Brian Sheehan has a wide background in social justice advocacy, campaigning and politics. He was the co-director of the Yes campaign in the 2015 same-sex marriage referendum and for a decade was the executive director of GLEN, one of the leading Irish LGBTI equality and advocacy organisations. He is a former co-chair of ILGA-Europe, the leading LGBTIQ+ members’ body. More recently, Brian was the general secretary of a political party before joining Women for Election to encourage and support more women to enter Irish politics. 

Edel McGinley is Executive Director at Hope and Courage Collective, a national civil society organisation working with communities, workplaces, and institutions across Ireland to strengthen democracy and build collective resilience in the face of rising far-right hate and disinformation. 

Liz Carolan is a campaigner and consultant working on technology and democracy; founder of Digital Action and publisher of TheBriefing.ie 

Sinéad McSweeney is a former Global Vice President of Public Policy at Twitter and was also the managing director of Twitter’s international headquarters in Dublin between 2015 and 2022. She is a seasoned public policy and communications leader with over 20 years experience across the private and public sectors. She served as Director of Communications for both An Garda Síochána and the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Prior to taking up these communications roles, Sinéad held a number of political advisory positions in the Irish government, including as Special Adviser to the Attorney General and to the Minister for Justice. A native of Midleton, she studied law at University College Cork and qualified as a barrister in 1993. Sinéad is currently pursuing a Psychology degree in Trinity College Dublin.