The role of the committee is to guide the network and ensure that its activities reflect the aims of the network and the expectations of its members. 

The Mná Committee members currently consist of some of the original founding members who completed the UCC Aurora Programme in 2018/2019. This Aurora experience planted the seeds of inspiration which motivated this group of women to establish a Women's Network for the benefit of all women in UCC.

Mná@UCC Network Committee: 

Co-Chairpersons:

Ms. Emma Connolly, International Strategy Officer, International Offce, UCC

& Ms. Clíodhna O'Callaghan, LLB, LLM, DTE, NY Attorney-at-Law, Digital Education Officer, Centre for Digital Education, UCC.

Treasurer: Dr. Lee-Ann Burke, Lecturer in the Department of Economics, CUBS, UCC.

Secretary: Dr. Nóirín Uí Bhreithiúnaigh, EU Research Support Manager, UCC Research.

Member: Dr. Susan Rafferty-McArdle, BSc., PhD, MBA, College Manager, College of Medicine & Health, UCC

Member: Dr. Maeve O'Riordan, Lecturer, School of History, UCC.

Member: Dr. Fiona McDonald, Lecturer in Physiology and SFI Starter Investigator, UCC.

Member: Ms. Sinéad Hackett, MBA (UCC), Student Engagement Manager, Cork University Business School (CUBS), UCC.

Member: Dr. Rhian Fitzgerald, Senior Lecturer/Consultant in Orthodontics, CoMH, UCC.

Member: Dr. Tara Singleton, School Manager, School of Education.

Member: Dr. Marie Ryan, Program Director BComm International | Lecturer, CUBS, UCC.

Member: Dr. Caroline West, Sexual Violence & Harassment Prevention and Response Manager, UCC.

Ex-officio President and co-founder: Dr. Siobhán Lucey, SFHEA(UK), Economist; Senior Fellow HEA(UK); Strategic Collaborations Officer.

Mná Committee at our 1st AGM celebrating our first anniversary - all smiles as we reflect on one extraordinary year. 

Mná@UCC founding members meeting with the then UCC President, Professor Patrick O'Shea in 2019, introducing the idea of a Women's Network for University College Cork.