Alumni Engagement and Philanthropy
Eddie Friel is responsible for leading the University's engagement with its global alumni body, generating significant philanthropic income in support of University activities aligned with research, teaching, and student support. He also serves as the Clerk to Convocation and Honorary Secretary to the Queen’s University of Belfast Foundation Board. Eddie is a member of the senior leadership team in both the Governance and External Affairs Section and the wider University.
Prior to his current role, he was Director of Development and Alumni Relations at Ulster University. In addition to other roles held at Ulster University, he has been employed at Queen's University Belfast, Invest Northern Ireland, and in the private sector. Eddie has studied at Ulster University and Queen's University Belfast.
Eddie’s EA is Julie Garrett – j.garrett@qub.ac.uk ext 3100
Who we are
Led by Director Eddie Friel, the Alumni Engagement and Philanthropy team engages with and maintains lifelong relationships with former students and supporters of the University living and working across the globe.
What we do
Our team keeps connected with Queen's global network of 250,000 graduates. We also help to ensure that future generations of students will continue to benefit from world-class research and teaching offered at Queen’s by raising money, through the Queen’s Foundation, from alumni, friends and charitable trusts and foundations for projects that are of strategic importance to the University, its students and staff. Our work has a major impact - changing the lives of our staff, students, graduates and transforming society locally and globally.
Meet our Alumni Engagement Team
| Steven McCaffery | Assistant Director (Alumni Engagement) | |
| Morgan Mattingly | Executive Assistant to Assistant Director | |
| Aileen Carson | Senior Engagement Manager (Student and Graduate Enterprise) (Maternity Cover) | |
| Jason O’Neill | Alumni Engagement Manager | |
| Natasha Sharma | Alumni Engagement Manager (Alumni volunteering) | |
| Joanne Harvey | Alumni Engagement Officer (Queen's Business School) | |
| Bethan Leonard | Alumni Officer (Engagement) | |
| Andrew Barr | Alumni Engagement Assistant | |
| Position vacant | Alumni Engagement Assistant | |
| Position vacant | Alumni Engagement Officer (Reunions) | |
| Position vacant |
Alumni Engagement Officer (Honorary Graduates) |
Meet our Philanthropy Team
| Eddie Friel | Director Alumni Engagement and Philanthropy | |
| Julie Garrett | Executive Assistant to the Director | |
| Helen Carrick | Assistant Director (Philanthropy) | |
| Noemi Rodriguez Dominguez | Philanthropy and Supporter Engagement Assistant (Philanthropy) | |
| Position vacant | Executive Assistant | |
| Siofra Healy | Head of Individual and Corporate Philanthropy | |
| Teresa Sloan | Head of Health Fundraising | |
| Roisin Hughes | Secretary to Head of Health Fundraising and Head of Individual and Corporate Philanthropy | |
| Louise Carey | Development Manager (Legacies) | |
| Sarah-Jayne Cassells | Senior Development Manager (Major Gifts) | |
| Michaela Clarke | Development Manager (Trusts and Foundations) | |
| Sorcha MacLaimhin | Development Manager (Major Gifts) | |
| Stephen McCourt | Trusts and Foundations Officer | |
| Gail McMullan | Senior Development Manager – Projects | |
| Paddy Gilmore | Development and Engagement Manager Student and Campus Life | |
| Michéal O’Fearraigh | Annual Fund Supervisor | |
| Stephen O’Reilly | Development Manager (Regular Giving) | |
| Daniel Patton | Development and Engagement Manager (North America) | |
| Sarah Jayne Smith | Senior Development Manager (North America) | |
| Position vacant | Development Manager (Major Gifts) |