Dr. Siobhan Fitzpatrick has worked in the early childhood sector for 40 years. She has recently retired from a 30 year leadership role as Chief Executive Officer in Early Years- The Organisation for Young Children. She is currently the Chair of the International Network on Peace Buiding with Young Children and an Executive Member of the Early Childhood Peace Consortia led by UNICEF and Yale. She is a senior coauthor of the recent publication “ The Contributions of Early Childhood Development Services to Promoting Sustainable Peace and Development” She was awarded a CBE in the Queens Honours in 2010 for services to early childhood and community development.