Our People

Ken Boland

Ken is a Sport Science graduate from the University of Limerick. Born and raised in Co. Clare, Ken specialises in research and  development of educational materials both for print and for the RedBranch website. Ken is heavily involved with the promotion of non-standard physical activities within schools and communities. Ken also works to ensure that children have good access to healthy food choices, and is closely involved in RedBranch’s media awareness campaigns.

David Egan

David is an Exercise Physiologist who has worked with top athletes both in Ireland and the UK. David worked with many of the Irish Olympic and Paralympic athletes prior to the Athens Olympics/Paralympics in 2004 and the Sydney Olympics in 2000. David’s current speciality is empowerment and the facilitation of behavioural change. This includes providing effective teaching resources to schools, developing educational material for parents and communicating with young people about over-consumption, junk food and passivity. David has four children and is a third degree black belt.

Danny Rutar

Danny is an Australian who has lived and worked in Ireland for more than a decade. Danny is a qualified Biophysicist and has  worked at the Australian Institute of Sport, the Victorian Institute of Sport and the University of Limerick. Danny has helped many international and Olympic athletes both in Australia and Ireland. His interests include human performance, motor learning, sensory systems and lifestyle development. Apart from developing RedBranch educational materials, Danny has helped to involve Irish business in healthy lifestyle initiatives...his work has ranged from the provision of fruit and bottled water in schools to the development and promotion of non-standard physical activities. Danny also helps secondary school students to set up micro-businesses which promote healthy lifestyle choices.

Dr Gisela Sangiovanni

Gisela is a medical doctor and a clinical nutritionist with postgraduate specialisations in obesity and physical exercise. Gisela is from Argentina, and has worked with many Argentinean international soccer, rugby and tennis players. Gisela provides much of the technical backup to the RedBranch message, including papers on the health benefits of proper diet, physical exercise, and the health effects of junk food consumption.