St Stephen's Green Trust

Mr Stephen Rourke, Chairperson. A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, Stephen has been involved in supporting a wide range of voluntary and community initiatives throughout Ireland for over 20 years. He has served as Director of the Ireland Funds, and has acted as consultant to the Gulbenkian Foundation. He has carried out policy development and evaluation work for a wide variety of clients, including the International Fund for Ireland, Pobal, Disability Federation of Ireland, Barnardos, Dublin City Council, the National Drugs Strategy Team and the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation. Stephen is also a board member of Philanthropy Ireland, Dublin Aids Alliance and Friends of the Earth.

Sr Maria McGuinness RSM. Sr Maria is a Sister of Mercy qualified in general nursing, child care and social work. She worked for 17 years in a residential centre for girls with behavioural problems in London. In 1984, she was founder and director of Ireland's largest family and community centre, based in Waterford city. Sr Maria served for 3 years on the National Executive of Mercy Ireland and served on the leadership team of the Mercy Southern Province for six years. She spent 3 years as a social worker with the Irish Commission for Prisoners Overseas, which involved working with Irish people in prisons overseas and their families in Ireland. Maria is currently pioneering a core values approach in the Mercy way of life, both within the congregation and in ministries.

Fr. Michael Drennan is a Jesuit with a postgraduate degree in psychology. He worked for many years as a counsellor and spiritual director. He was Director of the Jesuit Centre of Spirituality, Manresa, Dublin, for 6 years. Later, he was Secretary General of the Conference of Religious (CORI) and currently he helps in administration in the Order.

Mr Donal O’Brien is a partner in a medium sized Chartered Accountancy practice that he founded twenty five years ago. His clients include a large number of charities and not-for-profit organisations and he has a particular interest in the issues that impact on the organisations in these sectors, including the changing legislative environment for charities. Donal is a graduate of University College Dublin and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and the Institute of Taxation in Ireland. He has served on the Boards of a number of voluntary bodies.