Allan Leonard Email & Phone Number

Belfast, Gb

Belfast, United Kingdom

• Co-founder and editor, Shared Future News — an online publication that features stories of peacebuilding, research on topics of community relations, and a timeline of the Northern Ireland peace process• Selecting, editing, and publishing news, interviews, and research articles• Recruitment and management of volunteer writers and researchers

Belfast & District Branch. Member since 11/2019. Treasurer (11/2020-present). The National Union of Journalists is the voice for journalists and journalism.

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

• Trustee, Belfast Exposed — a charity that promotes the advancement of the art of photography, for the benefit of the inhabitants of Northern Ireland• Company Secretary• Review business performance against agreed strategy• Ensure compliance with company law• Promote and engage with public events

Belfast, United Kingdom

• Co-founder and editor FactCheckNI — Northern Ireland's first and only dedicated fact-checking service, which provides free tools, information and advice• Developed a sustainable organisation through leadership, board and advisory group recruitment, stakeholder engagement, public profile, and reputation• Selecting, editing, and publishing fact checks and explainer articles• Recruitment and management of freelance fact checkers and volunteer staff

Belfast, Northern Ireland

• Managing Director, Northern Ireland Foundation — a charity that develops programmes around a shared and better future in Northern Ireland (community relations), the exchange of international best practices (conflict resolution), and local community activism (civic leadership and community development)• Developed a sustainable organisation in terms of thought leadership, participation of stakeholders, public profile, and reputation• Prepared and executed Foundation strategy based on demands and expectations of company directors and advisory board• Increased public understanding of and engagement with range of issues on theme of a shared and better future in Northern Ireland, including use of company website, social media, and electronic communications• Recruited and supervised regular and occasional volunteers• Provided secretariat services to international Forum for Cities in Transition, with co-partner University of Massachusetts Boston

Belfast, Northern Ireland

• Trustee, Community Relations Council — a charity that promotes a peaceful and fair society, based on reconciliation and mutual trust• Policy & Communications subcommittee• Reviewed business performance against agreed strategy• Ensured compliance with company law• Promoted and engaged with annual Community Relations Week events

Belfast, Northern Ireland

• Trustee, Ulster People's College—a charity that involved people in tackling social and economic problems and in overcoming cultural and political divisions, through education and training for development• Reviewed business performance against agreed strategy• Ensured compliance with company law• Promoted and engaged with public lecture events

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Ulster Historical Foundation offers full knowledge on the sources available for tracing Irish and Scots-Irish ancestors. A non-profit charity, supporters belong to the Ulster Genealogical & Historical Guild, with access to databases of over 2 million records, sharing of research interests, and complimentary publications.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

• Trustee, Democratic Dialogue—a charity think tank that stimulated fresh approaches to political issues in Northern Ireland, with published papers and reports, as well as roundtable discussions• Reviewed business performance against agreed strategy• Ensured compliance with company law• Provided marketing and communications advice• Promoted and engaged with report launch events

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Managed strategic and organisational development; financial and administrative management; supervised staff and volunteers; organised party conference; edited party newspaper; liaised with media; acted as party spokesperson.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Developed policy, chaired working groups; wrote & presented policy papers and briefings; maintained relations with outside groups, stakeholders and public affairs organisations.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Responsible for the production management, marketing and event launch of multimedia project, Troubled Images, which contained digitisation and annotation of over 3,000 posters and ephemera from the library's Northern Ireland Political Collection.

Boston, Usa

M.A., Irish Political Studies

Thesis titled, "The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland and Power Sharing in a Divided Society". Graduated with Honours.

Education record

B.A., International Relations

Undergraduate thesis titled, "The Anglo-Irish Agreement and Unionism in Northern Ireland". Graduated cum laude and with Distinction.

Education record