Moninne Griffith

Company Secretary

Nominating organisation: BeLonG To

Moninne leads BeLonG To Youth Services, Ireland’s national organisation for LGBT+ young people. As CEO, she is dedicated to supporting and empowering LGBTI+ young people. Moninne previously spent 8 years as Director of Marriage Equality, a single-issue organisation working for, and historically achieving, equality for same-sex couples in Ireland, and equality for many children in non-traditional families. Moninne was Chair of the Government’s Gender Recognition Act Review Group and a member of their LGBTI+ Youth Strategy oversight committee. Moninne was a member of the Government’s Taskforce on Youth Mental Health and is a former Chairperson of the National Women’s Council of Ireland. She is passionate about Youth Mental Health and is a member of the Government’s National Implementation Monitoring Committee for ‘Sharing the Vision – a Mental Health Policy for Everyone’, the DCEDIY’s BOBF Advisory Council. Moninne worked as a solicitor in general practice for a decade and holds a Bachelor of Civil Law and a MA in Women’s Studies from University College Dublin.