{"id":1743,"date":"2020-08-31T12:49:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T11:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/?post_type=events&#038;p=1743"},"modified":"2020-09-03T15:56:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T14:56:15","slug":"impact-makers-mba-speaker-series","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/events\/impact-makers-mba-speaker-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact Makers: MBA Speaker Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MBA Impact Makers Series features business leaders who share unique insights from their career and life experience. US Ambassador to Ireland, Edward F Crawford launched the exciting series in November 2019. Interviewed by Professor Niamh Brennan, Ambassador Crawford spoke on the theme \u201cRejection is Energy\u201d in his first official public speaking engagement.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Dr Rhona Mahony, first female Master of the National Maternity Hospital, discussed how her motivation to have a positive impact on national healthcare drove her to persist through extraordinary challenges. 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class=\"caption\"><div class=\"typewriter\">Professor Gerardine Doyle, Director, UCD Smurfit School, US Ambassador to Ireland Edward F Crawford and Professor Niamh Brennan<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-3-1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-3-1-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\"><div class=\"typewriter\">Professor Gerardine Doyle, Edward F Crawford and UCD Smurfit School Students<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-4-1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img 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