Thomas O’Dowd is a General Practitioner in Dublin and is Emeritus Professor of General Practice in Trinity College Dublin. He has served as Chair of the Education Committee on the Medical Council of Ireland. He has pioneered care models for primary primary care, health and social needs of deprived populations.

Howard Block is a partner in CSI Chartered Accounts and a director in an international business consulting fi rm providing Assurance, Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Compliance Advisory Services to multinational organisations worldwide. He is a Registered Auditor and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

Melanie Brown is Senior Examiner at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, and sings with the National Symphony Chorus. She has lectured in the School of History of Humanities at Trinity College Dublin, on Irish Jewish history, identity politics and the role of liturgical music in religious and cultural identity. She was Resident Composer with the National Chamber Choir, has written Holocaust-themed works, and is also a member of Dublin City Interfaith Forum.

Caryna Camerino is a third generation Holocaust survivor on both sides of her family. Her grandfather, Enzo, survived Auschwitz and later dedicated the last years of his life to Holocaust education. Caryna joined Holocaust Education Ireland in 2018 and participates in many of its programmes. She is the founder/owner of Camerino Bakery Café and contributes to Irish media about Jewish food and culture.

Anastasia Crickley is former chairperson of the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). She was Head of the Department of Applied Social Studies at Maynooth University and founder member of the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland and of the National Traveller Women’s Forum. Anastasia is joint Director of Pavee Point, Traveller and Roma Centre and of Community Work Ireland.

Robert Gerwarth is professor of Modern European History and Director of War Studies at University College Dublin. Robert is a historian and author with an emphasis on German history. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy. His published works include Hitler’s Hangman, the Life of Heydrich, 2011 and The Vanquished, 2017. He is also Visiting Professor at Oxford.

Lynn is a Founding Trustee of HEI and is a former teacher and business manager. She is a teaching fellow of the Imperial Museum, London. She coordinates the national Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration and designs HEI Holocaust educational programmes and materials.

Kevin McCarthy is a retired civil servant, former teacher and textbook author. He has been involved with HEI and the Department of Education on a number of projects. He served on the Irish delegation to IHRA and at the Council of Europe on initiatives in citizenship and Holocaust education. Kevin coordinated the 2016 commemorations and Decade of Centenaries. He has wide experience in curricular and human rights initiatives in Irish education.

Gwendolen Morgan is a solicitor currently working in the Workplace Relations Commission. Before returning to Ireland in 2015, Gwendolen worked in Tanzania for the European Centre for Electoral Support and in Public Interest Law in London and the British Institute of Human Rights. She is a member of the International Senior Lawyers Project and is a recipient of the Trinity Praeses Elit Award.

Carl Nelkin is an Irish qualified solicitor with over 30 years’ experience focusing exclusively on Aviation Law. He is an active member of the Irish Jewish community, serving regularly as Cantor and has served in various locations in the United States and the United Kingdom. Carl performs regular concerts of Jewish and Irish music.