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IRISH AMERICA
BUSINESS The Business 100 celebrates the phenomenal success of the Irish in corporate America. The executives profiled in the following pages represent some of the most influential and innovative corporations in the world, in sectors ranging from technology to film, from social media to insurance, from advertising to automobiles. From those who were born in Ireland to those who feel strongly connected to an ancestor who immigrated generations ago, all of the honorees hold their Irish heritage in the highest regard. Their achievements are a testament to the incredible scope, power and accomplishments of the Irish diaspora. Irish America is proud to recognize this remarkable group of men and women. Congratulations to all of the honorees.
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“The Irish are some of the best storytellers in the world. Being of Irish heritage and in the entertainment business, I feel a sense of responsibility to tell stories that will enlighten and endure the test of time.” – Tucker Tooley, Relativity Media
“My Irish heritage gave me intelligence, intuition and humor. A love of a great story and a deep laugh. Gratitude for what I’ve been given, and a desire to give back.” – Maggie Sullivan Wilderotter, Frontier Communications
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“The Irish have tremendous pride, which is passed down from generation to generation, regardless of where they live. Growing up in an Irish Catholic family with five siblings and 31 cousins taught me values I will use and cherish throughout my life. I am proud of my Irish heritage, and when my children are asked of their nationality, they always have the same answer, ‘Irish.’” – John Duffey, Six Flags Entertainment Corp.
“As a first-generation Irish American I have had the privilege of being shaped by the particular qualities of two distinct cultures – the passion, creativity and mirth of the Irish along with the unbridled sense of optimism and opportunity that America affords.” – Maureen Mitchell, GE Asset Management
“I sometimes need to pinch myself and smile when I think how far we have come and how much we have achieved, with so many chancers.” – Trevor Madigan, Facebook
“Being Irish is far more than genetics or genealogy. It is a spirit, an attitude and a foundation.” – Kieran Gallahue, CareFusion
Most Mentioned Colleges and Universities: Harvard • University College Dublin • Notre Dame • DePaul University • New York University Most Popular Counties of Origin: Cork • Kerry • Mayo Tipperary • Donegal • Sligo Ancestral Links: 5th Generation
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PAUL ADAMS
JOHN F. BARRETT
CHARLENE BEGLEY
Paul Adams is the global head of Brand Design at Facebook. Prior to joining Facebook, Paul led social research at Google, where he played a major role in building Google+. Previously, he worked as a user experience consultant at Flow, leading research and design projects for clients including the BBC, The Guardian, Vodafone and UK Government. Before Flow, he worked as an industrial designer at Dyson, and also worked designing car interiors at Faurecia. Paul’s work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, AdWeek and other leading publications. In 2011, Fortune magazine described Paul as “one of Silicon Valley’s most wanted,” and his presentation on the next evolution of social networks, “The Real Life Social Network,” is one of the most viewed and downloaded presentations ever published on the web. Paul holds a Master of Science degree in interactive media and a Bachelor of Design in industrial design from the University of Limerick. He was born in Sligo and grew up in Swords, Co. Dublin.
John F. Barrett is chairman, president and CEO of Western & Southern Financial Group, a Cincinnati-based diversified family of financial services companies, which, under his leadership has grown from a $5 billion Midwestern life insurance company to a national financial services enterprise with assets in excess of $55 billion. John is a director and former chairman of the American Council of Life Insurers, president of the Association of Ohio Life Insurance Companies, and a past chairman of the Ohio Business Roundtable. He is a trustee of the Financial Services Roundtable and the Business Roundtable in Washington, DC. He is also on the board of Cintas Corporation and Convergys Corporation. He is a member of the Cincinnati Business committee and co-chairman of the Greater Cincinnati Scholarship Association. A fourth-generation Irish American with roots in counties Kilkenny and Mayo, John holds a bachelor’s in business administration from the University of Cincinnati. He and wife, Eileen, have three grown children.
Charlene Begley is president and CEO of GE Home & Business Solutions and a senior vice president and CIO for GE. Charlene joined GE in 1988 and progressed through leadership roles including vice president, GE Corporate Audit Staff and president and CEO for several GE businesses including GE FANUC Automation, Transportation, Plastics, and Enterprise Solutions. At 32, she became the company’s youngest ever corporate officer, and she also set the record as the first woman to lead one of GE’s major business units and the first female senior vice president. Her accomplishments have been recognized on lists in Fortune, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. Charlene is a member of GE’s Corporate Executive Council and the boards of Morpho Detection, Inc. and the National Association of Manufacturers. A fifth-generation Irish American, Charlene graduated from the University of Vermont.
CLAUDIA CAHILL
STEVE CAHILLANE
JOAN CARROLL
Claudia Claudia leads OMD’s entertainment practice, The Content Collective, a re-imagined media and content entertainment group with offices in LA, Chicago and New York, that services OMD clients like Pepsico, JC Penney, Lowe’s, Hershey’s, Beiersdorf and GE by leveraging brand media investments to generate custom media and content programs in theatrical, television and digital mediums. Current work includes Pepsi’s X Factor partnership, 2013 Superbowl and Grammy programs, custom programs for Pepsi’s Live for Now campaign with MTVN and ABC, Lowe’s programs with NBC’s Smash and ABC’s Suburgatory, Hilton partnerships with the Grammy’s Hawaii Five O, and the Tribeca Film Festival. A second-generation Irish American with roots in Co. Cork, Claudia grew up in New Orleans and received a BA from Tulane University. Reflecting on her Irish heritage, Claudia says “I will never forget choosing to interpret an Irish jig in front of my entire grammar school in first grade and learning the meaning of stage fright.” Claudia is based in Los Angeles and has a son, Nofio Pecoraro III.
Steve Cahillane is the president and CEO of CocaCola Refreshments, an operating unit that represents nearly 90% of the North American business of The Coca-Cola Company. Steve began his career as a sales representative for E&J Gallo Winery. In 1995, he founded State Street Brewing Company in Chicago, which he owned until 1997, when he sold the business and joined Coors Distribution Company as VP and general manager. He joined InBev in 1999, serving as VP of U.S. Sales until 2001, when he was promoted to CEO of Labatt USA. From 2003 to 2005, he served as CEO of Interbrew UK and Ireland. He then became COO for InBev, and in 2007, was appointed president of the Europe Group for Coca-Cola Enterprises. In 2008, he was named president of CCE’s North American Business Unit. One of four children of a New York firefighter with roots in Co. Kerry and a mother who was born and raised in Donegal, Steve holds a BA in political science from Northwestern University and an MBA from Harvard. He and his wife, Tracy, reside in Atlanta with their four children.
Joan Carroll is a director in the Personal Finance Services Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. For over 20 years, she has provided comprehensive tax and financial planning services to high net worth individuals, managers and investors of hedge funds and private equity funds, senior corporate executives, and owners of closely held businesses. Joan holds a BBA in accounting from Adelphi University, and currently serves on the board of directors of Concern Worldwide US. Joan grew up in Wantagh, New York and now resides in nearby Long Beach. Her grandfather, Patrick McHugh, was born in County Leitrim, while the Carroll name hails from Westport, County Mayo. Joan is very proud to be of Irish descent, and is “grateful for the strong faith that was passed down to me.”
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WILLIAM M. CASEY
KIERAN CLAFFEY
THOMAS W. CODD
William M. Casey is the chief operating officer for Ernst & Young’s Americas Transaction Advisory Services business. Bill joined the firm in 1983 and has been a partner for over 15 years. Fluent in both Spanish and Portuguese, he worked on transactions in Latin America for more than a decade and spent four years as a partner in Ernst & Young’s Sao Paulo office. Throughout his career, Bill has worked with strategic and private equity buyers in payment and transaction processing, electronic funds transfer and outsourcing. His work has extended to the beverage, automotive, and telecommunications industries. A Chicago native, Bill graduated from the University of Illinois with a BS in accountancy, and went on to earn an MBA from DePaul University. His mother is a native of Crossmolina and his father is from Castlebar, both in County Mayo. He and wife, Amy, have two daughters, Sarah and Hannah. He says, “the Chicago Irish community has given me an appreciation of the intelligence, creativity and passion of the Irish people and their tremendous achievements.”
Kieran Claffey is a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. After joining PwC in 1985, he spent over ten years in the Assurance practice before transferring to the national office to focus on litigation and regulatory related issues. He represents PwC on the Technical Standards Committee of the American Institute of CPAs. Kieran was a founding member and director of the Ireland Chamber of Commerce in the U.S. and a director of the European-American Chamber of Commerce. He is the national treasurer, executive committee member and board member of the Ireland-U.S. Council for Commerce & Industry. He is chairman of the finance committee, member of the executive committee and on the board of trustees of The Gateway Schools, and is a director of Legal Information for Families Today. Born in Dublin, he is a graduate of UCD and a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. Kieran, who has won several all Ireland dancing medals, lives in Manhattan with his wife, Michelle, and sons Ryan, CJ and Steven.
