Get to know our team

Gerry Leonard

  • Born Dublin, Ireland. Irish and US Citizen

  • Lives in Atlanta with Darina, Emma, Cian, Grace (23, 21, 17)

  • CEO Transit Technologies LLC

  • Former President Digital Chanels, Fiserv

  • Former President ADP Healthcare, CFO National Accounts

  • Former Deloitte, Dublin

  • Graduated UCD Commerce, Irish Chartered Accountant

  • Chair of American Cancer Society Atlanta Select Event

  • Member of “The Roundabouts” band in Atlanta

Kevin Conboy

  • Born Amityville, New York. Irish and US Citizen

  • Lives in Dunwoody with Maureen, 3 daughters, 5 Grandkids!

  • Visiting Associate professor, University Tennessee Law

  • Retired Partner Paul Hastings LLP

  • Former Partner, Powell Goldstein LLP

  • Former Chair of “Irish chamber of Commerce”

  • Former Chair Atlanta St Patrick’s Day Parade

  • Published writer on many Irish\American and legal titles

Brendan Lonergan

  • Born Tipperary, Ireland. Irish Citizen

  • Lives in Atlanta, Married to Aoife with one son, Fionn

  • CFO Oldcastle Infrastructure

  • Former Bank Of Ireland, Plc

  • Former PWC, Dublin

  • Former Board member, Children in Hospital, Ireland

  • Graduated DCU, Irish Mgt Inst, Irish Chartered Accountant

Jessica Thompson

  • Born County Down, Ireland. Irish, British & US Citizen

  • Lives in Atlanta, two children, Rowan (6) and Isla (2)

  • Residential Real Estate Agent, Compass

  • Georgia Real Estate License and Rookie of the Year 2012

  • Top 30 under 30 National Association of Realtors

  • Phoenix Award life member of Million Dollar Club at Atl Realtors, Top 5% producers

  • Graduated Queen’s University, Belfast

  • Co-founder and Board Member of Irish Network Atlanta

Foster Finley

  • Born Raleigh, NC, US and Irish Citizen

  • Lives in Atlanta, with Teresa and one son in CA

  • Currently Semi-retired

  • Former Managing Director @ AlixPartners Enterprise Improvement

  • Former Vice President @ Kearney, Global Supply Chain

  • Former Senior Manager @ Deloitte Consulting

  • Former Manufacturing Manager @ Rockwell Automation

  • Graduated Georgia Tech BME, Marquette University MBA, and

  • Friedrich-Alexander Universität – studies abroad in Germany

  • Professional Engineer; APICS - Certified Fellow in Production

  • and Inventory Management; TMA - Certified Turnaround

  • Professional

  • Board Member, Atlanta Shakespeare Company;

  • Member Irish Chamber

Micheal McDonagh

  • Born Galway, Ireland. Irish Citizen.

  • Lives in Atlanta with Elsa and Mara Gael and Micoh

  • Independent Consultant – Parcel Logistics

  • Former President Parcel Services @ AFS logistics

  • Former Pricing and Costing – Healthcare @ FedEx, Pittsburgh

  • Former Dir Strategy\Process Improvement @ Target Freight Mgt

  • Former Process and Project Manager @ Google, Dublin

  • Graduated University Galway, Post Grad Duquesne

Ciaran Cassidy

  • Born Dublin, Ireland. Irish Citizen

  • Lives in Atlanta with Sheila, Rory and Sean

  • SVP Integrated Payments, Global Payments

  • Former VP, Product Mgt @ WaveCrest Group

  • Former Project & Change Manager @ AIB Merchant Services

  • Former Project Manager, Bank of Scotland

  • Graduated Trinity College, Dublin