Uachtarán
(Executive President)
Brent Buckner

Bio pending.

Email: brent@knoxvilleirish.com

Leasuachtarán agus Chomh-Oifigeach Oideachais
(Vice-President and Education Co-Officer)
Seán Óg Mac Cathmhaoil
(John McCaul Jr.)

John (or Seán Óg) moved to East Tennessee in March 2018 from Newry (An tIúr), County Armagh in the northeast of Ireland. John is married to Ashlyn whom he met while studying for his Certificate in American Business Practice at Warren Wilson College, Asheville, North Carolina, in the academic year 2013-2014. John holds both a Master of Arts degree in Legislative Studies and Practice and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern History and Politics from Queen’s University Belfast. John brings KIS substantial experience in promoting the Irish language and Gaelic cultural activities from his time in Ireland as well as at Warren Wilson College. John is also a proud Gaeilgeoir (Irish language speaker)!
Email: john@knoxvilleirish.com

Cisteoir
(Treasurer)
Katie B. Martin

Katie Bolt Martin moved to Knoxville during the summer before 3 rd grade and grew up in the
Farragut area. She graduated from Farragut High School and stayed in Knoxville to graduate
Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Tennessee. Katie is the
Executive Director of the East Tennessee Kidney Foundation, where she manages all aspects of the foundation as a “one-woman shop.”

Katie is active in the community, volunteering as a troop leader and treasurer with the Girl Scouts of America, Council of the Southern Appalachians, and serving on the Board of Directors of Young Professionals of Knoxville (YPK) as Membership Committee Co-Chair.

Katie lives in Knoxville with her husband, Lanny, two daughters, Zoe and Charlotte, and German Shephard, Claire. Katie loves to travel; while at UTK she spent one semester studying abroad at Prifysgol Abertawe (Swansea University), Wales, United Kingdom. During this time Katie enjoyed many day and weekend travel excursions to London, Bath, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Isle of Skye, the North Sea, Dublin, Doolin, Waterford, and many more.

Katie’s favorite places in Ireland have to be Doolin and the Cliffs of Moher and of course, St.
James Gate, Guinness Brewery (“the magic of the widget!”).

Email: saoirse@knoxvilleirish.com

Oifigeach Dheonaigh
(Volunteer Officer)
Jared DC Hazen

Jared hails from Washington state where he grew up in an agricultural area before moving to "the big city" of Seattle to work in various junior executive positions. He moved to Knoxville in the Spring of 2016 to be with his fiance who is attending/teaching at UT. In addition to volunteering in the Knoxville Irish Society, he holds a job as a fabricator at a stained glass art studio and his free time is spent in various handicrafts and studying history. He comes from a multi-ethnic background, Asian on his mothers side and Irish Traveler on his fathers side.

Email: jared@knoxvilleirish.com

Oifigeach Teicneolaíochta agus Chomh-Oifigeach Oideachais
(Technology Officer and Education Co-Officer)
Wes Jones

Oifigeach na n-Ócáidí
(Events Officer)
Sid Plemons

Bio pending.
You can reach Wes at this e-mail address: wes@knoxvilleirish.com

Bio pending.

E-mail: sid@knoxvilleirish.com

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Vacancies

If you would like to help us build Irish community in Knoxville, please email us at info@knoxvilleirish.com, to talk about opportunities. Each board member, regardless of title, still attends board meetings, votes on measures, and is able to submit measures for consideration. Anyone may accept tasks outside of their traditional titular purview to distribute the workload among the leadership. Currently, KIS is entirely volunteer-run. Below is a list and short description of each available role.

There are currently no board positions needing to be filled. If any positions do become available, we will list them here.