Adam Harris is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of AsIAm.ie, a leading organisation that provides information and support for people with autism, their families, and professionals. The story of AsIAm began in 2014, when Adam founded the organisation based on his own experiences growing up as a young Autistic person in Ireland. 

Identified as Autistic at an early age, the condition was far less well understood or even known compared to how it is today. Frustrated at the lack of any real understanding of Autism and by the many barriers to inclusion the Autism community were and are subjected to, Adam’s aim was to amplify Autistic voices and start a national conversation.

Bernard Gloster took up the post of Chief Executive Officer of the HSE in March 2023. He has worked in health and social services for over 34 years, and rejoined the HSE from the state Child and Family Agency Tusla where he served as Chief Executive Officer from September 2019. Prior to that he held several senior management positions within the HSE including Chief Officer of HSE Mid-West Community Healthcare, and he worked in and managed in both community and acute hospital operations. He is a social care worker by profession, holds an MBA from Oxford Brookes University and an MSc in Management Practice from UCC.

Mary is the Disability Workforce & Resourcing Lead for the HSE and has been in this post since May 2024. This is a newly established role in the HSE, with a focus on building and delivering a self-sufficient sustainable workforce to funded levels across disability services.   Mary’s priorities are aligned to the Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2023, Disability Services for Children & Young People, with an immediate focus on measures to address vacancy levels in Children’s Disability Network Teams, and identifying and overcoming barriers to Disability workforce growth overall, both within the HSE and funded agencies.  Mary has more than 20 years’ experience in HR and workforce development in the HSE, Section 38 and Voluntary Organisations, with particular expertise in optimising existing workforce capacity and building additional capability, through the development of new disciplines and pipelines.