Endorsements

Public Endorsements from a broad cross section of the Bay Area community, and beyond, who have committed to the vision of developing and realizing the dream for a new Irish Center in San Francisco by 2025.

We are actively looking for more people to come on this ambitious journey with us. Please reach out to us!

Déanaimis é seo! (Let’s do this!)

London Breed

Mayor, San Francisco

Dianne Feinstein

United States Senator for California; Former Mayor, San Francisco

Jerry Brown

Former California Governor; Former Mayor, Oakland

Willie Brown

Former Mayor, San Francisco; Former California State Assembly Speaker

Fiona Ma

California State Treasurer

Heath Flora

Member of the California State Assembly, District 12; Co-Chair of the Irish Caucus in the California State Assembly

Art Agnos

Former Mayor, San Francisco

Carmen Chu

SF City Administrator; Former Supervisor, San Francisco

Marie Waldron

Member of the California State Assembly, District 75

Finbar Hill

Hon. Consul General of Ireland 

Reverend Brendan McBride

Archdiocese of San Francisco; Irish Immigration Pastoral Center (IIPC) 

Leah LaCroix

First Vice-Chair (Outreach), San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee

Peter Gallotta

Vice-Chair of Partnerships, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee

Janice Li

Recording Secretary, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee

Diarmuid Philpott

Former UICC Board President

David Philpott

Former UICC Board President

Suzy Loftus

Global Head, Risk & Response Operations at TikTok 

Sean Spiers

Founding UICC Board Member

Aislinn Marron

Treasurer, Irish Network Bay Area

Samuel Lavery

CEO, Trustless Privacy Inc.

Mary Cassidy

Independent Real Estate Professional

Mark Conroe

Managing Partner, Presidio Development Partners, LLC 

Jackie Speier

Former Congresswoman
California’s 14th Congressional District

Joanne Hayes White

Former Chief of San Francisco Fire Department

Dennis Herrera

Chief Legal Officer for the City and County of San Francisco,

Kevin Mullin

Patrick O'Donnell

Member of the California State Assembly, District 70; Co-Chair of the Irish Caucus in the California State Assembly

Scott Wiener

Member of the California State Senate, District 11

David Chiu

San Francisco City Attorney

Phil Ting

Member of the California State Assembly, District 19

Gina Papan

Member of the Millbrae City Council

Tom McEnery

Former Mayor, San Jose

Mark Farrell

Managing Director at Thayer Ventures; Former Supervisor, San Francisco

Katy Tang

Former Supervisor, San Francisco

Kathy Grogan

Partner and Director, Not-for-Profit Service Group, Hood & Strong LLP

Honey Mahogany

Chair, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee

Anabel Ibanez

Corresponding Secretary, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee

Li Miao Lovett

Fourth Vice-Chair (Issues/Resolutions), San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee

Carolina Morales

Treasurer, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee

Tom Trombadore

Principal at J. Thomas Trombadore Law Office

Anne Cassidy Carew

UICC Cultural Programming Director; Former UICC Board President

Karen Kinahan

Former UICC Board President

Koonal Gandhi

Chief Investment Officer, Berggruen Holdings