Maire is a team and resilience coach, facilitator, and trainer. Maire supports a diverse range of organisations in enhancing team and group work through systemic and resilience coaching approaches, as well as team/leadership training. She is a member of the Association for Coaching.
As an active leadership member of the Irish Chapter of the International Association of Facilitators, Maire works extensively across Ireland as an independent facilitator in the public, community, and voluntary sectors. Her work includes facilitating public consultations, strategic planning, co-production projects and working with seldom-heard voices and activists to shape services and policy. She is also a Trustee of Alcoholics Anonymous Ireland.
Before establishing FutureSpark Coaching in 2016, Maire worked in the non-profit sector for over 20 years. She has held community and voluntary sector CEO and other leadership roles across various fields, including mental health, community development, the age sector, employability, and economic regeneration in both ROI and NI.