Community Relations Council

Council Members

Chair: Tony McCusker, retired civil servant who in the late 1980’s as a member of the Central Community Relations Unit (CCRU) at Stormont was involved in setting up the Community Relations Council. He served in a number of other posts in the civil service dealing with both community and economic issues and was adviser to Mo Mowlam and subsequently Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Department of Agriculture.

Since retirement he has been active in youth and community work ;

Jonny Byrne, Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Criminology, Social Policy and Politics at the University of Ulster

James Deery, a community development worker with the Ashton Community Trust in North Belfast;

Hazel Francey, the Good Relations Manager in Belfast City Council;

Billy Gamble, retired civil servant, formerly Head of Good Relations and Reconciliation Division of OFMDFM;

Sylvia Gordon, Director of Groundwork Northern Ireland, an organisation that practices conflict transformation and peace building through regeneration;

Katie Hanlon, Director of Ballynafeigh Community Development Association in South Belfast;

Tony Kennedy, OBE, Member Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Chair Ulidia Housing Association, Board member and NI Chair, Northern Ireland Foundation, Director The John Hewitt Society, Former CEO Co-operation Ireland.

Dr Leon Litvack, Reader in Victorian Studies at the School of English, Queen's University and regular BBC Religious Affairs presenter;

Rosaleen McCorley, a republican ex-prisoner and until recently an Outreach co-ordinator with Coiste na nIarchimi, and now a Sinn Fein political adviser;

Stella McDermott, Casework Manager with the Heritage Lottery Fund in Northern Ireland;

Sinead McShane, Youth Officer, Southern Education and Library Board;

Hassan Sami Mansour, Administrator, Belfast Islamic Centre;

Robin Morton, retired Belfast Telegraph journalist (and former acting Business Editor);

Eamonn Oakes, a former Chair of the Northern Ireland Committee of ICTU and former  project manager for City Bridges which trains senior trade union representatives on peace and reconciliation;

Dr David Russell, Deputy Director of the NI Human Rights Commission;

Dr Jacqueline Witherow, Policy Development Officer at the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.  Her doctoral research at  Queen’s University Belfast focused on the Protestant flute band tradition in Northern Ireland.

Community Relations Council - Staff List by Programme

Position vacant - Chief Executive Officer

Jacqueline Irwin - Deputy Chief Executive Officer - jirwin@nicrc.org.uk

Paul Nolan - Research Director - pnolan@nicrc.org.uk

Paul Killen - District Council Good Relations Programme Development Officer - pkillen@nicrc.org.uk

Damien McNally - Evaluation Officer - dmcnally@nicrc.org.uk

Holly Scott - PA to the CEO - hscott@nicrc.org.uk

Communications and Learning Resources

Ray Mullan - Programme Director - rmullan@nicrc.org.uk

Patricia O'Neill  - Communication & Learning Resources  - poneill@nicrc.org.uk

Ellana Tomasso -Communication & Learning Resources  & IT Support - etomasso@nicrc.org.uk

Community Bridges Programme

Joe Hinds - Programme Director - jhinds@nicrc.org.uk

Gillian Revie - Senior Finance Officer - grevie@nicrc.org.uk

Emer Lyttle - Development Officer - elyttle@nicrc.org.uk (maternity leave)

Charlotte-Rose McNaught - Finance Officer - cmcnaught@nicrc.org.uk

Joanna Gawlik - Project Support - jgawlik@nicrc.org.uk (currently covering Maternity Leave with Core Funding)

Kerry Kelly - Administrative Officer - kkelly@nicrc.org.uk

Cultural Diversity

Deirdre Mac Bride - Cultural Diversity Programme Director - dmacbride@nicrc.org.uk

European

Frank Murphy - Programme Director -fmurphy@nicrc.org.uk

Patricia Armstrong - Development  Officer - parmstrong@.nicrc.org.uk (maternity leave)

Deirdre O`Loan - Development Officer - doloan@nicrc.org.uk

Peter Day - Development Officer - pday@nicrc.org.uk

Graham Parkinson - Finance Officer - gparkinson@nicrc.org.uk

Vanessa McGeown - Senior Finance Officer - vmcgeown@nicrc.org.uk

Elizabeth Corrigan - Finance Officer - ecorrigan@nicrc.org.uk

Emma Dargan - Development Officer - edargan@nicrc.org.uk

Naomi Doak - Development Officer - ndoak@nicrc.org.uk

Patricia McShane - Administrative Officer  - pmcshane@nicrc.org.uk

Finance, Administration and Personnel

Siobhan Laverty - Director - Finance, Administration & Personnel - slaverty@nicrc.org.uk

Jo Adamson - Human Resources Manager & IT Support - jadamson@nicrc.org.uk

Tracey Wilson - Finance - twilson@nicrc.org.uk

Ian Thompson - Administrative Officer - Finance - ithompson@nicrc.org.uk

Tanya Gibson - Administrative Officer/Receptionist - receptionist@nicrc.org.uk

Funding and Development

Micháela Mackin - Victims Programme Director - mmackin@nicrc.org.uk

Paul Jordan - Funding and Development Director - pjordan@nicrc.org.uk

Roisin Montague - Project Officer - CRCD - rmontague@nicrc.org.uk (maternity leave)

Brian Mullan - Victims Core Funding Officer - bmullan@nicrc.org.uk

Joan Clements - Victims Core Funding Officer (Dungannon) - jclements@nicrc.org.uk

Frances Dennison - Core Funding - fdennison@nicrc.org.uk (on Maternity Leave)

Joanna Gawlik - Core Funding - jgawlik@nicrc.org.uk (covering Maternity Leave)

Carol Carmichael - Victims and Survivor Groups Development Officer - ccarmichael@nicrc.org.uk

Karen Duggan  - Victims and Survivors Development Grants Officer - kduggan@nicrc.org.uk

Mary Pantaleoni - Victims and Survivors Finance Officer - mpantaleoni@nicrc.org.uk

Anne Rogan - Victims and Survivors Finance Officer - arogan@nicrc.org.uk

Judith Hamilton - Project Officer - jhamilton@nicrc.org.uk

Theresa Cullen - Centre Attendant (Dungannon) - tcullen@nicrc.org.uk

Sharon Hobson - Administrative Officer - shobson@nicrc.org.uk

Verna Harper - Victims and Survivors Administrative Officer - vharper@nicrc.org.uk

Danny Angus - Victims and Survivors Administrative Officer - dangus@nicrc.org.uk

Patricia Marsh - Administrative Officer - pmarsh@nicrc.org.uk

Policy and Development

Dympna McGlade - Programme Director - dmcglade@nicrc.org.uk

Kelan McClelland - Policy Development Officer - kmcclelland@nicrc.org.uk (temporary cover)

Gemma Attwood - Policy Development Officer - gattwood@nicrc.org.uk (on maternity leave)

Bebhinn McKinley - Policy Officer - bmckinley@nicrc.org.uk

Grace Hamilton - Administrative Officer - ghamilton@nicrc.org.uk