Thomas W. Codd is PwC’s North Texas managing partner. He joined PwC in 1982 and has spent his entire career serving manufacturing and distribution companies, ranging from private companies to multinational corporations. Tom is a director of the American Ireland Fund, a member of the North American Advisory Board of the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and a member of the New York City Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. He earned a BSc in management from Purdue University. He also serves on many civic boards in Dallas, including The Catholic Foundation, World Affairs Council of Dallas-Ft. Worth, Dallas Theater Center, University of Dallas and Circle 10 Council/Boy Scouts of America. Tom, who is a second-generation Irish American – his paternal grandparents were born in counties Carlow and Sligo – says, “I attribute my fundamental values of work ethic, loyalty, fortitude, charity, humor, and humility in large part to my ancestry.” He and his wife, Shelly, live in Dallas, Texas with their four children: Tommy, Kevin, Mike and Kaitlin.
MEGAN COLLIGAN
FRANK COMERFORD
CHIP CONLEY
Megan Colligan is president of Domestic Marketing and Distribution for Paramount Pictures, a position she has held since 2011. She previously served as co-president of Domestic Marketing. Megan has led the marketing and distribution for many of Paramount’s recent hits, including Madagascar 3, the 3-D re-release of Titanic, and the Academy Award-nominated films Puss in Boots, The Adventures of Tin-Tin, and Hugo. Before joining Paramount, Megan was VP at Fox Searchlight. She began her career as a publicist at Miramax Films, served as publicity director for Brill Media Holdings and Media Central, and then joined Fenton Communications. Megan attended Harvard University, where she received a BA in American history and African American studies. She and her husband, Mark Roybal, have three sons, Lukas, Simon and Jesse. A third-generation Irish American, Megan was born in Mineola, NY., to James and Margaret, whose roots go back to Counties Cork and Sligo, respectively. Megan “loves being Irish and is very proud of her Irish heritage.”
Francis X. Comerford is the chief revenue officer & president of commercial operations for NBC Owned Television Stations. Frank joined NBC in 1994. Before being promoted to his current role in 2008, he was president and general manager of NBC’s flagship station, WNBC. His career in the television industry spans over 30 years. Frank is very active in the community, serving on many charitable boards including the NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, the Association for a Better New York and The Television Bureau of Advertising. He has been honored by several organizations, including: the Child Abuse Prevention Program, the Diocese of Brooklyn, and Friends of AHRC Nassau Autism Program. He was Chief Brehon of Brooklyn’s Great Irish Fair in 2003 and has been named a “Favorite Son of Brooklyn.” Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz declared Nov. 26, 2002 Frank Comerford Day. Frank, his wife, Maura, and their son Francis Jr., live in Manhattan and Long Island. He has roots in Co. Kilkenny and he served as Grand Marshal of the 2012 NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
At the age of 26, Chip Conley, founder of Joie de Vivre Hotels began the transformation of a bedraggled 1950s hotel into the renowned Phoenix Hotel in San Francisco. From this first creation sprang Joie de Vivre Hotels, which has accrued nearly 40 award-winning hotels in America and is now America’s second largest boutique hotelier. Also an author, Chip shares his theories to success in life and business in bestsellers Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness + Success, and Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow. The San Francisco Business Times called Chip “the most innovative CEO among business leaders across all industries.” He has received top awards in the hospitality industry, including the 2012 Pioneer Award. Chip, who received his BA and MBA from Stanford University, is a fifth-generation IrishAmerican with ancestral links to Co. Cork on his father’s side. He has two sons, Damien and Eli, and credits his “persistence and courage” with coming from his “humble, faithful Irish roots.”
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DEIRDRE CONNELLY
JOHN J. CONNOLLY, Ed.D.
CATHERINE COUGHLIN
Deirdre Connelly is president, North America Pharmaceuticals for GlaxoSmithKline. She is a member of the global Corporate Executive Team and co-chairs, along with the chairman, Research and Development, the Portfolio Management Board. Prior to joining GSK, Deirdre served as president of U.S. operations at Eli Lilly and Company. Deirdre has been consistently recognized by Fortune as one of the 50 most powerful women in business. In 2008, she was appointed to the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships. In 2010, she was named Woman of the Year by the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association. Deirdre was born in San Juan to an Irish father and a Puerto Rican mother. She earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and marketing from Lycoming College in Pennsylvania in 1983. In 2000, she graduated from Harvard University’s Advanced Management Program.
Dr. John Connolly, president and CEO of Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., is the nation’s leading expert on identifying top physicians. He was president of New York Medical College for over ten years. John is a member of President’s Council of the United Hospital Fund and serves on the boards of Baker and Taylor, Air Methods Corporation, Dearborn Risk Management, and on the advisory board of the Hudson Group. He was founder and chairman of the American Lyme Disease Foundation, and was chairman of the Culinary Institute of America. John received a BS from Worcester State, an MA from the University of Connecticut, and an Ed.D. in college and university administration from Columbia University Teacher’s College. He and his wife, Ingrid, have two children, Sean and Cheryl. His Irish roots come from Clare on his father’s side and Killarney on his mother’s. A member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, John says, “When you learn of the suffering the Irish went through in Ireland and when they first came to the United States, and now [think of] what they have achieved, you cannot help but to be proud of being of Irish descent, and proud to be an American!”
As senior executive vice president and global marketing officer, Cathy Coughlin oversees AT&T brand strategy, advertising, corporate communications, events and sponsorships worldwide. Cathy began her communications career in 1979 when she joined Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in her hometown of St. Louis. During her 33-year career, she has held officer roles in sales, marketing, operations and advertising for AT&T. Prior to her current role, Cathy was president and chief executive officer of AT&T Midwest. Throughout her career, Cathy has been committed to serving the community. She serves on the board of directors of several organizations, including the Girl Scouts of the USA and Northwestern University. She also serves on the board of trustees of the American Film Institute. Cathy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Northwestern University and a Master of Science degree in finance from St. Louis University.
DENNIS CROWLEY
PATRICIA A. CUNNINGHAM
MARTY DALY
Dennis Crowley is the co-founder of Foursquare, a service that mixes social, locative and gaming elements to encourage people to explore the cities in which they live. Previously, Dennis founded dodgeball.com, one of the first mobile social services in the US, which was acquired by Google in 2005. In 2005 Dennis was named one of the “Top 35 Innovators Under 35” by MIT’s Technology Review magazine. In 2009 he won the “Fast Money” bonus round on the TV game show Family Feud. His work has featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, Time, Newsweek, MTV, Slashdot and NBC. Dennis is currently an adjunct professor at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP). A fourth-generation Irish American, Dennis holds a master’s degree from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program and a bachelor’s degree from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. His great-great-grandparents emigrated from Sneem, County Kerry.
As national account manager for United, the world’s largest airline as of October 2012, Patricia Cunningham oversees leisure accounts throughout the U.S. and is responsible for local marketing activities for Europe including Belfast, Dublin and Shannon. She started her airline career at Varig Brazilian Airline and served as director of Airline Sales for Virgin Atlantic Airways, before going to Continental Airlines in 1997. In 2011 she was hired by United during the merger process of Continental and United Airlines. Patricia, who is past president of the Airline Sales Manager Association in New York City, was the first female president of SKAL in New Jersey. She is a second-generation Irish-American with roots in Roscommon on her father’s side. Of her Irish heritage she says, “My Irish heritage has been a source of immense pride, and has provided me with strong work ethics and a commitment to hard work in both my professional career and personal life.” She resides in Neptune, New Jersey.
Marty Daly is the senior vice president & director of News & Late Night Sales for the CBS TV Network. He started at CBS as a traffic clerk in 1974 and worked his way up to his present position in the Sales Department. He now manages all the marketing and sales for CBS This Morning, The Evening News with Scott Pelley, The Late Show with David Letterman and The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Marty, whose parents hail from Co. Kerry, went to All Hallows High School in the Bronx, NY and graduated from Iona College. He says, “My parents taught us the value of hard work and the importance of education. The example they set by putting their children’s education in front of any personal comforts for them is the reason we were able to achieve the American dream!” Last year, Marty was inducted into the All Hallows HS Hall of Fame, where he now serves as chairman of their board of directors. He and his wife, Kathleen, whose parents were born in Co. Cork, have 3 grown children: Laura, Ryan and Colin Daly.
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SHANNON DEEGAN
A. JAMES D EHAYES
DANIEL J. DOHERTY
As director of People Operations at Google, Shannon Deegan leads several key global teams, including M&A and Pre-University Education Outreach. During his five years at Google, he has served as the lead business partner to Google’s Global Business organization, as the head of the central staffing organization, and the global Talent and Outreach Programs, including Diversity. Shannon joined Google after several years in media and publishing. He worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in New York City, and in public service in Canada. He was also a professional hockey player with the Los Angeles Kings organization. Shannon has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Vermont, where he received the university’s “Most Outstanding Student” award. He also holds an MPhil degree in international studies from Trinity College, Dublin, and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. A native of Verdun, Quebec, Shannon lives in San Jose, California with his wife, Patti, and their three children, twins Conal and Orla, and Bridget.
