After pursuing careers in a few different fields that she soon discovered did not fit with her creative personality, Erika now runs her own business in content creation and social media management. She’s the one behind most of what you see on our socials these days. Erika spends as much of her free time outdoors as she can;
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Fiona Curtin is the Marketing Director at HEINEKEN Ireland. She has over 20 years of experience in brand management, innovation, and marketing in Ireland and abroad. She’s a big hurling and rugby fan – and an avid documentary watcher.
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Our Senior Ambassadors (Sambos) are an incredibly important part of our organisation. Some of them have been with us since day one and all of them believe in the Shona mission for girls in Ireland. Many of our Sambos also do advocacy work on everything from LGBTQ+ rights to mental health, anti-stalking legislation, road safety
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Our Junior Ambassadors (Jambos) are leading the way, spreading the Shona message of kindness and positivity in schools across Ireland. In additon to their important work in schools, our Jambos have attended monthly meetings, created social media posts, spoken in front of Members of the European Parliament, been on national radio, and sent petitions for
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The Fitzgerald Power team are a force of nature who we met in late 2023. Since day 1, they have backed us with endless support when it comes to all things finance and governance.
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As Community Manager, Alice works closely with partners across all areas of The Shona Project’s work. Having studied physics at university and started her career as an engineer, she made a transition to the social sector after realising that she wanted to help people and communities in a more tangible way. Alice has watched The
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Valarie is the lead Partner of Human Capital Advisory at Deloitte. Prior to Deloitte, Valarie was the owner of a small consultancy firm and also the HC Director within an international Bank. Valarie is also an accredited Executive Coach and spends a lot of time working with leadership teams on their people and talent strategies.
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Natasha is from Co. Down but has been living in Dublin/ Wicklow for several years. She loves learning new things and holds a MA in History, is a Professional Master of Education and has recently completed a Post Graduate Certificate in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. She has worked in banking, project management, and teaching and
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Vivienne is currently Head of Public Affairs, RTÉ, having previously held a number of different Communication roles there also. Prior to joining RTÉ she worked within the voluntary sector for Early Childhood Ireland and Barretstown. She has recently qualified with an MSc in Management Practice from the Irish Management Institute and has just completed a
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Áine Kerr is co-founder and COO of technology start-up Kinzen. She is a former primary school teacher, former Global Head of Journalism Partners at Facebook in New York, former Managing Editor at social media news agency Storyful, and former political correspondent with Irish newspapers. Áine is also an accredited Executive Coach and is the host of
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Susan is an event specialist who has consulted across various domestic and international summits including the Dublin Tech Summit, The Business Show, Sustainability Summit and AIB Future Sparks Festival. Producing, curating and seeing an event come together from concept through to fruition is her speciality! With a commercial focus, Susan drives sponsorship campaigns and manages
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Judith reigns from Waterford, in the Southeast of Ireland. She’s a lover of fashion, spoken word, music, people, and the ocean! She is currently studying psychology and counselling. Prior to commencing her studies last year, she was a professional singer/dancer turned entertainment director for CCL, touring the world and sailing the open seas performing on
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Gillian is an entrepreneur who brought the Flying Tiger Copenhagen brand to Ireland and then to the USA. Before this, she worked for the Special Olympics World Summer Games – the best job she ever had! Mum to Kate and John, she loves to drink tea and chat, and is mad for all things chocolate!
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Ellen graduated from WIT with a Bachelor of Business degree with a specialisation in Marketing and has most recently graduated from SETU with a Master in Science in Digital Marketing Practice. Her role sees her playing a part in many aspects of The Shona Project from workshop bookings, to communications, to strategy and stakeholder relationship
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Katherine is the beloved 4th Year Head at the Presentation Secondary School in Waterford. She is passionate about making sure every girl reached their potential and is an amazing role model to the students she works with. Katherine is an avid runner and a pretty good soccer player too!
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Steph is a long-time friend of The Shona Project (TSP), she first met Tammy in 2018. She came across TSP scrolling on Instagram and fell in love with our mission. Since then, Steph has become a mom of 2 little boys, Dylan & Conor. She started her career in the financial services industry in 2007
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Antoinette currently works as the Regulatory Lead at the Central Bank of Ireland, and has years experience in regulation, governance, banking and diversity and inclusion. Despite the fact that Antoinette is obsessed with policies and procedures, she is also the best craic of all time.
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