Who we are

John Evoy
General Manager
John was most recently a Senior Fund Manager at Rethink Ireland. Prior to this he was the founder of the Irish Men’s Sheds Association. John has won a number of awards for his work with Men’s Sheds, and for his previous work in community development and social entrepreneurship, including an Irish People of the Year Award in 2015.
John lives on a farm in Wexford with his wife Sarah and a fluffy cat.

Rose Barrett
Co Founder & Community Manager
Rose is an award winning community manager.
Her journey to social enterprise and community was taken on a wandering path that passed through the hospitality industry, a degree in equine science (yes, a horse scientist) and entrepreneurship and innovation, self-employment in the area of digital marketing and lots of volunteering.
The Board Of Directors

Liz McCarthy
Liz is passionate about sustainable economic development and is currently leading the development of Scale Ireland, the voice for innovation-driven enterprise. Most recently Liz held a variety of roles at Dogpatch Labs, and previously worked with Kerry-based Fexco and fintech startups. Liz is an Economics and Policy graduate with an MSc in Local Economic Development (summa cum laude) from the LSE and has lots of volunteering experience centred around economic and community development and sustainability.

Tomás Ó Síocháin
He is a law graduate of NUI Galway, holds a H. Dip in Applied Communications, an MBA and is a doctoral researcher in Information Systems. He is as an External Assessor for the Broadcast Authority of Ireland’s Sound and Vision Fund, a board member of Future Mobility Campus Ireland, Galway Chamber, Gnó Mhaigh Eo and was the inaugural Chair of the Regional Skills Forum West.

Tracy Keogh
Tracy is a co-founder of Grow Remote and a recognised international leader in the world of remote. Having 10+ years experience in technology startups, Tracy spent the last few years in community development in regional and rural Ireland. A graduate of economics and finance from the University of Limerick, Tracy currently works in Bank of Ireland having set up their innovation programmes in the west.

John Riordan

Renate Kohlmann

Laura Hanlon
Laura is currently studying an MSc in Electronic and Computer Technology from DCU and a previous graduate of Sports and Exercise Engineering from NUI Galway.