The American Ireland Fund appoints new CEO
Howard Lake | 18 January 2010 | News
The American Ireland Fund has announced the appointment of Kieran McLoughlin as its new CEO with immediate effect. Based in New York, he will be responsible for managing the Fund’s network of donors and events across the United States and its relationship with its sister organizations in 10 other countries.
Mr. McLoughlin has been associated with the Fund for 14 years. He served as Director Ireland based in Dublin from 1996 to 2004. During that period the Fund in Ireland grew considerably and, for the first time, became a net contributor of revenue to the Fund’s worldwide network.
He moved to New York becoming President of the AIF in 2004 and has overseen the growth and development of the Fund in various regions, especially Chicago, Philadelphia and Florida. He re-launched the Young Leaders program and oversaw the Fund’s most successful single event – its 2007 New York Gala Dinner which raised over $4 million. He steered the Fund successfully through 2009, the worst year on record for philanthropic giving since records began in the U.S., and ensured that it is one of the only 12% of U.S. charities projecting a surplus for the year.
Mr. McLoughlin’s predecessor, Kingsley Aikins, who served as CEO for 17 years and now based in Dublin, will remain associated with the Fund. He will act as an advisor to the Fund, particularly in terms of helping Ireland connect with its Diaspora and developing philanthropy in Ireland – two of the Fund’s core objectives.
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