San Francisco Welcome Dinner for National Board Members
Mar 10, 2005

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On Thursday March 10th, Jane and Bill Walsh hosted a special dinner at their beautiful home in Atherton, CA. The evening was arranged to welcome the National Board Members to San Francisco for the first Board Meeting of 2005. Guests included The American Ireland Fund Chairman, Loretta Brennan Glucksman, AIF Executive Committee President Kip Condron and AIF CEO Kingsley Aikins.

All local San Francisco Board Members attended including Jon Folan, Maryon Davies Lewis, Pauline Ryan, Craig Sullivan and Bill Walsh. Other Board Members present included Sheila O' Malley from New York, Mike Corboy from Dallas, Chuck Daly from Boston and John Duffy also from New York. They were joined by Dan Mulvihill and John Lynch from San Diego, Ed Timmins from Denver and Bill McNally from Boston. Fran Van Kirk from Philadelphia and Brian Monaghan from San Diego also flew in to San Francisco for Friday's meetings.

Enjoying a rare San Francisco heatwave, guests toured the grounds before dinner while enjoying the melodic sounds of harpist Julie Desmond. Chef Mark Sullivan of The Village Pub in Woodside (son of Board Member, Craig) did an outstanding job and received rave reviews. Winegeese wine from Molly Chappellet provided a very special touch. This warm, wonderful evening was rounded off by a performance by tenor, Tom Burke who sang some of our favorites before we bid our goodbyes.

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