Áine Mallaghan

Vice President of Development @The Ireland Funds

Chicago, IL, US

In 1976 Dan Rooney, the former US Ambassador to Ireland and owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team, along with fellow Pittsburgh businessman Sir Anthony J.F. O’Reilly, created what was then The Ireland Fund. With a trinity of goals – peace, culture and charity – The Ireland Fund appealed for support for Ireland and its people from all Americans.Our mission is to harness the power of a global philanthropic network of friends of Ireland to promote and support peace, culture, education and community development across the island of Ireland and among Irish communities around the world. With chapters in 12 countries, The Ireland Funds has raised over $600 million for deserving causes in Ireland and beyond, benefiting more than 3,200 different organizations.In doing so, The Ireland Funds enables the many friends of Ireland around the globe to constructively express their goodwill back to the island of Ireland. Forty-nine years on, the results of that goodwill have been outstanding. Countless lives have been changed for the better, and The Ireland Funds has grown to become largest network of friends of Ireland.

Queen's University Belfast

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)