Our Board Members
Threshold Training Network is governed by a Board of voluntary members. These members have a wide range of experience and skills including long careers in business, social services and other areas. The Board promotes the vision and aims of Threshold and the Chief Executive endeavours to meet these aims through the provision of relevant services.
Meet Our Board
Our Board Members
Threshold Training Network is governed by a Board of voluntary members. These members have a wide range of experience and skills including long careers in business, social services and other areas. The Board promotes the vision and aims of Threshold and the Chief Executive endeavours to meet these aims through the provision of relevant services.
Martin Nolan
Chairman
Martin Nolan, B.Comm., FCA., AITI., MA., is a chartered accountant and a Financial Reporting Specialist, having previously been Head of the Department of Accountancy and Professional Studies at Technological University Dublin (Tallaght Campus). He has extensive business experience which includes 15 years at management level in PwC and Deloitte. He is an experienced lecturer in Audit and Assurance and International Financial Reporting and has co-authored a leading Irish textbook External Auditing and Assurance for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. Martin has been involved in green / environmental issues since 1988. He is also involved as a board member, on a voluntary basis, with three other registered Irish charities.
Breda Lawless
Board Member
Having worked within the Health Services at a Clinical and Managerial Nursing Level for 20 years, in 1998 I commenced in a newly created role of Care Group Directors as the Director for Mental Health for the then, Eastern Health Board (EHB). This comprised Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow which was 40% of Ireland’s population. This involved liaising directly with the Department of Health around the planning for and the future funding of and adequate Mental Health Service to meet identified need. In 2006 with the establishment of a new entity for health delivery, the Health Service Executive (HSE), my role changed to one of having a National remit with a specific brief as a Service Planner for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Matching existing services against the agreed national policy (A Vision for Change 2006), we were able to identify the gaps in service provision and work towards the delivery of same on an agreed prioritised basis. I retired from the Health Services in 2010.
I have just resigned as a Director/Secretary to the Board of Nova trading as Connect Telephone counselling. In a voluntary capacity I have served on that Board since 2012.
Qualifications
Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN)
Registered General Nurse (RGN)
BA in Health Management
MSc in Strategic Planning in Health
Primary Area of Expertise
Strategic Management approach to issues with problem solving as the focus.
Overview of Disabilities and evolving solutions to meet need
Brian Miller
Board Member
National Rehabilitation Board, Regional Manager with responsibility for all NRB services in the Dublin South and South West Area National Disability Authority, Senior Policy Adviser for Training and Employment
Health Services Executive, Disability Manager East Coast Area Health Board with responsibility for all adult Day Services including Rehabilitative Training, Residential and Respite Services and Home Support Programmes
Qualifications
B.Comm. UCD,
MSc. Health Policy and Management Trinity College,
National Diploma Industrial Relations College of Ireland
Diploma in Counselling Trinity College,
Certificate in Groupwork All Hallows,
Diploma in Ecology UCC
Primary area of expertise
Training and Employment for people with disabilities, including people with mental health issues.
Evelyn Cawley
Board Member
‘Opening minds to change’
Currently board member and Chairwoman of a number of community and private organisations. Have a strong public service commitment with an emphasis on project management, service delivery, targeted interventions and changing minds! A graduate of Social Science from UCC and from TCD with an MSc. (Mental Health) and P.G Dip (Planning).
As a lead community mental health specialist I have an emphasis on mentoring and advocacy for individuals experiencing mental illness, addiction and recovery. Whole family support is an essential part of successful outcomes!
Wide experience of the community partnership process; governance, state funding access, volunteer recruitment and supervision. In my spare time I sea swim with my family!
Terri-Sue Cosgrove
Board Member
Terri-Sue Cosgrove, is the Managing Director of The HR Head, and is a internationally experienced HR Leader and Employment Law Specialist known for delivering powerful HR solutions in the space of national and international HR Management for organisations. Terri-Sue has worked in leadership roles in international businesses such as Mubadala Healthcare, Google & Brown Bag Films.
Primary Area of Expertise
HR, Employment Law, People Development & HR Leadership
Education & Professional Development:
- Advanced Diploma in Applied Employment Law – King Inns
- Public Pensions Certificate – Public Authority Pension
- Professional Practice Certificate in Training & Development – IITD
- Masters of Sciences – Healthcare Leadership – Royal College of Surgeons
- Associate Certificate in Project Leadership, Management, and
Communications – George Washington University, Dubai
- Higher Diploma in Human Resource Management – ICM, Institute of Commercial Management, Ireland
- Bachelor of Business Degree – Institute of Technology, Limerick, Ireland
Interests: Sailing & Open Water Swim Challenges
Date appointed to Board: Sep 2024
Threshold Training Network, a company limited by guarantee, Registered Company Number: 227727 Registered Revenue Number: CHY12234 Registered Charity Number: 20035358 Registered in Ireland, Registered Address: Unit 17-18, Tallaght Enterprise Centre, Main Road Tallaght, Dublin 24. Eircode: D24YP7K