Gillian leads Ronan Daly Jermyn Corporate department.  She is a highly regarded deal lawyer known for her work in the healthcare and technology markets.   Gillian is an Adjunct Professor in the College of Business and Law at University College Cork (UCC) and in 2017 received an Alumni Achievement Award from UCC for her work with I Wish.  Gillian is a co-founder of the multi-award winning I WISH   Gillian is passionate about empowering the next generation of female leaders and innovators and ensuring our society enables these young women to participate fully in the economy of the future.  Gillian has held and continues to hold non-executive board and audit committee positions in the private and public sector.  

Caroline is the Corporate and international tax partner with Deloitte Ireland focused on the technology sector. Caroline is a member of Deloitte’s European Diversity and Inclusion Council for the Technology Sector and a member of Deloitte Irelands Diversity and Inclusion Council. Caroline is a member of the gender balance advisory group for the Department of Education to achieve better gender balance in STEM education at post-primary level. Caroline is a board director of ReThink Ireland, Irelands Social Innovation Fund. And Chair of the finance committee and is also the immediate past chairperson of it@cork(2017-2019) Caroline is Co-Founder of I Wish. Caroline says she looks to the girls who attend I Wish as they really inspire her to keep going on what has been a mad but amazing journey. She feels a huge sense of responsibility to enable every girl to live their brightest lives. Caroline embarked on the I Wish journey with fellow co-founders because she could see the opportunity in STEM, but with less than 25% of the STEM workforce in Ireland being women she realised that there was a risk that her own daughter would not participate in the jobs of tomorrow, all she wants for her is equal opportunity of choice. In conjunction with Cork City Council, I Wish won the 2015 Chambers Ireland Award for excellence in local government in the “promoting economic development” category, and a LAMA award in Best Education category. 2015 winner of the WMB Boots Empowering Women Award for work in promoting STEM. Awarded one of the Top 10 outstanding young people (TOYP) of Cork in 2016 by Junior Chamber International and progressed to be named as one of the Top 10 outstanding people of Ireland in the national finals in 2016. Along with fellow I Wish co-founders, awarded Cork Persons of the Month in March 2017, UCC Achievement Award 2017, one of the highest honours that the university can bestow on a graduate. American Chamber Cairdeas Award 2019 IT@Cork Chairperson Community Award 2019

Jenny Galvin a current TY student from Scoil Mhuire Cork has been involved in I Wish for many years, this year she takes to the stage as our social media hub co-host. Jenny will be keeping an eye on all things social media with Mark on the day 🤗🥰

Heidi has worked for the past 19 years in Iarnród Éireann has an Environmental Officer and now acting in the role of Sustainability and Environmental Manager for Operations. She has a leading role in several Sustainability Working Groups that address social and economic as well as environmental elements within the company. She also manages a team of 4 people working on environmental management for the key departments within Iarnród Éireann. Prior to working in Ireland, Heidi worked for the Port of Seattle in the US as a consultant focusing on environmental impact assessments. Heidi has a Master’s Degree in Environmental Protection. Certifications in ISO Auditing for Environmental Management Systems, Water Management, Sustainability Leadership and Energy Management, IEMA Net Zero Certification. Heidi grew up in Northern Idaho and used to fight wildfires for the Forest Service in her hometown for summer break during college. Heidi also volunteered at Dublin Zoo for 6 years in their Education Department giving talks to schools and visitors.

Amy Jane Keating will join us as MC for this year’s I Wish Virgin Media Podcast Hub ! Amy a TV and Podcast Presenter and founder of the popular Podcast series Go Do You. Amy is no stranger to I Wish, and we know she will bring her usual incredible energy, fun and insight.  We can’t wait to see her shine again at this year’s I Wish Podcast hub in association with Virgin Media. 

Anne-Marie has 22 years’ experience in the global investment environment with IDA Ireland, working across a number of key roles in Ireland and abroad.   Anne-Marie took up her current position as Senior VP, Enterprise Technology in October 2021. Prior to this role, she held positions as Department Manager, Regional Development, Director of Europe, based in Paris and Project Manager in the Technology Division. Prior to IDA Ireland, Anne-Marie worked for the Consultancy business of PricewaterhouseCoopers in London in the retail and CPG global industry sectors.    Anne-Marie is a Law graduate and holds an MSc in International Marketing, as well as being an Associate Practitioner of the European Chartered Institute of Marketing. Anne-Marie is a Board member of CeADAR, Ireland’s National Centre for Applied AI and a Board Member of Cyber Ireland.

Bethany Carson is the Women in Sport Manager at Sport Ireland, tasked with promoting women and girls’ involvement in sport from participation to leadership to high performance. Bethany is passionate about providing equal opportunities to women and girls in sport to achieve their full potential, while enjoying a lifelong involvement in sport! Bethany is a former Irish International Swimmer, former Irish record holder and finalist at multiple European Championships, World University Games and the Commonwealth Games. Bethany was also Assistant Swim Coach at the National Centre, Dublin from 2017 to 2021, contributing to the national performance system at events like the 2019 European SC Championships. Prior to becoming Women in Sport Manager at Sport Ireland, Bethany spent six years working at Swim Ireland as Women in Sport Lead, leading out on all WIS programmes, initiatives and events from grass roots up to performance level.