Lyn Donnelly

Lyn Donnelly has over 30 years’ experience of working in the health sector, beginning in the field of dietetics and nutrition, before moving to work in the broader arena of health promotion and population health. She worked for two years as a volunteer nutritionist in Papua New Guinea, followed by three years with an international Christian mission in Nepal. Returning to work in the southern area of Northern Ireland, she was the area manager for the implementation of the regional public health Investing for Health Strategy for a number of years. Most recently, she held a post of Assistant Director of Commissioning with the regional Health and Social Care Board, working for and with the Southern Local Commissioning Group, a position from which she retired in 2015. Having been a full-time carer for five years, she has a particular interest in the area of dementia and the impact this progressive degenerative disease has on those who are diagnosed with it and their carers.