{"id":9666,"date":"2021-10-28T11:53:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T15:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aoh.com\/?p=9666"},"modified":"2021-10-28T11:53:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T15:53:06","slug":"presidents-testimonial-dinner-sean-macbride-award-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aoh.com\/2021\/10\/28\/presidents-testimonial-dinner-sean-macbride-award-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"President&#8217;s Testimonial Dinner &#038; Sean MacBride Award Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The National Board and Hibernian Charity board convened in Youngstown Ohio for the President&#8217;s testimonial dinner and the presentation of the 2021 Sean MacBride Award to Geraldine Finucane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_52692\"  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good fun and intense competition amongst the members.\u00a0 Two full days of meetings commenced early Friday morning where every chair, director and board member presented their plans for the next three, six and nine months while highlighting successes.\u00a0 There was much discussion and exchanging of ideas.\u00a0 Local divisions, county and state boards are strongly recommended to reach out to the members of the board to help direct, support and educate their chairs on the goals of each chair \u00a0President O\u2019Connell has assembled a very strong team that under his leadership is making a difference and is indeed the voice of Irish America Sincere thanks to Youngstown State University President Jim Tressel and his team for their welcome and providing access to state of the art meeting rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li 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