Our Team
Chief Executive Officer
Orla O’Brien joined LauraLynn Children’s Hospice in April 2018, having spent almost 30 years working in children’s healthcare. Orla qualified as a Registered Children’s and General Nurse in 1989 and subsequently as a paediatric intensive care nurse before taking on management and leadership roles. Orla was also previously Chief Operations Officer in the Children’s Hospital Group, Deputy Director of Nursing in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital and Project Manager in the Department of Health.
Orla holds both a BSc in Nursing Management (Hons) and a Higher Diploma in Healthcare Risk Management (Hons) from UCD; a Diploma in Human Resource Management from the NCI; a Diploma in Physics and Chemistry from the RCSI; and most recently an MSc in Leadership and Management (Hons) from the RCSI Institute of Leadership. Orla maintains a link with academia by supervising dissertation students in the second year of their Masters Programme with the RCSI Institute of Leadership.
Our Management Team
Orla O’Brien - Chief Executive Officer
Anne-Marie Carroll - Director of Nursing
Ailie Moseley - Quality, Risk and Safety Manager
Dr Joanne Balfe - Consultant Paediatrician
Ingrid Blake - Head of Finance
Kerry McLaverty - Head of Operations
Lauri Cryan - Head of Human Resources
Sarah Meagher - Head of Fundraising
Sarah O’Callaghan - Head of Marketing and Communications
