Carolyne Godkin is Director of Services for Wexford County Council with responsibility for Housing, Community, Libraries, Arts, Emergency Services and Environment & Climate Change. She holds a Bachelor of Science in psychology from UCD and a Master of Business in Management & Organisation from the Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Dublin.
Carolyne began her career as a management consultant, specialising in marketing and strategy and from 2003 has held a variety of positions with South Dublin and Wexford County Councils. Her principal area of expertise is business development spanning project feasibility and management, financing, and stakeholder engagement. In her current role, she manages a range of Council services, driving strategy formation and service delivery.
Under the Environment & Climate Change remit, Carolyne has led the establishment of a cross-departmental Climate Action Team within the organisation; helping to achieve and maintain the ISO5001 Energy Management standard for the Council as well as supporting the organisation on its journey towards improving energy efficiency by 50% by 2030. Under the Public Sector Energy Efficiency strategy, the local authority is also obliged to reduce energy-related greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030.