
                                                               or so employees. “That’s not really            dation.
                                                               what I’d signed up for,” he said.                  “He looks pretty sternly at me and
                                                                   He repeated that sentiment when            slaps the desk,” he recalled of the
                                                               describing his later move from J.P.            dean’s reaction, “‘Thank God, some-
                                                               Morgan & Co. not long after it had             one around here wants to go get a real
                                                               merged with Chase Manhattan Bank at            job!’”
                                                               the turn of the millennium to become               At that real job he met a few new
                                                               JPMorgan Chase, a giant in world               mentors and when they all joined J.P.
                                                               banking.                                       Morgan, the by-now Dr. Hanweck fol-
                                                                   In the case of that first departure,       lowed them. He spent 10 years there
                                                               which led him back to university to            through 2003. “He served,” says his
                                                               study for his doctorate, Hanweck, it           company’s website, “as Chief Equity
                                                               seems, is expected to make the per-            Derivatives Strategist and led the
                                                               functory statement of regret.                  bank's U.S. Fixed-Income Derivatives
                                                                   “I kick myself for not sticking            Strategy team.”
                                                               through with it and getting all the                Although J.P. Morgan was a compa-
                                                               stock and stock options,” he said. But         ny with thousands of employees, a big
                                                               the CEO doesn’t look at all unhappy            history and its own bureaucracies, it
                                                               sitting in the offices of the company          still had a “small feel” and in
                                                                                                                                                         Gerald A. Hanweck Jr., the CEO and founder of Hanweck, pictured last Friday outside

                                                               that bears his name on the 42nd Floor          Hanweck’s sphere, he could work with
                                                                                                                                                         the New York Stock Exchange, which is close to his company’s headquarters at 30

                                                               at 30 Broad St., in the Financial District     a degree of independence.
                                                                                                                                                         Broad St. It has also has offices in Chicago and established its first overseas base in

                                                               in Downtown Manhattan.                             “We could be fairly innovative and
                                                                                                                                                         Belfast in 2015.

                                                                   Hanweck, says its website, “is the         nimble,” he said.                          American market. “It’s a million differ-     use it. So we think that was pretty
                                                               leading provider of risk analytics as-a-           After leaving, he become involved      ent options, 5,000 different underlying      innovative.”
                                                               service with our real-time, data-

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Transatlantic move
                                                                                                              in real estate development in Las          stocks, millions and millions of quotes
                                                               enabled, global, cross-asset risk analyt-      Vegas, which was, he said, “enlighten-     a second. It’s a real computational
                                                               ics platform.”                                 ing in many ways,” and also prof-          problem,” the CEO said. “And so, that
                                                                   “Innovation, flexibility, ability to get   itable.                                    formed the basis of our product suite        When looking for ways to expand
                                                               things done quickly,” the CEO and                  “While I did okay at it,” Hanweck      as it is today.”                             globally and to service existing inter-
                                                               founder said, enumerating some of the          remembered, “it wasn’t what I wanted           He said of programming and quan-         national clients, the company settled
                                                               advantages that smaller operations can         to do long term.”                          titative financing, “bring the two           on Belfast in 2015 as the ideal place to
                                                               have. “Companies with big bureaucra-               He did some consulting work back       together and it becomes quite a power-       set up an overseas office. Conor Allen,
                                                               cies are not as nimble. You can’t take         to companies like JPMorgan in part-        ful combination.                             a friend and former colleague with
                                                               advantage of new technology, take an           nership with Michael Hollingsworth,            “One of the things we’ve done as a       roots there, recommended it initially,
                                                               idea and run with it as easily.”               who is now Hanweck’s chief operating       firm is to bring together quant finance      and the more Hanweck and
                                                                   A smaller company can be on the            officer.                                   and computer science to solve these          Hollingsworth investigated the more
                                                               cutting edge, which Hanweck has been               “Then one day I was playing            big problems,” Hanweck said. “They           they liked what they saw.
                                                               with its key role at the intersection of       around with some of the new graphics       may be relatively easy computer sci-            Hanweck, which has offices in
                                                               computer science and quantitative              cards that Nvidia had put out — this       ence problems but they may be hard           Chicago, put together a team of four in
                                                               finance.                                       was about late 2006,” Hanweck said.        quant finance, or vice versa.”               Belfast. It’s now a team of eight and
                                                                   Its founder said, “We were the first       “And I’d been interested in graphics           Nvidia has gone on to make GPUs          growing. The CEO added that Invest
                                                               company to have a commercial prod-             processing for compute for quite some      for self-driving cars, and is involved       Northern Ireland was very helpful in
                                                               uct in the quantitative finance world          time, but the hardware and software                                                     the establishment of the office and has
                                                                                                                                                         with much of what happening in the
                                                               that used GPUs [graphics processing            had never quite been to this point.”                                                    continued to be in the three years
                                                                                                                                                         fields of artificial intelligence and deep
                                                               units].                                            He thought at the time: “Wow! I                                                     since.
                                                                                                                                                         learning. “They’ve made a very nice

