COPE Galway Charity Lunch
Endurance Adventurer. Performance Psychologist
In February 2022, Karen became the first Irish female to row 3,000 miles solo and unsupported across the Atlantic Ocean. Karen specialises in cognitive and practical coping strategies, pressure management and mechanisms for proactive motivation to achieve optimal performance in competitive business and sporting environments.
Dr. Karen Weekes specialises in effective, transferrable coping tools for managing challenges faced in business, sport and life. Her PhD focused on effective coping strategies and motivations of elite endurance athletes. Karen combines this solid base of knowledge with her own experiences from numerous ultra-endurance expeditions.
Karen is an amazing communicator with a hugely positive outlook. We are very much looking forward to learning more about her considerable achievements and how her hard-earned skills will help us in our every day life.
Our heartfelt gratitude to Penn Engineering for the invaluable sponsorship of our Charity Lunch. The generous support will cover our primary expenses, ensuring that all funds raised directly support COPE Galway’s essential services, thereby amplifying our impact within the community. We are thrilled to collaborate with a local neighbouring organisation whose values resonate with ours.
“As a manager, surround yourself with great people who have a positive attitude and you can make things happen.”
Mary Ann Fleming, President, Penn Engineering