Meet the team
Green Acre Marketing employs a team of agribusiness marketing experts who hold the same passion for agriculture and marketing and care about where our food comes from.
Aileen Barron
Managing Director
Green Acre Marketing was set up in 2013 by Aileen Barron. Aileen has worked in the agribusiness sector for over 15 years, is an Agribusiness and Marketing Graduate from GMIT, more recently a business graduate from Michael Smurfit Business School, UCD and also holds a Diploma in Digital Marketing from the Irish Internet Association (IIA).
She has a wealth of experience having worked with many well-known agribusinesses over the years, whose interests span across dairy, beef, agronomy and equine.
Lisa Meyler
Account Manager
Lisa Meyler joined the Green Acre Marketing team in 2017 as an Account Executive, having completed a Masters Degree in Marketing and Management in University College Cork, and previously worked in the Marketing Department of Wexford Festival Opera.
In 2020 Lisa progressed to an Account Manager role and has been responsible for the roll out and management of some very successful marketing campaigns.
Lisa has a strong passion for agriculture having grown up on her family farm in Carne, Co. Wexford. Lisa supports clients in all aspects of Marketing, PR and Communications, and with a particular flair for video production, leads the team on that front.
Shóna McGailey
Marketing Campaign Manager
Dermot Keyes
PR & Communications Manager
A graduate of the Rathmines School of Journalism (now TU Dublin) and a native of Portlaw, County Waterford, Dermot has worked in local and regional radio, while contributing to a range of national titles.
Dermot, who has worked as a print journalist in Waterford City since 1999, joined the Green Acre Marketing team in June 2023 as PR & Communications Manager.
“National and regional media has proven very receptive to Green Acre Marketing’s message in my initial period in the post and I’m looking forward to seeing more of the stories we’re keen to relay in print, online and on air over the coming months,” says Dermot.
Sinead McGrath
Social Media Assistant
Sinead McGrath, who has joined the Green Acre Marketing team as a Social Media Assistant, is a Marketing graduate of South East Technological University (SETU), where she achieved First Class Honours.
Sinead hails from Butlerstown, just outside of Waterford City.
Having previously worked in the software industry, Sinead has been familiar with agricultural activity from an early age and is now bringing both of those experiences to bear with Green Acre Marketing. She has a particular interest in business and digital marketing skills.
She is looking forward to honing and developing new strategies for clients over the coming months.
Eva Smite
Digital Marketing Intern
Originally from Bantry, West Cork, Eva is going into her fourth year of Marketing & Digital Media in SETU Waterford. Eva Smite is currently completing her work placement with Green Acre Marketing.
A quick learner who “enjoys doing different things outside of my comfort zone”, Eva began her academic life by studying International Business. However, interest in the evolving world of digital media led Eva into SETU’s Marketing & Digital Media programme.
Keen to gain experience in digital marketing and to learn more about the agriculture and agribusiness sectors, Eva is enjoying her time with Green Acre Marketing as a digital marketing intern.
Green Acre Marketing provides services at every level of the marketing function, by assisting companies to sharpen their existing brand, or to develop a completely new image and brand.
