Loretta Brennan Glucksman
Chairman
The American Ireland Fund

Biography

A third generation Irish-American, Loretta Brennan Glucksman grew up in an Irish community in Pennsylvania. She is a noted philanthropist and, together with her late husband Lewis, they have raised millions for Ireland. She has served as Chairman of the Fund since 1995 and spearheaded the Fund’s successful “Hope & History” $100 million campaign.

She is Co-Chair of Glucksman Ireland House, the center for Irish Studies at New York University, which she and Lewis established in 1993. Mr. & Mrs. Glucksman also established the Glucksman Chair of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen. Last year, University College Cork saw the official opening of the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, a wonderful new space for visual art in Ireland.

She was appointed by An Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, to the Board of the Industrial Development Agency. She also serves on numerous other boards including The National Gallery of Ireland, Trinity College, University College Cork and the Royal College of Surgeons.

Earlier in her career, Mrs. Glucksman was a producer for news and public affairs with PBS-TV.  She also was a lecturer in English literature at several universities.

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