Ross Munnelly was appointed the first Director of Alumni Relations at Dublin City University in July 2017. Over a 18 year period, Ross has worked in a number of roles at the university including Student Recruitment, the Careers Service and Head of Sports Development. He now manages the domestic and international engagement programme for over 110,000 Alumni worldwide.

He is a four time graduate of DCU, some of his qualifications include an MSc in Education and Training (e-Learning), Graduate Diploma in Guidance and Counseling and most recently the Executive MBA (2020).

Thanks to so many loyal volunteers and strategic collaborations, engagement programmes at DCU have received two awards from the Learning and Development Institute of Ireland in recent years. The awards were for the Graduate to Student Mentorship Programme (2018) and the Emerging Leaders Programme (2024).

In addition to his role leading the Alumni Service at DCU, Ross served the university as Acting Joint Head of Student Recruitment at DCU from 2020-2022 and held the position of National Secretary for the Irish Guidance Counselors Association from 2021-2023.

Ross has been a volunteer with the CASE Alumni Relations Institute since 2021.

With more than 10 years' experience across communications and alumni relations at different UK HE institutions, Marie-Rose then moved into digital fundraising with a tech start-up, before returning to head up the alumni relations function for education/social mobility charity the Sutton Trust.

In her current role Marie-Rose oversees a team managing a programme of alumni bursaries, volunteering, communications and career support for the Sutton trust's alumni community of over 50,000, along with a growing portfolio of alumni high-level donors.

Nena brings over fifteen years of international experience in the higher education sector. At Hertie School, the University of Governance in Berlin, she is responsible for alumni engagement and the strategic growth of the School’s global alumni network in 110 countries. Prior to Hertie, Nena was in charge of alumni relations at the Central European University (CEU) in Vienna and Budapest. A number of successful initiatives were developed under her leadership, including the Thesis Buddy Project, which won a CASE Circle of Excellence Award 2022 in volunteer engagement category. Prior to CEU, Nena had managed programmes at leading global organisations, including CASE in London, the Institute of International Education (IIE) and Open Society Foundation (OSF) in Budapest. A firm believer in collaboration and the power of sharing best practice, Nena is active CASE volunteer and has served as speaker, editorial board member, conference co-chair and task force member. A North Macedonia native, Nena has lived and worked internationally for nearly two decades, is fluent in number of languages and considers herself a citizen of the world. 

Rachael Green has worked in the sector since 2009, working her way from a student caller at the University of Birmingham, to the University of Exeter in International Alumni Relations and as Acting Alumni Giving Manager, and since 2014 as the Head of Alumni Volunteering at the University of Nottingham. She has established the first volunteering programme at Nottingham, launching volunteering as part of the Impact Campaign. Rachael’s role has changed as the Alumni Volunteering Team has expanded at the University of Nottingham, now with 1400 volunteers a year and over 10,000 student beneficiaries. She manages a team of 6 and has established an integrated approach to alumni engagement/volunteering with philanthropic giving when working with schools and faculties at UoN. Since 2014, Nottingham has worked with over 4000 volunteers in a range of roles and is now looking at how volunteering can support student experience and strategic developments supported by a volunteer stewardship programme.

Helen has over ten years experience in Alumni Relations in the Higher Education sector. Starting at the University of Exeter, she worked in several alumni roles, including within the Business School, supporting alumni networks and groups and in the Careers team. She then took her experience to the University of Oxford working for St Anne’s college and the Rhodes Trust, where she played a key role in the delivery of the 120th Anniversary of the Trust, an event which took place over three days and welcomed over 1300 alumni guests taking part in over 100 events. In 2024 she joined Bayes Business School at City St George’s University where she leads a team as Head of Bayes Alumni Relations. Responsible for alumni engagement of 50,000 graduates in 170 countries around the world, the team is establishing new engagement opportunities to further connect and add value to alumni’s experience and increase volunteering and support of the School.