A. James DeHayes is an authority on strategy development and implementation in marketing, distribution, and M&A support for the financial services industry. Prior to founding DeHayes Consulting Group, James served as CMO for a major diversified financial services company. He is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School, a graduate of Leadership in Professional Services, a chartered life underwriter and chartered financial consultant from the American College, and holds an MBA from Pepperdine University. James is active in numerous organizations, including a professional member of the World Future Society, an associate member of the New York Society of Security Analysts, various leadership roles with the Harvard Business School Alumni Association of Northern California, and a member of the North American Advisory Board for the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School in Dublin. A second-generation Irish American whose mother’s family has roots in Belfast, James is married with six children.
With 27 years of experience serving clients in the life sciences, consumer products, retail and manufacturing industries, Daniel Doherty, a partner at KPMG, is the firm’s national market development leader for Advisory. Dan serves as KPMG’s senior client service partner for Abbott Laboratories, Chrysler Group, Fortune Brands, Schawk, Walgreens and WW Grainger. A graduate of De Paul University and a CPA, Dan serves on the advisory board of the DePaul University School of Accountancy. He is a trustee of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and is on the board of the Big Shoulders Fund and the Civic Consulting Alliance. Dan’s father, Owen Doherty, emigrated from Ballyliffin, Co. Donegal, and his mother, Mary Burke, came from Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo. He says, “My Irish heritage and, specifically, my parents’ successes and life journey are a constant source of pride and inspiration.” He and his wife, Laurie, have two sons, Thomas and Brian.
MICHAEL J. DOLAN
JOHN DONAHOE
LISA DONOHUE
Michael J. Dolan has worked in the oil and petrochemical business for over 36 years. He began his career in research and development, and proceeded through a variety of research, engineering, manufacturing and business management positions. Michael has worked in all parts of Exxon Mobil’s business both domestically and abroad. Today he is senior vice president and a member of the management committee of Exxon Mobil Corporation in Irving, TX. Michael is a director of the U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council, the U.S.-China Business Council, and a former director of the American Petroleum Institute. He is also trustee of his alma mater, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he received a BS in chemical engineering. Michael holds an MBA from Drexel University in Philadelphia. He is a third-generation Irish American with roots in Ballincollig, Co Cork. He says, “My great-grandfather came to America, served in the army and bought a small farm. His descendants have been living the American dream as a result.” Michael and his wife, Debora, have four children and one grandchild.
John Donahoe became president and CEO of eBay Inc. in 2008. In this role, he leads a global ecommerce and payments leader with revenues of $11.7 billion in 2011 and hundreds of millions of users around the world. John has driven a strong focus on innovation and customers across eBay Inc.’s core businesses, which include eBay, PayPal, GSI Commerce and X.commerce, the company’s platform division. John joined eBay in March 2005 as president of eBay Marketplaces, responsible for all elements of eBay’s global ecommerce businesses. In this role, he focused on expanding eBay’s core business. John also oversaw a number of strategic acquisitions, including Shopping.com and StubHub. Prior to eBay, John spent more than 20 years at Bain & Company, a worldwide consulting firm based in Boston. He received a BA in economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Additionally, John serves on the Board of Directors for eBay Inc. and Intel Corp. A fifth-generation Irish American, John has roots in Tipperary. He and his wife, Eileen Chamberlain, have four children.
As CEO of Starcom USA, Lisa Donohue empowers her company to exceed challenges on behalf of some of the country’s mightiest marketers, including Allstate, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Bank of America, Burger King, Kellogg, Microsoft, P&G, Samsung and more, connecting them with people through human understanding, real-time business intelligence and creative ideas. Since becoming CEO in 2009, Lisa has spurred creative transformation, establishing Starcom as MEDIA’s 2011 Creative Media Agency of the Year. She is a member of Starcom MediaVest Group’s global Executive Management Group. Lisa received the honor of Chicago Advertising Federation’s Advertising Woman of the Year in 2011, as well as Adweek’s 2011 Executive Media All-Star. In 2006 Advertising Age recognized her as a Woman to Watch. She also has two Cannes Media Lion victories (2001) for work on Nintendo. Lisa is a third-generation Irish American on her father’s side and fourth-generation on her mother’s. Both families are from Cork.
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JOHN DONOVAN
MICHAEL J. DOWLING
John Donovan is senior executive vice president of AT&T Technology and Network Operations, responsible for AT&T’s technology and global network, including the company’s best-in-class mobile broadband network. He first joined AT&T as chief technology officer in 2007, having begun his career at Deloitte Consulting, where he advanced to partner. He moved on to become chairman and CEO of inCode Telecom Group Inc., and also worked at VeriSign Inc., where he was executive vice president of product, sales, marketing and operations. John graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BSEE degree and earned an MBA in finance from the University of Minnesota. He is the author of two books, The Value of Enterprise and Value of Creating Growth. He and his wife, Judy, have three children – Shaina, Rory and Julia. A third-generation Irish American with roots in in Ireland on both of his parents’ sides, John says of his Irish heritage, “St. Patrick’s Day was one of the most important celebrations in my home. My dad was so proud of his heritage.”
Michael J. Dowling is president and CEO of the North Shore-LIJ Health System, which delivers world-class clinical care throughout the New York metropolitan area, pioneering research at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and a visionary approach to medical education, highlighted by the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine. North Shore-LIJ is the largest integrated healthcare system in New York State with total revenue of more than $6.7 billion, and is the nation’s third-largest, non-profit secular health system. Prior to joining North Shore-LIJ, he served in New York State government for 12 years, including two years as commissioner of social services. He was a long-time chief advisor to former New York Governor Mario Cuomo on health and human services issues. Earlier, he was a professor of social policy and an assistant dean of the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Services. He started his career as a caseworker in the New York City schools, having earned his master’s degree from Fordham and undergraduate degree from University College in Cork.
JOHN DUFFY
MIKE DUFFY
TERRENCE A. DUFFY
John Duffy is CEO and founder of 3Cinteractive, an enterprise software company specializing in mobile business solutions. With 25 years of experience in communications and payment processing, John has established several successful companies. 3Cinteractive, which he founded in 2005, ranked 12th on Forbes’ 2011 list of America’s Most Promising Companies. In 2012, he received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award in Florida, and the Sun Sentinel’s Excalibur Award. He serves on the boards of the Dan Marino Foundation and the FAU Foundation. A second-generation Irish American, with family from Carrigart, Co. Donegal on his father’s side, John graduated from Ohio University with a degree in business administration. He made his first trip to Ireland as a teenager, and says that it made him understand “what it mean[s] to be Irish. Ingrained in the culture and etched on the faces of the people, I saw the characteristics I admired most in my father – loyalty and hard work” He and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Emily and Annie.
Mike Duffy is executive vice president of Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain for Cardinal Health. Prior to Cardinal Health, Duffy served as vice president, Global Value Chain at The Gillette Co. Mike is president of the Corporate Advisory Council at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business Master of Supply Chain Management Program and a former board member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP). Mike earned both his bachelor’s degree (operations research) and master’s degree (transportation) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is a fourth-generation Irish American with roots in Dublin on both sides of the family, and ancestors from Kilkenny on his mother’s side. He remarks, “my family is from Boston, where the Irish community is still very active. I am proud to be a descendant of the Irish community that both built the city infrastructure and shaped its local culture. It is that work ethic and sense of purpose that I carry with me every day.”
Terrence A. Duffy has been executive chairman of CME Group since 2007. Previously, he was chairman of the board of CME and CME Holdings since 2002 and executive chairman since 2006. He is vice chairman of the CME Group Foundation, serves on the board of directors of World Business Chicago, the board of trustees of Saint Xavier University, and the regional advisory board of The American Ireland Fund. He is also co-chair of the Mayo Clinic Greater Chicago Leadership Council. In 2002, Duffy was appointed by President Bush to serve on a National Saver Summit on Retirement Savings and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2003 to the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. A third-generation Irish American, Terrence attended the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. In 2007, he received a Doctor of Humane Letters from DePaul University.
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Six Flags Entertainment Corp.
John Duffey is the chief financial officer of Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, responsible for the finance and information technology functions in the company, the largest regional theme park operator in the world. Prior to joining Six Flags, John served as executive vice president and chief integration officer of Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, and was responsible for leading the integration of Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics and Dade Behring. Prior to Dade Behring’s acquisition by Siemens AG, John served as the EVP and CFO of Dade Behring. John holds a BA in accounting from Michigan State University. A father of three, he said of his third-generation Derry and Donegal roots, “The Irish have tremendous pride which is passed down from generation to generation, regardless of where they live. Family is extremely important and growing up in an Irish Catholic family with five siblings and 31 cousins taught me values I will use and cherish throughout my life. I am proud of my Irish heritage and when my children are asked of their nationality, they always have the same answer, ‘Irish.’”
