Amy Carey

Chief executive officer

amy@solasproject.ie | 083.450.0950

As CEO, Amy leads the Solas Project team and provides strategic direction for the organisation. Her responsibilities involve a mixture of day-to-day oversight as well as overall organisational development. 

Amy has worked for Solas Project since 2011, having previously volunteered. She pioneered Step Up our teenage mentoring programme and managed volunteers in her first role. She then moved into the position of Programme Manager overseeing all of our programmes for a number of years. In December 2020 she took on her role as CEO.

Amy is motivated by the potential she sees in the community's young people, recognising her job as a privileged opportunity to journey with young people as they become the change-makers our society needs. She is passionate about seeing societal change

When she isn't working, Amy loves to travel and explore new places—but is just as happy to curl up with a cup of tea and a good book.

Amy has an Level 9 Certificate in Non Profit Leadership and Management, an M.A. in Community Development from NUI Galway and a B.A. in English and Sociology from UCD.