Siobhán became Principal Investigator on the BeFore project in July 2022, when Colm left DCU to pursue other opportunities. She has over twenty-five years’ experience working at all levels of formal and non-formal education and in developing and leading community-based services and organisations. Siobhán has served as a Board Director on a number of Boards including a community based Addiction Service and St. Ultan’s School Board of Management for three years. As part of the merging of two organisations in 2014, Siobhán as CEO of FamiliBase, oversaw a significant change management process to develop a multi-disciplinary ‘one stop shop’ with the capacity to deliver both universal and targeted programmes and supports to children, young people and families. Siobhán completed a Doctorate in Educational Leadership and her research focused on parental involvement in schools based in areas designated as disadvantaged.

Siobhán is passionate about education, community development and social justice. She believes that the relationships and partnerships that are co-created between families, education settings and community-based organisations are paramount to achieving equality of outcome. Siobhán lectures the Equality, Access and Inclusion module on the BSc in Education and Training in DCU and is a post-doctoral researcher in DCU’s Anti Bullying Centre.

Siobhán grew up in a house full of sport with a Dad and brother who were simply obsessed! She played basketball for her school team and also enjoyed playing tennis. These days she enjoys watching a number of different sports.