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IRELAND’S GREAT HUNGER MUSEUM M Ú S A E M A N G H O R TA M H Ó I R
Welcome to Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum/Músaem An Ghorta Mhóir, in Hamden, CT. This is the only museum of its kind in North America, the continent of refuge to so many famine victims and home to generations of their descendants. A special supplement to Irish America Magazine produced by Turlough McConnell
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rom 1845 to 1852, more than 1 million Irish men, women and children either starved to death or died from complications caused by famine. More than 2
million fled Ireland to avoid death, disease and destitution. If it takes seven generations to assimilate such a national disaster, the time has come to address the silence and tell the story of Ireland’s Great Hunger. That’s a mission that Quinnipiac University has now assumed. Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum/Músaem An Ghorta Mhóir in Hamden, Connecticut, brings the world’s largest collection of paintings, sculptures and other visual arts relating to the catastrophe to the general public. HISTORY OF THE COLLECTION The story behind the Ireland’s Great Hunger collection begins in 1997 when Quinnipiac President John L. Lahey served as grand marshal of the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade. He made Ireland’s Great Hunger the theme of that year’s parade in order to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Black ‘47, the worst year of the Irish famine. The late Murray Lender, a Quinnipiac alumnus and vice chairman of the Board of Trustees, was deeply moved, grasping at once the compelling nature of the story and the importance of educating people about the true causes and consequences of the catastrophe. Murray Lender’s generous financial support, and that of his brother Marvin, led to the creation of the Lender Family Special Collection Room, original home to a small but compelling art collection and where an important trove of educational and research materials is housed. Over the years, the collection grew to where it deserved its own museum space. Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum on Whitney Avenue in Hamden is designed by the Connecticut team of Wyeth Architects. Exhibition design by Group C, with selection and arrangement of the works by Inaugural Exhibition Curator, Niamh O’Sullivan, Professor Emeritus of Visual Culture, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland, captures the visitor’s full attention. The museum aims to strengthen and advance Quinnipiac University’s commitment to education about Ireland’s Great Hunger and be a showcase for world-class Irish visual arts, as well as a center of artistic and academic excellence illustrating the richness of Irish culture and ideas. The museum was formally dedicated by Leo Varadkar, TD, Ireland's Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, on September 28, 2012.
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Irish President, Michael D. Higgins, said at the 2012 National Famine Commemoration in Boston, “It is when we acknowledge the facts of what has been omitted, and speculate on why, that we are best prepared to use our own Famine experience in such a way as would generate an appropriately ethical response to the obscenity of recurring famines in our own time in different parts of our shared vulnerable planet. “Given our Famine experience, hunger has a deep resonance with the Irish people,” the president, academic and poet, concluded. “Our experience of famine has echoed through the generations and has shaped the values and principles that are embedded in our people.” Quinnipiac University has a tradition of charting visionary courses even as it predictably and consistently appears on lists of the country’s top schools. WO R KS O F A R T More than 100 original works of art by noted contemporary Irish and American artists in a variety of visual media are featured, as well as a number of important 19th- and 20th-century paintings. Begun in 1997, this dynamic collection continues to grow. Artists represented in the inaugural exhibition include John Behan, Micheal Farrell, Glenna Goodacre, Rowan Gillespie, Brian Maguire, Eamon O'Doherty, Alanna O'Kelly and Geraldine O'Reilly. BOOKS The Lender Family Special Collection Room at Quinnipiac’s Arnold Bernhard Library includes more than 700 books on the Famine period, including historical novels and academic works, available for research. PROGRAMS Museum programs will highlight the richness of Irish culture and encourage its fullest appreciation by the general public, scholars, researchers, artists and students.
Top: Dr. John L. Lahey, President, Quinnipiac University, addresses the IGHM Dedication. Robert Ballagh’s stained glass window, An Gorta Mór, appears in the background. Middle: Leo Varadkar, TD, Ireland’s Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, presents Tourism Ireland’s Trip for Two to lucky winner, Quinnipiac student Michelle Ayrapetyan of Richboro, PA, at the IGHM concert headlined by Dropkick Murphys. Bottom: Artists John Behan and Brian Maguire with Catherine Marshall, senior curator and head of the collection at the Irish Museum of Modern Art and moderator of the panel, Depicting the Great Hunger Through Art.
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Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University opened to the public on October 11, 2012. It houses exceptional images and supporting documentation that address the history, culture and memory of the worst catastrophe of the nineteenth century. The museum is a unique repository, and my challenge, as its first Director, is to help audiences find ways to remember a past that shaped our world on both sides of the Atlantic. The task – to introduce people of all ages and ethnic backgrounds to the shocking events of the Famine in Ireland in the nineteenth century – extends to sensitizing people to ongoing famine around the world today. This will be augmented by special exhibitions, conferences, scholarly panels, and publications. An immediate ancillary goal is to assess the vast printed material collection in order to make it as widely accessible for scholars as possible. The museum promotes exemplary historic, cultural and educational practices. The growth of audiences and the experiences of viewers are integral to the museum’s future development. Grace Brady Executive Director November 6, 2012
Top: Historian Christine Kinealy, author of The Great Calamity, with New York Consul General of Ireland, Noel Kilkenny and Hanora O’Dea Kilkenny, at the Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum Dedication. Middle: Cynthia Gibbons of Palm Beach, FL, with Betsy White, George White, Founder and Chairman, Eugene O'Neill Center, CT, and Mike Gibbons, President-Emeritus, IrelandU.S. Council. Bottom: Artist Rowan Gillespie, whose work features in the IGHM collection, with Inaugural Exhibition Curator, Niamh O’Sullivan.
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Top: Mick Moloney (on banjo) with distinguished musical guests, The Green Fields of America. Far Left: Darrah Carr appearing with the Niall O’Leary Irish Dance Troupe, the Pilatzke Brothers and Cara Butler. Above: Eileen Burns of Palm Beach, FL, with Irish artist Robert Ballagh and Brian P. Burns, whose gift of the 19th century painting, Lest We Forget, hangs in IGHM. Near Left: Visiting Irish artist Alanna O’Kelly’s work appears in the collection.
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“Famine was not the stuff of art. Those who witnessed the Great Hunger, or survived it, or even just heard of it, would have considered it improper to represent it, or elevate it to the condition of art. Artists painted for an elite market, and it was unlikely that the merchant classes, landlords (absentee or otherwise) or the governing strata would purchase pictures of rotting potatoes, emaciated bodies or diseased corpses to hang in their dining or withdrawing rooms.” Niamh O’Sullivan Curator, Inaugural Exhibition Professor Emeritus of Visual Culture National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
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1. Rowan Gillespie b. 1953 The Victim modeled 1996, cast 1998 Bronze 9.5 x 7.5 x 7.5 in The first piece acquired by the museum, The Victim is a quintessential work of representation. Gift of the Lender Family.
2. Kieran Tuohy b. 1953 Thank you to the Choctaw 2005 Bog oak 54 x 8 x 8 in Tuohy works with hard black oak from the forests that once covered Ireland. Using wood, he tells stories of Ireland’s Famine, from which he believes the country has never fully recovered. The Choctaw tribe took the sufferings of the Irish on themselves. In 1847, the Choctaw tribe raised for Irish Famine
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relief $170-a huge amount, considering their own needs. The Palaeoecology Centre, Queens University Belfast, dated this piece of oak as from 1705 BC to 1389 BC.
3. Lilian Lucy Davidson ARHA 1879-1954 Burying the Child Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in Burying the Child is unusual for Irish painting of the time, echoing the European tradition in those apocalyptic years of World War I. These are the poorest of the poor, suffering an annihilating grief albeit that Ireland may be in the post-Famine period.
4. Micheal Farrell 1940!2000 Black ’47 1997!98 Hillier’s medium and acrylic on canvas 118 x 177 in Charles Trevelyan, the assistant secretary to the British Treasury, was officially responsible for Irish Famine relief. A man of chilling rectitude, his solution to the problem was noninterference and selfreliance. He saw the Famine as a “mechanism for reducing surplus population,” and in 1846 declared that the Famine was “the direct stroke of an all-wise Providence in a manner as unexpected and as unthought-of as it is likely to be effectual.” Gift of the Lender Family.
5. Daniel MacDonald 1821-53 Irish Peasant Children 1847 Oil on canvas 33 x 29 in Completed at the height of the Famine, the idyllic landscape may be classically serene, but the
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“The Great Hunger [also] resulted in a cultural loss, which was less tangible, but still devastating. In the words of one survivor Maire Ni Grianna from the Rosses, County Donegal (translated from the Irish language): ‘Recreation and leisure ceased. Poetry, music and dancing died. These things were lost and completely forgotten. When life improved in other ways, these pursuits never returned as they had been. The famine killed everything.’” Christine Kinealy Professor of History, Drew University 6.
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6. Paul Henry RHA 1876–1958 Cottages, West of Ireland 1928–30 Oil on canvas 22 x 26 in A cosmopolitan, Henry moved to Achill Island where he conceived a style that identified the West as the repository of the spiritual values of the nation.
