Misean Cara was incorporated under the Companies Acts in January 2004 as a company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital. It was accorded charitable status in May 2004.
Board of Directors
There are eleven directors serving on the Misean Cara board. Directors are elected by members at the Annual General Meetings, and they normally hold office for a period of three years. In order to ensure continuity of experience, interim arrangements were made at the outset whereby directors were elected to serve for terms ranging from two to four years.
| Lucy Franks | Chairperson |
| Fr. Brendan Carr (Spiritans) | Vice-Chairperson |
| Pauline Conway | Director |
| Justin Kilcullen | Director |
| Sr. Elizabeth Fletcher (Mercy Sisters) | Director |
| Colin Wrafter | Director |
| Karen Herbert | Director |
| Michael Headen | Director |
| Pauline Faughnan | Director |
| Sr Jo McCarthy | Director |
| Larry O’Loughlin | Director |
Membership
Misean Cara is composed of 91 religious and lay missionary organisations. Under the Articles of Association, our members have the authority to admit new members. To see a full list of members, click here.
Staff
| Heydi Foster | CEO |
| Séamus O’Gorman | Head of Funding & Deputy CEO |
| Séamus O’Leary | Learning & Development Manager |
| Eamon O’Connor | Financial Controller |
| Marie Therese Fanning | Office and HR Manager |
| Anne Carthy | Donor & Partner Engagement Manager |
| Kathleen Gately | Finance Officer |
| Alan Neilon | ICT Officer |
| Anthony Hannon | Senior Project Officer |
| Sinead Murray | Project Officer |
| Eamonn Casey | Project Officer |
| Don Lucey | Project Officer |
| Zélie Mc Grath | Project Officer |
| Mary O’Connell | Project Officer (Interim) |
| Valerie Philpott | Safeguarding Advisor |
| Colette Nkunda | Learning & Development Officer |
| Harry Shier | Learning & Development Officer |
| Seán Ferry | Monitoring and Results Measurement Officer |
| Seamus Collins | Strategic Donor Engagement and Development Support |
| Tara Finglas | Communications Officer |
| Ciara Bevan | Administrator |
| Seth Wheeler | Administrator |
| Zuzanna Tarasiewicz | Admin Assistant |
Development Mentors
| Andrea Cortemiglia | Southern Africa Development Mentor |
| Paul Gichuki | Eastern & Central Africa Development Mentor |
| Michael Osei Nkrumah | Western Africa Development Mentor |
| Christian Guzmán | Latin America Development Mentor |