Representing You

The board at Cork Chamber provide strategic advice, oversight and direction to the team at Cork Chamber, performing a practical and strategic role for our entire membership. we are delighted to welcome Fiona Kearney and Melanie Morrissey to our board.

Fiona Kearney, The Glucksman

Fiona Kearney is the founding Director of The Glucksman, an award-winning contemporary art museum on the campus of University College Cork. In this position, she has curated numerous exhibitions of Irish and international art and established the gallery as a place of creative engagement for all ages and abilities. A graduate of UCC and TCD, Kearney has published widely on contemporary art and photography, and throughout her career has received several distinguished awards including the NUI Prix d’Honneur from the French Government, a UCC President’s Award for Research on Innovative Forms of Teaching and the Jerome Hynes Fellowship on the Clore Leadership Programme. She is an assessor on the Museum Standards Programme of Ireland, and a board member of the Irish Architecture Foundation and Cork Midsummer Festival.

Melanie Morrissey, JCI Cork

Melanie Morrissey is the Deputy National President for JCI Ireland 2021 and is Immediate Past President of Junior Chamber International (JCI) Cork. Melanie is a commercially savvy marketer, with a proven track record in collaborative leadership, project planning and delivery. As Marketing Manager at Cash & Carry Kitchens, she is passionate about new technologies in solving future business needs to deliver sustainable value for customers. Enthusiastic and hardworking with internal drive to deliver excellence. She holds a Diploma in Sales Development from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and a Double Master’s Degree of Business in Internationalisation from Waterford IT.