7. Irish School 19th Century Lest We Forget Oil on canvas 30 x 40 in The setting is a sparsely furnished traditional Irish cottage, with the hearth at the center of the home – a rural world, still hovering in the shadow of the Famine, but on the verge of change. From the Brian P. Burns Collection of Irish Art. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. Burns, September 28, 2012.
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JACK B. DUNN IV
ALAN T. ENNIS
Jack Dunn has been chief executive officer of FTI Consulting, Inc. since 1995, and has served as a director of the firm since 1992. In May 2004, he assumed the position of president, a position he also held from October 1995 to December 1998. Over this time, he has helped guide FTI Consulting from a small forensic consulting firm into one of the largest global business advisory firms. Jack joined FTI Consulting as CFO following a 10-year career at the regional investment banking firm Legg Mason Wood Walker Inc. Prior to his investment banking career, he practiced corporate and securities law. Jack received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University and his JD from the University of Maryland School of Law (Order of the Coif). He is a member of the board of directors for Pepco Holdings, Inc., a member of the board of trustees for Johns Hopkins Medicine and a limited partner of the Baltimore Orioles. A fifthgeneration Irish-American, Jack, who lives in Maryland with his wife and sons, has visited Ireland numerous times.
Alan T. Ennis has served as Revlon’s president and CEO since May 2009 and has been a director on the company’s board since March 2009. He was named a “Top 40 financial executive under 40” by Treasury & Risk magazine in 2008. Prior to joining Revlon, Alan held several senior positions with Ingersoll-Rand Company. He began his career in 1991 with Arthur Andersen in Dublin. A chartered accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered accountants in Ireland, Alan is on the board of directors of the Ireland U.S. Council. Alan holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin, Ireland, and a Master of Business Administration degree from NYU Stern. Born in Dublin to Michael Ennis of Tipperary and Maggie Ennis of Cork, Alan believes that “being Irish is about perseverance, resilience, and gratitude.” He currently resides in New Jersey with his wife, Michelle, and their three young children.
JAMES FARLEY
BRENDAN P. FARRELL, JR.
JOHN MICHAEL FARRELL
James Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, Global Marketing, Sales and Service and is the company’s most senior marketing leader. Before being appointed to his current position in August 2010, Jim was group vice president, global marketing and Canada, Mexico and South America. Before joining Ford, he was group vice president and general manager of Lexus. James joined Toyota in 1990 and had a distinguished career there, a highlight being his responsibility for the successful launch and rollout of Toyota’s new Scion brand. James was later promoted to vice president of Scion and was responsible for all Scion activities. A cousin of the late comedian Chris Farley, James Farley earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and computer science from Georgetown University and has an MBA from UCLA. His grandfather was a longtime Ford worker who eventually ran a Lincoln-Mercury dealership near Detroit. James and his wife, Lia, have three children.
Brendan P. Farrell, Jr. is CEO of XSP, the global leader in automated end-to-end Corporate Actions solutions for the financial industry. With almost 30 years of experience in financial services he was previously VP of Sales and Marketing at Financial Information, Inc. and held various positions at Bank of New York. Brendan created IMMRAM, an informal network for the Irish Diaspora. Most recently, IMMRAM and XSP helped raise over $25,000 for Self Help Africa. Brendan is a director to the board of the American Friends of Athlone Institute of Technology, Inc. Foundation and serves on the St. Patrick’s Day Foundation NYC board. In 2012, he was named Person of the Year by FTF News, and CEO of the Year by Goodacre Systems in the City. Born in the U.S. to Brendan, Sr. from Ballinalee, Co. Longford and Rita from Knockbrack, Knockagoshel, Co. Kerry, Brendan was raised in Longford Town, where his family ran O’Farrell’s Bar and Grocery. He lives in Denville, NJ with his wife of 21 years, Christine, and their children, Dylan and Brianna.
John Michael Farrell is a consulting partner in KPMG’s New York office, with over 25 years of management and risk consulting experience. John has received his master’s of science degree in accounting and a master’s of business administration in finance from Long Island University. He is also a certified public accountant in New York State and belongs to the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. John is a fourth-generation Irish American with roots in County Monaghan on his father’s side. His grandmother was one of eleven children born at the turn of the century in New York. John’s great-grandparents came to America from Ireland in the 1880s.
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MARY CALLAHAN ERDOES
J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Mary Callahan Erdoes is CEO of J.P. Morgan’s Asset Management Division, a global leader in investment management and private banking with over $2.0 trillion in assets under supervision. In addition to being a member of JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Operating and Executive Committees, she leads the firm’s strategic partnership with Highbridge Capital Management and Gavea Investments. She joined J.P. Morgan in 1996 from Meredith, Martin & Kaye. A graduate of Georgetown University (BS) and Harvard Business School (MBA), Mary is a board member of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and serves on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets. She ranks among Forbes and Fortune magazines most recent “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” and “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” lists, respectively. An Illinois native, whose great-grandparents emigrated from Cork on her father’s side and Tipperary on her mother’s, Mary lives in New York City with her husband and three daughters
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IRIAL FINAN
ANNE M. FINUCANE
DAVE FITZGERALD
Anne M. Finucane is global strategy and marketing officer at Bank of America and is also a member of the company’s executive management team. She oversees public policy, government affairs, consumer policy, corporate social responsibility, communications, marketing, and directs the largest community development and investment goal ever established by a U.S. financial institution ($1.5 trillion over 10 years). In addition, she oversees a 10-year, $2 billion philanthropic goal through the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, one of the largest corporate philanthropic organizations in the world. Listed on American Banker’s 2012 list of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking and among Advertising Age’s 100 Most Influential Women in Advertising, Anne is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on numerous boards including the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Partners Healthcare, and the American Ireland Fund. She has roots in Co. Cork on both sides of her family, most notably through her grandfather, Michael Finucane, who came to the United States as a young boy.
In 1983, Dave Fitzgerald founded advertising agency Fitzgerald+CO, where he remains president and CEO. His company was named Best Agency in the Southeast by Adweek and, for five straight years, was named one of the best Atlanta companies to work for by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. A second-generation Irish American, Dave ran the Order of the Green Jacket of Ireland, which helped raise funds for Irish athletes in the 1996 Olympics. He is a member of the board of St. Joseph’s Hospital, the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia and Road Safe America. He has twice been Grand Marshal of the Atlanta St. Patrick’s Day Parade. He is chairman of the 2011 and 2012 Atlanta St Patrick’s Day Parades and was a participant in the 2011 Global Irish Economic Forum.. Dave received his BS and MBA from the University of Dayton, where he was honored with the Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. Having visited Ireland over forty times, he became an Irish citizen in 2004 and traces his family to the western counties of Kerry and Sligo. Dave calls his Irish heritage “a source of great pride.”
JOHN FITZPATRICK
MIKE FLYNN
WILLIAM J. FLYNN
John Fitzpatrick is president and CEO of the Fitzpatrick Hotel Group, North America. He began his impressive career almost 30 years ago with a hotel management course in Ireland, followed by the prestigious hotel management course offered at UNLV in Las Vegas. He then returned to Ireland to work at the family hotels in Dublin and Bunratty, before moving back to the U.S. in 1991. John currently serves as chairman of the Hotel Association of NYC, and as secretary/treasurer for the American Hotel & Lodging Association. He is on the boards of both The American Ireland Fund and the Ireland-U.S. Council. Active in a number of philanthropic activities that aid children and advance the peace process in Northern Ireland, John was conferred with an honorary OBE in 2008. Queen’s University Belfast awarded him an honorary Doctorate of Science in Economics in 2011. He received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2002. In 1993 John founded the Eithne and Paddy Fitzpatrick Memorial Foundation in memory of his parents. The foundation has generated more than $1.3 million for charities.
An accomplished musician, writer, and producer, Michael Francis Flynn is Epic Records’ executive vice president of A&R, and staff producer. Mike began his career in 1998, when he was signed as an artist to Epic. Later he became a staff producer while serving as A&R for the label. Mike has worked with artists such as John Mellencamp, The Fray, Sara Bareilles, Cher Loyd, Howie Day, and American Idol winner Kris Allen. His production work on The Fray’s albums How to Save a Life and The FRAY helped the band sell over five million albums and 15 million singles worldwide. He is a Grammy-nominated producer, and has been recognized in Billboard’s 40 Under 40 list. Mike is a graduate of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, where he received a BA in audio engineering. A second-generation IrishAmerican, Mike traces his maternal roots to Co. Cork. He says, “My Irish heritage means a lot to me because I feel like the Irish always fought through adversity and came out on top.”
During his 34 years with Mutual of America, Bill Flynn established himself as a great leader whose business skills were reflected in Mutual of America’s performance and recognized throughout the life insurance industry. Today he is Mutual’s chairman emeritus. Bill’s commitment to social justice continues to be felt in the success of the Irish peace process and the work of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP). As the first IrishAmerican chairman of the NCAFP, it was Flynn who invited all of Northern Ireland’s political leaders, including Gerry Adams, to the U.S., a move that propelled Northern Ireland into the peace process. A graduate of Fordham University, Bill is a first-generation Irish American with roots in Counties Mayo and Down. In 1996, he was Grand Marshal of New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Bill was inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame in 2011.
