Breda Carroll
Title / Position: Office Manager – Concept Construction Services, Inc.
Town / State: Residing in Woodlawn, Bronx, NY (originally Rockchapel, Co. Cork)
Tell us about yourself and your family life:
Breda Carroll hails from Rockchapel, Co. Cork, the eldest of seven children of Kathleen (nee Fitzgerald RIP) & Mike Carroll. Breda attended Rockchapel National School, St. Joseph’s Convent of Mercy, Abbeyfeale & University of Limerick. Upon completing her degree in Business and Finance at UL, Breda immigrated to New York in July 1994. She has been very active on a voluntary basis in many organizations since her arrival in NY. The NY Ladies GAA, Cork GFC, Cavan Ladies GFC and most recently as Chairperson of Team Aisling. Breda is married to John Broderick from Freemount, Co. Cork & they reside in the Woodlawn section of the Bronx. We both love the outdoors, particularly hiking. We also enjoy the NoeLimits Bootcamp Class at St. Barnabas. No year is complete without a trip home to see our family & friends in Cork.
Tell us about your professional life:
Breda holds the position of Office Manager at Concept Construction Services, Inc. The position requires a high level of attention to detail, organization, ability to prioritize and a friendly, professional manner as I meet and speak to many people every day.
conceptcsi is a privately owned, full-service general contractor and construction management company, specializing in high-end corporate interiors, critical infrastructure, and data center construction. With their headquarters in NYC, they’ve grown from a fledgling company with zero capital to a pre0-eminent construction firm, building world class projects for elite companies across 17 US states, 40 cities and 23 countries.
What is your connection to Project Children?
I am honored to come from the same village as the amazing Mulcahy Family. I have been aware of Project Children from an early age. My husband & I also have the honor of hosting a Project Children intern each summer. We have had some amazing young adults over the last few years & look forward to hosting another intern this summer.
Do you have a favorite PC memory?
Having watched the fabulous documentary “How to Defuse a Bomb” numerous times, the wonderful friendships that have been forged through the program are my favorite memory. It is heartwarming to see the innocence of the kids shine through when they were removed from the awful situation in Northern Ireland during the troubles. Many of those children returned to the USA in adulthood to become successful professionally.
Tell us what it means to be a PC ambassador for the PC Picnic and 5k and the Move to the Monaghan Peace Campus.
It is such an honor to be among so many esteemed and deserving PC Ambassadors. Personally, being from the same village as the Denis & the Mulcahy Family, makes it even more special. I look forward to spreading the word about the amazing accomplishments of Project Children over the past 50 years. It’s my opinion that everyone needs to see the fantastic Project Children documentary. There are so many lessons to be learnt from it. I have seen it at least five or six times & each time I see it, I pick up on something that I missed the previous time.
