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Vol.27 No.2 • February / March 2012
IRISH AMERICA Mortas Cine Pride In Our Heritage
Founding Publisher: Niall O’Dowd Co-Founder/Editor-in-Chief: Patricia Harty Vice President of Marketing: Kate Overbeck Art Director: Marian Fairweather Deputy Editor: Sheila Langan Copy Editor: John Anderson Advertising & Events Coordinator: Tara Dougherty Ad Design & Production Genevieve McCarthy Director of Special Projects: Turlough McConnell Financial Controller: Kevin M. Mangan Editorial Assistants: Molly Ferns Catherine Davis
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Heidi Boyd Heidi Boyd divides her time between her home in Cleveland, Ohio and future home in Herndon, Virginia where she is relocating to be closer to the new headquarters of the Jack Welch Management Institute where she is the Admissions Manager. She shares her love of travel with her husband of seven years, Michael. Their furry family of two dogs and two cats prefer to stay at home.
Patricia Danaher Patricia Danaher is a writer, journalist and producer based in Los Angeles. She is the only Irish member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association with a vote in the Golden Globes. A longtime political correspondent for UTV, she was awarded a Nieman Fellowship to Harvard University for stories which she broke regarding the Northern Ireland peace process. She is developing a movie on the Irish born hellraiser Mother Jones.
Tara Dougherty Irish America’s advertising and events coordinator, Tara also contributes to the music section of the magazine and has interviewed such music legends as Paddy Moloney (The Chieftains) as well as newcomers Julie Feeney and James Vincent McMorrow. A graduate of New York University with degrees in history and creative writing, Tara is a native New Yorker with roots in Roscommon. In this issue, she interviews fiddler Martin Hayes.
Dr. Garrett O’Connor Dr. Garrett O’Connor, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA, is President Emeritus of the Betty Ford Institute and was formerly Chief Psychiatrist of the Betty Ford Center for Drug and Alcohol Treatment. O’Connor, who was born in Dublin, received an Honorary Doctorate of Medicine from the National University of Ireland in December, 2010. That month, he also delivered the prestigious annual Michael Littleton Memorial Lecture on RTE Radio. He has been married to actress Fionnnula Flanagan for 39 years.
Daphne Dyer Wolf Daphne Dyer Wolf earned a master’s degree in Irish Studies in 2011 at New York University, where she continues to do battle with the Irish language. She worked for the Star-Ledger newspaper in Newark, NJ for over 25 years.
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