The Coca-Cola Company Irial Finan is executive vice president, The CocaCola Company and president of Bottling Investments and Supply Chain. He is responsible for managing a multi-billion-dollar internal bottling business, Bottling Investments Group (BIG), which has operations in 5 continents. Irial has 29 years experience in the Coca-Cola system. From 2001 to 2003, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola HBC. Irial joined the Coca-Cola Company in 2004 as president, Bottling Investments and Supply Chain, and was named executive vice president of the company in 2004. Irial serves on the boards of directors of Coca-Cola FEMSA, Coca-Cola HBC, and the Supervisory Board of CCE AG. He also serves as a non-executive director for Co-operation Ireland and NUI Galway Foundation. He holds a BC from National University of Ireland in Galway and is an Associate (later Fellow) of the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants. Irial and his wife, Deirdre, have two daughters, Ciara and Roisin.
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KIERAN GALLAHUE
ED GILLIGAN
As executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, William Clay Ford, Jr., is leading the company that put the world on wheels into the 21st century. Bill joined Ford in 1979 as a product planning analyst. He held a variety of domestic and international assignments in manufacturing, sales, marketing, product development and finance, before becoming vice president, Commercial Truck Vehicle Center in 1994. He served as CEO from October 2001 to September 2006. A member of the board since 1988, he became chairman in 1999, and is also chairman of the board’s Environmental and Public Policy Committee. Bill is vice chairman of the Detroit Lions football team, chairman of the board of the Detroit Economic Club, and a member of the boards of The Henry Ford Foundation, the Henry Ford Health System, and eBay, Inc. Bill holds a BA degree from Princeton and an MS degree in management as an Alfred P. Sloan fellow from MIT. He is the great-grandson of founder and innovator Henry Ford, who was the son of an Irish immigrant from Cork. In 2011, Bill was inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame.
Kieran Gallahue, chairman and chief executive officer of CareFusion, has nearly 20 years of strategic, operational and corporate management experience in the healthcare industry. Previously, he served as president, CEO and a director of ResMed. Since 2007, Kieran has served on the board of Volcano Corp., a developer of products for interventional cardiology. He also serves on the executive committee of the board of the Advanced Medical Technology Association and has been a member of the Young Presidents Organization since 2002. Prior to joining ResMed, Kieran held various general management and functional roles at Nanogen, Instrumentation Laboratory, The Procter & Gamble Company and GE. He holds a BS in economics from Rutgers University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. The grandson of four Irish emigrants, he has roots in Cork, Ballybunion, Newry, and Ballylanders. For Kieran, “being Irish is about far more than genetics or genealogy. It is a spirit, an attitude and a foundation.”
Ed Gilligan is vice chairman of American Express Company, a position he has held since June 2007. Ed is responsible for the company’s global consumer, small business, merchant services, and network services businesses. While studying for his BS in economics and management at New York University in 1980, Ed joined American Express where he worked as a temp. He became full time with the company in 1982. In June 1995, Ed took the position of president for Commercial Card and Business Travel for the United States. He was named one of the two group presidents at American Express in 2002 and ran the international consumer card business as well as the global portfolio of payment and travel services. Ed is a member of the board of directors of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in NY and a member on the boards of Zipcar Inc., Concur Technologies, and The Fancy.com. Ed is a first-generation Irish-American with family from Castlerea, Co. Roscommon on his father side. He lives in New York with his wife, Lisa, and their four children.
JOHN HAYES
JAMES R. HEEKIN III
PJ HOUGH
For the past 18 years, John Hayes has led global marketing at American Express, helping shape both the company and its brand. In addition to overseeing marketing strategies and product development, John leads the company’s global advertising, digital marketing strategy, market research, corporate sponsorships, brand management and publishing organizations. He has been the force behind the business strategies that have resulted in iconic campaigns such as “My life. My card.” and leading edge marketing programs such as Members Project. Additionally, under John’s leadership American Express has created over 200 new product launches, including the coveted Centurion black card, AmEx Blue and more recently ZYNC from American Express. Prior to joining American Express, John was the president of Lowe and Partners, and held senior positions at Geer DuBois, Ammirati & Puris and Saatchi & Saatchi Compton. John is currently a member of the Save the Children – Newborn and Child Survival campaign council.
James R. Heekin III became chairman and CEO of Grey Group in January 2007, after leading Grey, the company’s global advertising arm, since 2005. Under his leadership, Grey has enjoyed the most successful years in its history, adding over $1 billion in new business and producing such award-winning campaigns as the ETrade baby and Ellen DeGeneres for CoverGirl. Ad Age named Grey to its prestigious A-List of the world’s best agencies and Fast Company named Grey to its “50 Most Innovative Companies in the World.” Earlier in his career, Jim served as chairman and CEO of EuroRSCG Worldwide, McCann-Erickson WorldGroup and McCann-Erickson Worldwide. A graduate of Williams College, Jim served previously on the board of directors for JWT, the Interpublic Group of Companies, The American Association of Advertising Agencies and the Ad Council. A fourth-generation Irish American whose father’s family came from Co. Donegal, Jim says that he has been “proud to witness and be a small part of the rise of the Irish in America and the transformation of Ireland.”
PJ Hough is a corporate vice president for Program Management at Microsoft. His responsibilities involve product planning, design, research and program management. Having joined Microsoft in 1994, PJ has worked his way through the company. After working seven years in programmability and program management, he joined the Office product planning team, based in Ireland. Then, in 2004, he returned to Redmond, Washington as group program manager for the SharePoint Services team. PJ was born in Manchester, England, and his mother and father both hail from Co. Tipperary. He earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in computer applications from Dublin City University. PJ lives in North Bend, Washington, with his wife, Mar Lydon and his daughter, Aoife.
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Shelley Hurley is executive director of Accenture Risk Management. A past president of ERI Trading, Inc., Shelley has had an extensive career in trading and risk management. She was a seat holder on the New York Mercantile Exchange and is a past recipient of Accenture’s Developer of the Year award. A native of Kansas, Shelley graduated from Friends University and earned her MBA from the Tunderbird International School of Business in Arizona. Shelley is a fifth-generation Irish American with ancestral links to County Cork on her father’s side of the family. Of her Irish heritage, she says, “Knowing that there is a 6th generation – in my nephew, Dr. Patrick Ryan Hurley (Paddy Ryan), who received his master’s in history from UCD – makes me proud to be part of a long line of Irish Americans.” She and Travis Barrett reside in Austin, Texas.
Stephen P. Joyce is president, CEO, and member of the board of directors of Choice Hotels International, Inc., one of the world’s largest hotel franchises, a position he has held since 2008. Under Stephen’s leadership, Choice has seen significant gains in market share position, expansion into new markets and the advancement of new brands. The company has also seen further enhancements in marketing strategies, brand awareness and eCommerce initiatives, including the launch of the industry’s first global iPhone application. An active member of the lodging industry, Stephen is the incoming chairman of the International Franchise Association, effective 2014, and is currently vice chairman of the board of ServiceSource Foundation. He also serves as a member of the board of directors for the Autism Learning Center and The Real Estate Roundtable. Stephen, whose family hail from Galway, holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Virginia and has done graduate work at Cornell University, Wharton Business School, and the Aspen Institute.
Brian Kelley is CEO of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. He assumed leadership of Green Mountain on December 3. Brian’s career has spanned 29 years, with experience at Procter & Gamble, GE, the Ford Motor Company (where he was the president of Lincoln Mercury), 5 years as the president and CEO of SIRVA (a $4 billion global relocation company which Brian took public in 2003), and 5 years with Coca-Cola. He joined Coca-Cola in 2007 as president of its $6 billion non-carbonated beverages business in North America, and was selected in 2010 to lead the integration of the company’s acquisition of Coca-Cola Enterprises and the formation of Coca-Cola Refreshments. After the integration, Brian was named chief product supply officer for Coca-Cola Refreshments. Brian was the third of seven children born to an Irish Catholic family in Cincinnati, OH. His greatgrandfather Eugene emigrated from Co. Cork in the mid-1880s. A graduate of Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA with a degree in economics, Brian lives in Atlanta with his wife, Michelle, and their two daughters, Erin and Gwen.
