Eamon McPartlin is the lived experience representative nominee to the board of NAI. Eamon lives with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) and another neurological condition called Dystonia. Eamon is founder and chair of FND Ireland, the first Irish registered support organisation for those living with FND. He is also the outgoing chair of the Neurology Support Centre in Sligo.
Dr Brian O’Neill was educated at Trinity College Dublin (BA, 1997) and Glasgow (DClinPsy, 2002; MScClinNeuropsychol, 2006), where he is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer. Brian has worked in neurorehabilition since qualifying in 2002, currently working as a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist with Galway Acquired Brain Injury services, provided by Quest (NLN) and RehabCare.
Sinéad Crawley is National Service Manager with Acquired Brain Injury Ireland, with over ten years of experience in management roles with services for those with an acquired brain injury. ABI Ireland provide specialist neurorehabilitation services, including residential, assisted living, community-based rehabilitation, Case Management and more.
Roisin is currently Managing Director of Merck Healthcare in Ireland and has held this position for 12 years. She is also a strategy board member of the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare association where she chairs the Regulatory Affairs group.
Edina O’Driscoll has close to 20 years experience working in the area of Neurorehabilitation. She has worked clinically as an Occupational Therapist and then as RTU and Brain Injury Programme Manager at the National Rehabilitation Hospital from 2001 to 2014.
John Inocentes, BSN, RGN, is a Clinical Research Nurse at the Dublin Neurological Institute, specializing in neurology research and innovative patient care. He has managed national and international funded research, service improvement projects, and integrated advanced technologies in movement disorders.
Pascal Derrien is NAI member Migraine Association of Ireland's nominee to the board of NAI. Originally from France, Pascal landed on Irish shores in 1998. While he has worked in France for 8 years, he has spent most of his professional life in Ireland working for large corporations, SMES, Start Ups, Not For Profit, Charities or Social Enterprises.
Tara Smith is NAI member Epilepsy Ireland's nominee to the board of NAI. Tara is the Director of Services with Epilepsy Ireland. Prior to joining Epilepsy Ireland in late 2018, Tara worked for almost 20 years at senior management level in the community & voluntary sector including community partnerships and local community development companies.
Gillian Murphy is NAI member Enable Ireland's nominee to the board of NAI. Gillian has worked with Enable Ireland for 15 years and is currently their Communications & Marketing Manager where she has responsible for all internal and external communications across the organisation. Gillian is also a member of Enable Ireland's National Services Forum, whose role it is to lead and influence the implementation of the strategic direction of Enable Ireland services in line with its core values.
Alison Cotter is NAI member Multiple Sclerosis of Ireland's nominee to the board of NAI. Alison is a graduate of Law and Business at the University of Galway, has been with MS Ireland as their Advocacy and Research Officer since May of 2022. Alison has previous experience within the Houses of the Oireachtas and has remained active in the political space since 2019 where she developed a passion for patient advocacy,.