Chair of the Shine Board and a member of the NIMC (National Implementation and Monitoring Committee) Reference Group for the Govt. Mental Health Strategy. He is a past Chair of the Pieta House Board and has also served on the Board for The Wheel and Photo Ireland. Joe was a Samaritan for many years in the UK, and also sits on the UCD Staff Mental Health Peer Support Panel. Outside of mental health, Joe is Programme Director for the Master's in Project Management at UCD Smurfit Graduate School of Business and runs a consultancy business delivering training on artificial intelligence, project management, and business communications. He has written 7 books on AI, photography, and project management.