WILLIAM H. KELLEY
DECLAN KELLY
SHAUN T. KELLY
A fourth-generation candy maker, Bill Kelley is vice chairman of Jelly Belly Candy Co. He joined the family business, Goelitz Confectionery, in 1965, after graduating from Xavier University and serving as an army officer in the U.S. and Korea. In 1974, like his grandfather and father before him, Bill became president of the company, which in 2001 merged with Herman Goelitz Candy Co., run by Bill’s cousin, Herman Rowland, to form Jelly Belly. Bill has been honored by the National Confectioners Association (of which he is a past chairman), Candy Industry Magazine, Retail Confectioners International, and was inducted into the Candy Hall of Fame in Hershey, PA. He serves on the boards of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, the North Chicago Chamber of Commerce, and volunteers with the American Cancer Society. He and his wife, Joanie, live in Winnetka, IL and have two children, Meghan and Brian, and four grandchildren. Bill’s great-great-grandfather, Patrick Kelly, emigrated from Ireland around 1835. Four of Patrick’s children, including Bill’s great-grandfather William Kelley, fought in the Civil War.
Declan Kelly is CEO of Teneo. Previously, he served as the U.S. Economic Envoy to Northern Ireland, appointed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in September 2009. Prior to his government service, he was executive vice president and chief integration officer of FTI Consulting, one of the world’s leading international consulting companies. Before joining FTI, he was chairman and CEO of Financial Dynamics (FD) in the U.S. and chairman of FD in Ireland. He joined FD when he sold his company, Gallagher and Kelly Public Relations, to FD in 2000. Declan, who is from Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, previously worked as a journalist for over a decade. A graduate of NUI Galway, he also holds an honorary doctorate from Queen’s University Belfast in recognition of his service to business and the economy of Northern Ireland. He created and continues to underwrite and oversee the Northern Ireland Mentorship Program in partnership with the American Ireland Fund, on whose executive board he serves. In 2012, he was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
Shaun Kelly is vice chair – operations for KPMG LLP, responsible for the execution of the firm’s financial plan. In October 2010 he was appointed chief operating officer, Americas. In this position, he works with the leaders of the KPMG International member firms to align their respective strategies, structure and plans. A native of Belfast, Shaun joined KPMG International’s Irish member firm in Dublin in 1980 and transferred to the U.S. San Francisco office in 1984. He was admitted to the U.S. partnership in 1999. He earned a bachelor of commerce, first class honors from University College, Dublin and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and a certified public accountant. He is treasurer and a member of the board of Enactus, a member of the UCD Smurfit School North American Board and a member of the board of the Irish Arts Center in New York. Shaun also co-chairs KPMG’s Disabilities Network, and is a member of KPMG’s Diversity Advisory Board. Shaun lives in Connecticut with his wife, Mary, who is from Donegal, and their four children.
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KEVIN KENNEDY
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Seven-time Academy Award nominated Kathleen Kennedy, co-chair of Lucasfilm, is one of the most successful and respected producers and executives in the film industry today. Her credits include three of the highest grossing films in motion picture history: E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Jurassic Park and The Sixth Sense. Her production credits include over 70 films, such as the Indiana Jones series, Schindler’s List, the Bourne Identity series, War Horse and, most recently, Lincoln. Kathleen is the recipient of the Producers Guild of America’s prestigious David O. Selznick Award and is on the board of governors for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She joined Lucasfilm in June 2012. Kathleen attended San Diego University, where she studied telecommunications and film. A fourth-generation Irish American, Kathleen traces her Irish ancestry through her father, Donald Kennedy. She and her husband, Frank Marshall, have two daughters, Lillian and Megan.
Kevin Kennedy is the president and chief executive officer of Avaya, a global provider of business collaboration and communications solutions. Prior to joining Avaya in 2009, Kevin was president and CEO of JDS Uniphase Corporation, a position he held since 2003. Before joining JDSU, he served as COO of Openwave Systems, Inc. In January 2011, Kevin was appointed to the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee by President Obama. He also currently serves on the boards of directors of JDSU and KLA-Tencor Corporation. Kevin holds a BS in engineering from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, and MS and PhD degrees in engineering from Rutgers University, where he was an adjunct professor from 1982-1984. In 2006, Kevin was honored as the School of Engineering at Rutgers Alumnus of the Year, and awarded an Alumni Medal of Excellence. He is a co-author of Going the Distance: Why Some Companies Dominate and Others Fail (2003). Avaya’s Irish subsidiary, Avaya Ireland, Ltd., is based in Galway.
Scott Keogh is president of Audi of America, with responsibility for all U.S. activities of the brand. Keogh stepped into the top management position on June 20, 2012. He will lead Audi as it moves to become the leading premium brand before 2020 and exceed 200,000 in sales from record sales of 117,561 cars and SUVs in 2011. In his previous role, as chief marketing officer, Keogh had responsibility for building the Audi brand in the U.S. market and overseeing product planning and launches. Prior to joining Audi, Scott worked at MercedesBenz USA for more than a decade. Most recently, he was general manager, marketing communications. Previous positions at Mercedes-Benz included general manager, Smart USA where Scott was responsible for sales, marketing, product planning and retail development for the new automotive brand. Scott has a BA from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in upstate New York. He is a secondgeneration Irish American with roots in counties Sligo, Antrim and Carlow. Scott remarks that his Irish heritage “acts as a powerful and beautiful anchor in an often transient world.”
DONALD R. KEOUGH
NANCY KIRKPATRICK
ELLEN KULLMAN
Don Keough has been chairman of the board of Allen & Company, Inc., a New York investmentbanking firm, since 1993. In 1993, Don retired as president, COO and a director of The CocaCola Company after 43 years of working with Coca-Cola. From 1986 to 1993, he was chairman of the board of Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., the world’s largest bottling system. He also served as chairman of Columbia Pictures, before it was sold to Sony Inc. Don serves on the boards of InterActive Corp, Global Yankee Holdings, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and The Coca-Cola Company. Don has also served as a member on the boards of McDonald’s Corporation, The Washington Post Company, H. J. Heinz Company and The Home Depot. He is chairman emeritus of the board of trustees and a life trustee of the University of Notre Dame. He is a trustee of several other educational, charitable and civic organizations. Don resides in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Marilyn. They have six children and 18 grandchildren.
Nancy Kirkpatrick serves as president of Worldwide Marketing for Summit Entertainment, a Lionsgate company. She is responsible for the marketing campaigns for releases in all media, including the film The Hurt Locker which took home six Academy Awards including Best Motion Picture, and the highly successful Twilight films. Prior to joining Summit, Nancy was EVP of Worldwide Publicity for Paramount’s Motion Picture Group. While at Paramount she was integrally involved in the marketing, corporate messaging and positioning as well as overseeing the worldwide publicity campaigns. Nancy began her career at Warner Bros. as an administrative assistant, ultimately rising to the post of SVP, Domestic Publicity where her campaigns were recognized with several awards. Nancy grew up in Virginia and is a graduate of Old Dominion University with a bachelor’s degree in English. Nancy, whose great-grandmother was born in Cork, is a mother of three and says, “Having a big, noisy, loving Irish family is the foundation of my happiest memories. It is where I find my greatest joy.”
Ellen Kullman is chair of the board and chief executive officer of DuPont. As CEO, she has championed market-driven science to drive innovation across the company’s businesses. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Ellen began her career at DuPont in 1988 as a marketing manager. She is a member of the U.S.-India CEO Forum, the Business Council, and the executive committee of SCI-America. She is co-chair of the National Academy of Engineering Committee on Changing the Conversation: From Research to Action. Ellen is on the board of directors of United Technologies Corp. She is also on the board of trustees of Tufts University and serves on the board of overseers at Tufts University School of Engineering. Prior to joining DuPont, Ellen worked for General Electric. She holds a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Tufts and a master’s degree in management from Northwestern. Ellen is a third-generation Irish American whose mother’s family came from Nenagh, Tipperary.
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LEEANN LEAHY
T. PEARSE LYONS
MICHAEL MADDEN
Leeann Leahy is a seasoned brand strategist and consumer insights expert. On November 26, she became president of The VIA Agency, a leading independent marketing agency, headquartered in Portland, Maine. Prior to this, she was president of Translation, LLC. Before joining Translation, Leeann was chief strategy officer of Lowe, NY, where she was also global chief strategy officer for all of Johnson & Johnson. Her work has been recognized with numerous industry awards including global and domestic Effies, an International Obie, and Cannes Lions. A native of New York, Leeann graduated from College of the Holy Cross with a BA in political science. She is a second-generation Irish American with roots in Williamstown, Co. Galway on her father’s side of the family, and in Co. Cork on her mother’s. Her husband, Thomas Leahy, Jr,. is a member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. They have three children, Mac, Winnie and Duncan.
Dr. T. Pearse Lyons is the founder and president of Alltech, a global animal health company that employs more than 2,800 people and conducts business in 128 countries. Founded in 1980, the company has grown to annual sales of $700 million. Pearse received his bachelor’s degree from University College Dublin and obtained his master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Birmingham, England. He worked as a biochemist for Irish Distillers before founding Alltech. Since then, he has authored more than 20 books and numerous research papers in scientific journals. Alltech’s commitment to equestrian sport began with the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010 in Lexington, Kentucky, attended by more than half a million spectators and seen by 500 million television viewers. Pearse’s leadership led to his receiving the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s first-ever Legacy Award in 2011. In 2012, he was named Business Person of the Year by Business & Finance and received the Ireland-U.S. Council’s Award for Outstanding Achievement. Dublin-born Pearse and his wife, Deirdre, have two children, Aoife and Mark. His Irish heritage fills him “with a sense of belonging.”