                                                               ‘A real job’
                                                                                                              can run these options calculations on      business for themselves,” Hanweck               “It’s a fabulous city. It’s got a really
                                                                                                              this graphic card, this thing you’d buy    said. “We worked very closely with           good technology talent pool. It’s got
                                                                                                              to play video games. I can run this 50     them in the early days and they told us      strong universities around it,”
                                                               “I grew up with finance and econom-            times faster.”                             ‘Yeah, you guys are the first ones out       Hanweck said. “It’s got all of the
                                                               ics,” Hanweck said about his back-                 “Then I honed my code a little bit,”   here.’                                       things that you could want globally.”
                                                               ground. His father worked as an econ-          he continued, “and it’s 100 times faster       “Were other people doing some-              He makes two or three visits a year,
                                                               omist with the Federal Reserve System          than on the regular computer and I
                                                               in Washington. “He’s still a finance                                                      thing similar? Yeah, Bloomberg had           and it has become favorite destination
                                                                                                              hone my code some more and it’s 200        real-time options data,” he added,           for his family, too. He and his wife
                                                               professor,” he said of Gerald A.               times faster. This is pretty incredible!
                                                               Hanweck Sr., who is also on the board                                                     “Most brokerage screens had some             have taken their daughter, who’s 7,
                                                                                                                  “I knew from my own career that                                                     and son, 5, all over Northern Ireland,
                                                               of directors of his son’s company.                                                        real-time options data. We chose a dif-
                                                                                                              there would be demand for this kind of                                                  as well to Donegal and as far west as
                                                                  The younger Hanweck had always                                                         ferent path, which was to deliver the
                                                                                                              stuff,” Hanweck said, “stuff I would                                                    the Aran Islands.
                                                               been interested in computer program-                                                      analytics as a service. And back in
                                                                                                              have wanted had it been available.”                                                        With those deepening bonds comes
                                                               ming and after graduating from                                                            2007, that whole as-a-service concept
                                                                                                                  So he and Hollingsworth decided                                                     the concern caused by Brexit – not so
                                                               Princeton with a degree in mathemat-                                                      was still forming.
                                                                                                              that they’d build a company around it.                                                  much for his own company, as it
                                                               ics, he interviewed for the company                                                           “We said we’re not going to put out

                                                                                                              ‘Powerful
                                                               founded by Paul Allen and Bill Gates                                                      screens. That would just be competing        shouldn’t be overly affected, but
                                                               before it moved into its Redmond cam-                                                     with Bloomberg or Reuters or one of          notions of “hard borders” are by their

                                                                                                              combination’
                                                               pus. When after a couple of years                                                         these other big guys,” Hanweck said.         nature worrisome.
                                                               Microsoft no longer felt like an exciting                                                 “But if we can sell the analytics as a          “That would be a big step back for
                                                               start-up, a doctorate beckoned at the          Hanweck products calculate in real         data stream, then customers could            Ireland and I think Europe in general,”
                                                               Kellogg Graduate School of Business            time in the “monster” that is the          build that into their own platforms and      Hanweck said.
You can also read