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Eleanor Crook Foundation

Women of Concern Annual Luncheon

By Irish America Staff
September / October 2018

September 1, 2018 by Leave a Comment

The Women of Concern Annual Luncheon was held on Thursday, June 21 at the Pierre Hotel, with two very worthy honorees, Aine Brazil, Vice Chairman of Thornton Tomasetti, and William Moore, Executive Director of the Eleanor Crook Foundation. Aine, who was born in County Galway, is a leading structural engineer on such projects as the Hudson Yards development on the west side of … [Read more...] about Women of Concern Annual Luncheon

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