- Date: Tuesday, 18 Nov. 2025
- Panel Discussion: 15:00–16:30
- Networking Reception: 16:30–18:00
- Location: The Alex Hotel Dublin (41-47 Fenian St, Dublin, D02 H678, Ireland)
- Free and open to all
Meet the Panelists
Bronagh McMullan
Technical Sales Engineer, Henkel Ireland
Bronagh McMullan is a Technical Sales Engineer from Northern Ireland. She studied Chemistry with Biophysical Chemistry at UCD in Dublin and has been with Henkel for four years.
She began working for Henkel after university in 2021 as an R&D/Product Development Chemist, spending a year and a half on the industrial anaerobic adhesives team.
In 2023, an opportunity arose to join the UK/Ireland Sales team as a Sales Engineer. She has now been in the Sales Engineer role for 2.5 years and is currently responsible for the Ireland South region, providing technical support for all General Manufacturing and Maintenance products across industries.
Bronagh is particularly involved with medical device companies that use Henkel’s medical-grade adhesives throughout Ireland—especially in Galway and Cork.
Kim Donnelly
Kim Donnelly is a supply chain leader with 28+ years of expertise in operations, compliance, and risk management. She specializes in enabling comprehensive supply chain solutions, improvements and change enablement, from operational startups to global compliance programs. As one of five children, Kim learned early the importance of collaboration, resourcefulness, and supporting others—values that became the cornerstone of her professional approach. Her educational foundation includes a Bachelor of Commerce from University College Dublin, a Master's in Supply Chain Management, and a business degree from Dublin Institute of Technology, complemented by numerous professional certifications. Kim believes the strongest organisations, like families, are built on trust, communication, and shared commitment to each other's success.
Karen Horting, Panel Moderator
SWE Executive Director & CEO
Karen Horting, CAE, is the executive director and CEO for the Society of Women Engineers, a position she has held since Dec. 31, 2013. With more than 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, and fund development, Horting was most recently the SWE deputy executive director. In this capacity, she was responsible for all fund development activities for the organization, including corporate membership and SWE’s Corporate Partnership Council and more traditional philanthropy such as foundation and government grants, individual gifts, and bequests.
She also oversaw many of the Society’s programs and services, including professional development, K-12 outreach, the annual conference, and SWE’s international expansion. Horting came to SWE in March 2004 from the New York Academy of Sciences, where she served as director of strategic planning, managing the academy’s development activities and long-range organizational planning.
Before her role with NYAS, Horting worked for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, managing both marketing and fund development on a global level for Science’s Next Wave, a groundbreaking career-development website for graduate students and postdocs in science, math, and technology. Horting’s experience also includes more than 10 years in the paint industry in various technical service and marketing functions. In 2008, Horting earned her Certified Association Executive credential from the CAE Commission of the American Society of Association Executives. Horting holds a B.S. in biology from Northern Illinois University and an MBA from Johns Hopkins University.
She currently serves on the FIRST Robotics Board of Directors, the STEM Ed Coalition Board of Directors, and the Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business Dean’s Alumni Advisory Board (DAAB). In 2019 she was awarded the Inspiring Leader Award from the Association Forum. And in 2024 she was named to Forbes 50 Over 50 list.
