Board Members
Anna Nolan, Chairperson
Anna Nolan is from Northern Ireland and has many years supporting organisations with campaign strategy, creative interventions and communications across the world. Anna was the Director of The Syria Campaign from 2014 to 2018, a human rights organisation that supports Syria’s heroes in their struggle for freedom and democracy.
Bex Hay, Director
Bex is Co-founder and CTO at Organise, a UK organisation that helps empower workers with the tools, support and confidence to improve their working lives. Bex has a background in corporate campaigning and previously worked at ShareAction, mobilising people power to make our financial system fairer. Outside of work Bex is usually watching, playing or talking about cricket.
Anne Gibney, Director
Anne is a graduate of Griffith College and a Fellow of ACCA. She has over 30 years experience of financial management in the NGO and private sector. Anne is the Head of Finance & Operations of the National Women’s Council from 2010 – present and is passionate about women’s equality.
Patricia Munatsi, Board Member
Patricia is an international human rights lawyer with expertise in international law, public policy, strategic engagements, lobbying and advocacy. Patricia is a Public Affairs Manager at Volunteer Ireland, where she is responsible for championing advocacy initiatives, stakeholder engagement, policy development and public affairs. She has worked at the Irish Network Against Racism as the Policy Lead and a former Chair of the Civil Society Coalition for the Implementation of the National Action Plan Against Racism Ireland. Patricia has also previously worked for the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum. Patricia holds a Masters of Law in International Human Rights from University College Dublin and a Bachelor of Law Honors Degree from the University of Zimbabwe. Patricia is the Co-Chair of the Socialist Lawyers Association Ireland and a member of Lawyers Against Racism Ireland.
Beatriz Gómez Moreno, Board Member
Beatriz is a Spanish Social & Cultural psychologist, and the COO of GORM, an Irish award-winning social enterprise. For more than 10 years, Beatriz has been involved in project management of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiatives providing psychosocial support to diverse communities, predominantly migrants and people with refugee status in Spain, Uganda, Germany, and Ireland. Beatriz is the co-founder of the Latino-European Social Psychological Network focused on Migration, Displacement, and Inclusion and the GMA Association. She has led research projects funded by Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission, from which she has recently published the first of its kind report on Intercultural Competence in the Irish Public Sector.
Laura Sullivan, Board Member
Laura Sullivan is a feminist activist who has spent the last two decades fighting for social and environmental justice from and in Europe. Over that time, she has worked in political roles at the European Parliament, at the global teachers union Education International, and at ActionAid International, based primarily in Brussels with periods in other regions of the world, learning from campaigners and movements in Senegal, Brazil and Peru. She has an MA in Governance and Development with a focus on civil society participation. Her main passions are systemic change thinking, feminist leadership and all things related to music, language and storytelling.
Rachel Murphy, Board Member
Rachel Murphy is an established non-profit leader in with 20 years’
experience delivering strategic marketing and fundraising impact in
Ireland and the UK. Rachel has a track record of delivery of income
growth, transformation, and successful campaign delivery. Passionate
about data and insight-led strategy and campaign planning, Rachel has
led teams to deliver award-winning campaigns such as Shine a Light
Night, Darkness into Light and End Youth Homelessness. Since 2022 Rachel has worked with Sightsavers Ireland, Debra Ireland, LauraLynn and other national charities to develop multi-annual strategies to transform fundraising performance and engage key audiences. Rachel holds a master’s
degree in international marketing from TUD and is a board member of Uplift and previously at Cluid Housing Association.
