Lorraine Dunne has been employed at Dundalk Institute since 2001 and is a lecturer in Event & Hospitality Management. She has an honours degree in Hospitality Management from The University of Ulster, Jordanstown and an MBA from Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT). Lorraine has also completed a Masters in Learning and Teaching (MALT) at DkIT. Lorraine worked in the hotel industry for 12 years progressing from operational roles to junior and senior management positions before transferring to a teaching role in education. Since moving into education on a full-time basis, she has participated in new programme development and is also a member of the Institutes Tourism Research Group. Lorraine is also one of the founding members of the recently formed Event Management Educators Ireland group.