Meet the Team
Susan Adams
CEO
With a background in zoo animal and aquarium management, including outreach work at Dublin Zoo, Susan developed a profound connection to the natural world that would shape her future mission.
In 2017, responding to the escalating climate crisis and a deficit in action-based climate education, Susan established EFS as a non-profit social enterprise.
A respected voice in sustainability education, Susan has built strategic partnerships with numerous local authorities and stakeholders across education, policy, and corporate sectors.
Her organisation’s impact has been recognised with numerous accolades, including the LAMA Social Enterprise of the Year Award and multiple awards from both Rethink Ireland and Social Enterprise Ireland.
Siobhán Fitzgerald
Programme Manager
With over 10 years’ experience in language education and communications, Siobhán brings expertise in project management and content strategy to our climate literacy initiatives, ensuring impactful outcomes across our programmes.Siobhán holds an MPhil in Applied Linguistics from Trinity College, Dublin and a HDip in Digital Marketing from Dublin Business School. Obsessed with words, she is particularly passionate about using digital innovation and strategic communications to amplify the impact of sustainability education.
In her role, she focuses on managing our programme delivery systems, developing engagement strategies for our communities, and overseeing the implementation of our climate literacy programmes across Ireland. She works closely with our facilitator team and educational partners to ensure excellence in programme delivery. In her free time, Siobhán can be found exploring Ireland’s coastal trails and enjoying art, music and time spent with friends and family.
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Hilary McNamara
Head of Policy, Research & Advocacy
Hilary is Head of Policy, Research & Advocacy at Education for Sustainability. With over 20 years’ experience across community, business, large enterprise and state level organisations, Hilary brings a practical, evidence-based approach to advancing climate literacy in Ireland.
In her role, Hilary leads on policy consultations and submissions, stakeholder engagement, funding proposals, and speaking engagements. She heads up our Research Ireland-funded CLOuD project and is a consistent voice for greater access to climate education across the country.
A core member of our BEAM strategy – Build, Educate, Advocate & Mobilise – Hilary holds a B.Comm, a QFA (IOB), a Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainability in Enterprise, and a Master’s in Sustainability, both from University College Cork. Her research spans Climate Health, Climate Finance & Equality, and Climate Education.
When not advancing climate literacy, Hilary enjoys volunteering locally, playing tennis and spending time on Cork beaches.
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Thérèse Myslinski
Regional Coordinator
Thérèse leads the implementation of Education for Sustainability’s strategic plan in the Munster region, focusing on coordinating initiatives to educate, inform, and inspire schools, educators, and communities about climate literacy and ecological awareness.
With six years of experience in the climate change field and two years in the information field, Thérèse brings expertise in climate science, research, and climate literacy.
Before joining EFS, Thérèse completed their second Master’s degree in Library and Information Studies at University College Dublin. Thérèse also holds a first-class honours Master’s in Climate Change from Maynooth University, with their thesis on drought impacts in Ireland, Thérèse contributed to a later publication of a drought impact database.
Thérèse has interned with the Climate Change Advisory Council Secretariat and worked as a chapter scientist to the final version of Working Group 1’s Chapter 2 in the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report. Their background in climate change science and information enables them to research and create content for Education for Sustainability’s programmes and workshops.
Thérèse is particularly passionate about the transformative impact of climate literacy in schools, empowering students to drive meaningful change in their school and local community.
In their spare time, Thérèse enjoys sharing new insights to raise awareness of environmental issues and positive stories. They’re also an avid nature photographer.
Tarren Leigh Agnew-Skalska
Programme Coordinator
Tarren Leigh leads the community project development as the Education for Sustainability Programme and projects co-ordinator. She is a trainer, facilitation specialist and consultant, experienced in the development, piloting and implementation of experiential educational resources and programmes in sustainability, climate literacy and global citizenship. Tarren Leigh is active in a number of transnational projects that are making social innovation education more widely accessible.She holds a BSc in Psychology and a Post Graduate in Design Thinking and Innovation for Sustainability from UCD’s Innovation Academy.
Active in the field of social entrepreneurship with experience in incubation and accelerator programmes for the development of social change initiatives, Tarren Leigh has extensive experience in business development and stakeholder engagement.
In her spare time she enjoys the great outdoors and hiking and is passionate about nature and biodiversity. She is currently a rescue volunteer with Seal Rescue Ireland.
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Noelle Sutton
Administrator
As the Office Administrator at Education For Sustainability, is responsible for administrative operations, customer service, coordinating schedules and maintaining accurate records. With 9 years of experience in similar roles in both the travel and insurance industries, Noelle brings expertise in liaising with both schools and facilitators to deliver our mission. Before joining Education for Sustainability, Noelle had taken a career break to look after her four children. This experience, along with her background in travel and insurance, enables the smooth delivery of our programmes.Noelle holds a Diploma in Travel and Tourism from Stillorgan College, a Certificate of Insurance Practices from The Insurance Institute of Ireland, and a Certificate in IT & Office Administration from Bray Institute of Further Education.
Outside of work, Noelle enjoys reading, walking and days out with her family.
