James Ring is an automotive industry professional with 15 years of experience. He is the owner of an automotive dealer franchise, specializing in vehicle sales, aftersales, importation and distribution.
James holds degrees in Automotive Technology and Transport Operations & Technology, which support his expertise in the field. Additionally, he has obtained an APA qualification for financial products.
He also holds a Diploma in Business Finance and both a Certificate and Diploma in Company Direction. As a Chartered Director, James adheres to established corporate governance practices, employing strategic planning and effective leadership to drive organizational success. His commitment to developing robust governance frameworks ensures sustainable growth and compliance while fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability within his business.
Sarah Gavra Boland is a Digital Inclusion and Assistive Technology Coordinator with Saint John of God Community Services, where she has worked since 2013. She creates meaningful opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to participate, work and lead through digital inclusion, assistive technology and co-design.
Sarah has led six Erasmus+ projects and currently leads SONGS, a Creative Europe project supporting inclusive creative practice. She also leads DigiCoach, which employs people with disabilities as paid project team members, drawing on their lived experience and digital skills to support others. She helped develop Our Place, an inclusive multimedia initiative supporting people to tell their own stories.
For over 10 years, Sarah has collaborated with TU Dublin on co-design, bringing people with intellectual disabilities together with students, researchers and staff to develop accessible technologies and digital solutions.
She holds a Master’s in Digital Transformation from the University of Limerick and brings expertise in accessibility, inclusive practice and European project development to the Run of the Mill Board.
Liza Cox is an arts professional and theatre-maker with over a decade of experience across artistic creation, international production, fundraising and organisational development. She is Co-Artistic Director of Baubo Theatre, creating physical theatre that combines design-led practice with clown, bouffon, street theatre and puppetry. Trained in the Lecoq methodology in Barcelona, she holds an MA in Performance Design from the University of Leeds. Her work has toured internationally, supported by Culture Ireland, and she has been the recipient of Arts Council Bursary, IRIS and Agility Awards.
Liza sits on the Arts Council of Ireland’s Peer Panel and has served as an Expert Assessor for Creative Europe. She is Sales and Marketing Manager at Axis Ballymun, with previous experience working with leading theatre companies Rough Magic and in partnerships and business development for a technology-for-good AI start-up. She also works with Disability Pride Ireland on fundraising and delivering its annual parade. Her grassroots experience includes community arts projects and communications work with activist groups. Across her work, she champions access, inclusion and participatory arts.
Saibh joined the Board of Directors of Run of the Mill in 2026. She is Head of Communications & Cultural Partnerships at Clinch Wealth Management, where she leads brand strategy, corporate communications and a range of arts and community partnerships.
Saibh brings over two decades of experience spanning global tech, creative agencies, and the arts. This includes more than ten years in sales, operational and communications roles at Google, and arts marketing campaigns with icons of Irish theatre. She is dedicated to supporting Run of the Mill’s mission to enable those with intellectual disabilities to create and participate in theatre and film. Saibh holds a Master’s degree in Advertising from TU and a Law degree from UCD.
Carolann is the coordinator for the Creative Places Tuam Pilot and Creative Places Network Service with Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts. She is responsible for programme delivery and network support within these strands of work. Carolann works on the ground in Tuam and engages directly with communities, artists and project stakeholders to successfully realise the programme’s aims to deliver ambitious, creative and meaningful opportunities for the people of Tuam to collaborate on socially engaged art projects that reflects what matters to them via a series of residencies, mentorships, professional development workshops and network development opportunities.
Carolann has worked as the arts, health and wellbeing specialist for Kildare County Council from 2013 – 2021. There, she progressed Kildare County Council’s specialist work in arts and health to support artists and both acute and community health care settings to create high quality arts practice in response to these contexts. She delivered this through funding opportunities, collaborative engagement with artists, ongoing professional development support, organisational mentorship and the development of local and national partnerships and collaborations.
Carolann holds a BA Fine Art from DIT and a Postgraduate HDip in Community, Arts, Education from NCAD.
Bee Sparks (she/her) is the newly appointed Festival Director of Dublin Fringe Festival as of October 2024. Bee first worked with Dublin Fringe Festival as Programming Assistant in 2016, returning as Artistic Projects Manager in 2019, and is thrilled to now lead the festival into its next chapter.
As a programmer and producer, Bee is passionate about supporting emerging artists to create bold, interdisciplinary, and future-focused work. Her practice is rooted in radical kindness, fostering accessible and non-hierarchical environments that amplify unheard voices and value both collective and individual expression.
Before returning to Dublin Fringe, Bee was Programme and Participation Manager at Brighton Dome & Festival, having previously held roles as Programming Coordinator there and at Gilded Balloon, where she worked closely with artists at Edinburgh Fringe. With an MA and BA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia, Bee has worked across cultural organizations in Ireland, the UK, and the US, always striving to expand accessibility and elevate new voices.
