Reception with Ambassador of Ireland to the United States

601 Lakeside Avenue East,Cleveland OH 44114

21 October, 2022

Description

Meet & Greet As part of the Irish Network USA (INUSA) annual conference, Ambassador Byrne Nason will be in Cleveland to meet invited guests from the Irish community. The event will take place in the beautiful Rotunda Room at Cleveland's City Hall and hosted by Irish Network USA, Cleveland Irish Network and Councilman Kerry McCormack. Business Casual Attire Remarks by: Cleveland Irish Network President, Mark Owens City of Cleveland Mayor, Justin Bibb Ambassador of Ireland, Geraldine Byrne Nason Cleveland City Councilman, Kerry McCormack INUSA President, Steve Lenox National anthems to be sung by Mary Agnes Kennedy Refreshments and light apps will be served. About the Ambassador Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason assumed her role as Ireland’s 19th Ambassador to the United States in August 2022. Geraldine was Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations in New York (2017- 22). Previously, she served as Ambassador to France (2014-17), Second Secretary General in the Department of the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) (2011-14), Ambassador and Ireland’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU (2005-11), and Director of the National Forum on Europe (2004-05). During her career, Ambassador Byrne Nason has served in Brussels, New York, Paris, Vienna and Helsinki. As Second Secretary-General in the Department of the Taoiseach from 2011-2014, she was the highest ranking female public servant in Ireland. During that period, she also was Secretary General of Ireland’s Economic Management Council. On her arrival in New York, Ambassador Byrne Nason led Ireland’s successful campaign for a seat on the United Nations Security Council, and led the New York Security Council team for the 2021-2022 term. Geraldine was Chair of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for 2018 and 2019. She has also co-chaired high-level political negotiations on the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela and on the ‘Samoa pathway’ for Small Island Developing States. A native of County Louth, in 2020 Ambassador Byrne Nason was awarded the Freedom of Drogheda, the town’s highest honour and was the third woman to receive the award of its 35 recipients. In 2014, Geraldine was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy, Ireland’s highest academic honour. Ambassador Byrne Nason holds an Honorary Doctorate of Law from Maynooth University as well as Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Literature from Saint Patrick’s College in Maynooth (NUIM). Ambassador Byrne Nason is married and has one son. Ambassador of Ireland to the United States, Geraldine Byrne Nason