Our Board

Meet the Board

Jim is a Dub married to a Wicklow woman and now living in West Kerry, having previously lived in Drogheda and Limerick. They have three children and seven grandchildren.
Jim joined NILMDTS in 2015 as a photographer covering County Kerry and travels to Cork and Limerick when needed also. He is also a Digital Retouch artist and has, since 2023 become the area coordinator for Ireland, the chair of the board, and has successfully brought NILMDTS Ireland through the charity registration process.
Jim’s motivation for getting involved resulted from his parents losing three babies and the family’s regret at not having any photographs of these children. His work with NILMDTS Ireland is in their memory.

Anne Marie’s experience of NILMDTS Ireland began in January 2015 when her first son, Max was stillborn. A midwife told Anne Marie and her husband about the services of NILMDTS Ireland. 10 years on these photos, and Anne Marie’s gratitude for NILMDTS Ireland in capturing these precious memories are as strong and important as ever.
Anne Marie also does a lot of work with Feileacain who have and continue to provide support and community to her and her family.
She has two other children who are able to know their big brother in some small way thanks to these images from NILMDTS. Anne Marie joined the board of NILMDTS Ireland in 2023 with a focus on communication.
She became Chair in 2025.

Caroline joined NILMDTS Ireland in 2018 and has been volunteering as a community dispatcher since then. She takes a lot of personal meaning from being able to offer our services to bereaved families. It's very important to her to be a part of our wonderful team. Caroline joined the board in 2023 as vice chair, with a focus on strategy.

Bláth became involved with NILMDTS in late 2017 as a community volunteer - answering the phone and arranging sessions. Over time she got more involved then in the administration of the Dispatch team and she is constantly in awe of how generous people in NILMDTS Ireland are with their time, their talents and most importantly their empathy and compassion for families who are experiencing such pain.
She joined the board in 2023 with a focus on recruitment, training and process improvement.
Bláth’s work with NILMDTS is in honour of the short and perfect life of her son Oisín.

Michelle joined the NILMDTS Ireland team in 2020 as a member of the dispatch team. She joined the board in 2023 and is a perfect fit for the role of treasurer with her experience within financial services.
Michelle’s work in the charity is in honour of her son Charlie who passed away in 2010 at only 11 days old. She discovered the work of NILMDTS in the months and years after Charlie’s death and always wishes she had images like this. Michelle honours Charlie’s short but precious life in helping to arrange these imagesfor other bereaved parents.
Michelle is also a volunteer with A Little Lifetime Foundation who provide support to bereaved families. They found so much love and support in the weeks, months and years since Charlie died.
They have since gone on to have 2 living children who both know all about their big brother in the stars.

Yvonne joined NILMDTS Ireland in 2019 as a dispatcher. She is passionate about our mission to create lasting memories for families in their time of loss and grief. Yvonne is also a keen amateur photographer and is in the process of registering and qualifying as a volunteer photographer.
In 2023 she joined the board of the charity, and has recently taken on the role of secretary. She has extensive professional knowledge of GDPR and has a strong focus on ensuring that we have best practices applied in the handling of all data collected by the charity.

Cathy has been a photographer with NILMDTS Ireland since 2014. As well as photographing babies and their families, Cathy is a very skilled digital retoucher and is a key member of our DRA team.
Cathy joined NILMDTS Ireland after seeing the importance of a single polaroid photo her friend had of her precious baby who died many years ago. Her friend impressed upon Cathy the importance of her single photo and so Cathy joined NILMDTS Ireland to help provide a lasting memory to other bereaved families.
Cathy joined the board in 2024.

Randy is a long standing volunteer photographer and member of the NILMDTS board in America. He joined the board of NILMDTS Ireland in 2023 as the US board representative.