George Heslin
BOARD DIRECTOR
George became Executive Director at the New York Irish Center in October 2020. Prior to his appointment George served as founding Artistic Director of off- Broadway's Origin Theatre Company for 19 years. In 2008 he founded Origin's 1st Irish Festival, under George in its 12 year history, the city wide cultural festival presented the work of 300 Irish playwrights and created partnerships with 80 organizations internationally . In 2018 he founded New York's European Month of Culture in association with the Delegation of The Europe Union to the United States working in partnership with 28 consulates across New York City.
Awards include The Irish Examiner/New York Man of The Year Award, The New York City Council Award for his dedication to theatre from Council Speaker Christine Quinn. The John C. Liu Office of Comptroller Commendation, The Global 100 Award from Irish America Magazine, The CUNY Award of Cultural Excellence from City University New York and in 2011 he was invited to The White House to meet President Obama.