Jacqui Browne

Jacqui Browne has over 30 years of experience as a disability equality activist and consultant. With a BA Degree in Economics & Politics from UCD and a Masters’ degree in Education from Trinity College Dublin she has many years of experience working at local, national, European and International levels. She is a former member of the Commission on Status of People with Disabilities, whose report ‘A Strategy for Equality’ was a blueprint for disability rights in Ireland.

Jacqui is Chairperson of DESSA (the national Disability Equality Specialist Support Agency), a board member of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind and the Irish Thalidomide Association. She is also actively involved as a patient advocate in IPPOSI (Irish Platform for Patient Organisations), Science and Industry and is a EUPATI (European Patient Advocacy Training Initiative) Fellow.