Colette Kelleher

{{Short description|Irish former politician (born 1962)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Colette Kelleher.jpg

| office = Senator

| term_start = 8 June 2016

| term_end = 29 June 2020

| constituency = Nominated by the Taoiseach

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|1|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Macroom, County Cork, Ireland

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| nationality = Irish

| party = Independent

| otherparty = Civil Engagement group

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| children = 2

| alma_mater = {{Ubl|University College Cork|University of Southampton}}

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Colette Kelleher (born 16 January 1962) is an Irish former independent politician who served as a Senator from 2016 to 2020, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Colette-Kelleher.S.2016-04-25/|title=Colette Kelleher|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=6 August 2019|archive-date=6 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806165548/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Colette-Kelleher.S.2016-04-25/|url-status=live}} She previously was the CEO of the Alzheimer Society of Ireland.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0527/791478-seanad/|title=Pieta House founder among Kenny's Seanad nominees|access-date=27 May 2016|work=RTÉ News|date=27 May 2016|archive-date=27 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527222035/http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0527/791478-seanad/|url-status=live}}

She comes from Macroom, County Cork, and she formerly worked as a social worker in Dublin. She holds an MBA and led the Cork Simon Community for eight years before moving to the Cope Foundation.[http://www.eveningecho.ie/cork-news/cope-ceo-joins-alzheimers-society/566909/ Cope CEO joins Alzheimer's Society] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612204836/http://www.eveningecho.ie/cork-news/cope-ceo-joins-alzheimers-society/566909/ |date=12 June 2016}}. Evening Echo. Retrieved 28 May 2016.

She was a member of the Civil Engagement group in the 25th Seanad.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}