SARAH O’DHEA AND LISA CLANCY

 

Lisa Clancy and Sarah O’Shea have been to the fore in leadership across Irish sport for a number of years and in a number of different roles.

They are currently on the Boards of Paralympics Ireland and the Olympic Federation respectively and have held high-level executive positions within the GAA and the FAI.

They have been pathfinders over the last decade but the reason for their inclusion again in this year’s list is the role they are playing in creating a pathway for Leaders of the future through the Women in Sport Leadership Programme.

Inspired by Swim Ireland, Funded by Sport Ireland and calling upon the experience of Leaders across the sector it has now delivered leadership training to more than 100 women who are now equipped and ready to take their place in a more diverse leadership ecosystem.

Leading the Leaders is what influence is all about.

 

Check out the others who have so far joined the list right here.

 

 

 

This is the ninth edition of our Sport for Business listing of 50 Women of Influence in Irish Sport.

We are proud to do so this year with a new partner in AIG, an organisation that have pledged their commitment to equality in their partnerships with Gaelic Games, Tennis, Golf and more, for whom “Effort is Equal” and with whom we have ambitious plans to extend the reach of this annual celebration of the Women who are making a difference.

They are drawn as before from the worlds of leadership, partnership, storytelling and performance.

We began this journey in 2013 when challenged that we would never be able to produce a list of twenty Influential Women in Irish Sport. The 20 stretched to 30, then 40 and 50 and it still does not do justice to the talent that is out there.

This year once more, to keep things fresh we will introduce at least 30 per cent of fresh names from last year. That will be the hardest part to have some names replaced but if it was too easy it would be of less value.

The list we will continue to build over the coming weeks is a snapshot of those women who are making a mark on how sport is played, consumed, grown and delivered.

They are part of making the role of women in sport unexceptional by being exceptional in what they do.

 

“A powerful and influential network of information and collaboration”

 

Download our latest membership brochure here.

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