What do a theatre director, a corporate attorney and a PR maven have in common?
They are all among the latest cohort of honorees being named on the 2025 Irish Echo 40 under 40 listing.
They will join 20 young ambassadors who have already been named to the prestigious roll of honor over the last few weeks with the bio of each person selected appearing on our 40 under 40 webpage.
All 40 will be feted at a gala evening in The View at the Battery, New York, NY on Friday 28 February when the leader of the New York City Council Irish Caucus Keith Powers will be guest speaker.
Our latest top ten are:
Lauren Caulfield, a counselor with Buffalo, NY public school system
Keelie Sheridan, also from the 'Capital of Irish America' and Artistic Director with the famed Irish Classical Theatre of Buffalo, NY
Kathleen Rourke, President of North Albany Limericks and member of the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians in Albany, NY, founder of KatheenMaeve.com Irish museum spotlights step dancing family
Robert Kearns, a Councilman with the Carmel Township, New York and youngest ever Council member in Carmel
Katie Leach, a PR strategist with Actum in New York, NY
Megan Fitzpatrick, an executive with Nestlé in Virginia
Stephanie Messing, Culture/Events Officer with the Aisling Irish Center, Yonkers, NY
Niamh Drury, a corporate attorney with Offit Kurman in New York, NY and a member of the Irish Business Organization
Allison O'Leary Goldberg, Deputy Budget Director with MassHealth, Massachusetts
Deven McCarthy, Managing Partner and Head of Celebrity Relations. of Illumination PR, a public relations and digital marketing company in New York, NY
The names of our final ten honorees will be released later this week.