Michael Madden is the chairman of Teneo Capital. In addition to his role with Teneo, he is also the managing partner and founder of Ronoc, an investment and advisory business primarily focused on financial services in emerging economies, and the founding CEO of Renaissance Credit Group, where he established one of the largest Consumer Finance banks in Russia from scratch. In 2005 he also launched the first retailer financial services joint venture in Russia with IKEA (IKANO), and was appointed as chairman of the IKANO financial services business in Russia. Prior to building Renaissance Credit, Michael, who was born in Ireland, had an extensive career with American Express. He joined the company in Ireland in 1988 and having spent four years in Russia establishing the American Express Card business across the former Soviet Union, he moved to the UK in 1996, first as director for a portfolio of Franchise Markets and then as VP for the American Express Franchise business in EMEA, as well as managing the American Express International Dollar Card business in Europe.
TREVOR MADIGAN
JOANNE MAGUIRE
PHIL MCAVEETY
Trevor Madigan joined the Facebook team in New York in early 2011 as global business manager. He leads international sales & business development for Facebook’s key partners, advertisers and some of the world’s leading brands. Trevor joined Facebook after seven years at Nokia, where he held several global sales leadership positions in its consumer services business unit, most recently as head of North American Sales for Location & Advertising. Trevor has also recently joined the North American Advisory Board of UCD Michael Smurfit, Graduate Business School and the Advisory board of Skillpages.com. Prior to Nokia, Trevor held senior marketing roles at Mulberry Ltd and Mitsubishi Telecom Europe. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and politics from University College Dublin and a DBS in business strategy from the London School of Economics. Trevor is a native of Dublin and now resides in Manhattan with his wife, Breanne. Of being Irish, Trevor says “I sometimes need to pinch myself and smile when I think how far we have come and how much we have achieved, with so many chancers.”
Joanne Maguire is executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company business area and an officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation. She sits on the board of United Launch Alliance, a Lockheed Martin joint venture; is a member of the advisory council for the Denver School of Science and Technology; chairs the advisory council for the Rocky Mountain USO; and is a member of the UCLA Engineering Advisory Council. Joanne assumed her current position in 2006. She previously served as vice president and deputy of SSC. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin in 2003, she worked at TRW’s Space & Electronics sector, now Northrop Grumman Space Technology. Joanne earned a BA from Michigan State University and an MA from UCLA. She is a graduate of the executive program in management at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and completed the Harvard Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security. Joanne is a first-generation Irish American whose father, Michael F. Maguire, was born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal.
Phil McAveety is executive vice president and chief brand officer of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., a leading hotel and leisure company. He is responsible for worldwide marketing and brand performance. Phil previously served as global brand director for Camper International in Spain, where he developed the company’s strategic growth plan. Prior to joining Camper International, Phil spent nine years with Nike Inc. in several positions, including vice president of marketing for Nike Europe, Middle East and Asia. Before joining Nike, he worked with Leo Burnett International in a variety of roles. He has lived and worked in the U.K., Portugal, Hong Kong, the U.S., the Netherlands and Spain. Phil earned an AMP from Harvard Business School and a BA in economic history from Exeter University. He is a first-generation Irish American, by way of London, who fondly remembers his first visit to the U.S. It was for the 1994 World Cup. His father, Jim, hails from Swalinbar, in County Cavan, and his mother, Bridie, from Kilmichael, County Cork.
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JAMES MCCANN
ANNE M. MCCARTHY
Jim McCann is a successful entrepreneur, public speaker and author whose passion is to help people deliver smiles. Jim’s belief in the universal need for social connections and interaction led to his founding of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, which he has built into a leading florist and gift shop, and Celebrations.com, a leading website for expert party planning content and advice. Jim’s willingness to embrace new technologies that help people connect and express themselves, such as the Internet, mobile commerce and social networking, often long before others, has enabled him to stay at the forefront of consumer and social trends. As a result, he has become an award-winning public speaker, a published author and a frequent guest on radio and television programs nationwide. In addition to serving as chairman of the board of directors for 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Jim is a member of the board of directors of Willis Group Holdings Limited and a variety of private and not-for-profit boards. He is a third-generation Irish American with roots in Armagh and Limerick.
Anne M. McCarthy, president and founder of Westmeath Communications, has a passion for business and a mandate for crisp, clear communications. She has spent more than 25 years in corporate communications, serving as both a strategist and an executor for Fortune 500 companies in the U.S., Europe and Asia. In 2010 she founded Westmeath, a Denver, Colorado-based consulting firm that offers such services as reputation management, corporate social responsibility, issues management, messaging/positioning and change management. Westmeath was named after the Irish county where Anne’s maternal grandmother was born. Anne serves as a trustee on several nonprofit boards, including Alliance for Choice in Education, Domus Pacis, and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. She is actively involved with the American Ireland Fund and the Aspen Ideas Festival. A trustee of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Anne earned a BA in journalism from Michigan State University and has completed executive education programs at The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania and at INSEAD at Fontainebleau.
MATTHEW G. MCCROSSON
BILL MCDERMOTT
Matthew G. McCrosson is a partner of O’Connor Davies, LLP Accounting and Consultants, and has more than 20 years of experience in public accounting. Prior to joining O’Connor Davies, Matt held a senior position at a Big Four accounting firm. Earlier he served as the COO or CFO for several not-forprofit organizations. He currently serves as a director of CMS Bank. Matt is president of the Westchester Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick, director of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Assoc., chairman of the board of the Westchester Community Foundation, and is a member of the boards of the Business Council of Westchester and of Westchester Community College Foundation. A graduate of Manhattan College, where he earned his BA and MBA degrees, Matt has roots in counties Tyrone and Fermanagh on his father’s side, and in counties Tipperary and Limerick on his mother’s. He and his wife, Joy, have four children. Matt describes his Irish heritage as “ever-present in my strong sense of family, my faith, and a love of a people and a country that has gifted me with an inner strength and and sense of humor in good times and bad.”
Bill McDermott was appointed co-CEO of SAP alongside Jim Hagemann Snabe in February 2010. In this capacity, and as a member of the SAP Executive Board, Bill oversees strategic business activities for all customer operations, sales, marketing, communications, corporate development, and ecosystem activities. He previously oversaw SAP’s operations in the Americas and Asia Pacific Japan regions. Bill earned his MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, and a BS from Dowling College. He has completed the Executive Development Program at the Wharton School. In 2010, Bill McDermott was named among the “Top 25 Most Influential Executives of 2010” in information technology by CRN (Computer Reseller News) magazine. As an active community leader and advocate for corporate social responsibility, he has been widely recognized for his civic leadership, most recently as the 2012 NPower Gala Honoree. Bill is a third-generation Irish American with roots in Co. Roscommon on his father’s side.
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The Walt Disney Company Christine M. McCarthy is treasurer and executive vice president of Corporate Finance and Real Estate of The Walt Disney Company. Prior to joining Disney, Christine was the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Imperial Bancorp from 1997 to 1999 and an EVP at First Interstate until it was acquired by Wells Fargo in 1996. Christine is currently on the board and finance committee of FM Global. She serves on the Board of Trustees for the Westridge School in Pasadena and is a mentor for the National Math and Science Initiative’s STEM program. Treasury & Risk named her one of the 100 Most Influential People in Finance in 2003 and 2011. Christine was a board member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association from 1998 to 2001. A third-generation Irish American, Christine was born in Winthrop, MA. She completed her bachelor’s degree in biology at Smith College, later earning an MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA. She and her husband, Michael McCormick, live in California with their two children.
ANDREW J. MCKENNA
McDonald’s Corporation Schwarz Supply Source Andrew McKenna is chairman of Schwarz Supply Source, a leading provider of supply chain solutions. He is also chairman of McDonald’s Corporation and serves as a director of Ryan Specialty Group, McDonalds Corporation, and the Chicago Bears Football Club Team and Skyline Corporation. Over the years, Andy has served on many civic boards. He is a director of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, the Big Shoulders Fund of the Archdiocese of Chicago, the Ireland Economic Advisory Board and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a BS in business administration, he was awarded the university’s Laetare Medal in 2000. He served as the chairman of the board of trustees from 1992-2000 and continues on the board today. He is also a graduate of the DePaul University Law School where he received a Doctor of Jurisprudence. A second-generation Irish American, with roots in Mayo and Monaghan, he and his wife, Joan, have seven grown children, 24 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
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MAUREEN MITCHELL
GEORGE MOORE
DANIELLE MORAN
Maureen Mitchell joined GE Asset Management (GEAM) in 2009 as president, Institutional Sales and Marketing, and in 2011 was promoted to president, Global Sales and Marketing. With over 25 years’ experience in the investment management industry, including 20 in sales, Maureen has built a distinguished career. She spent 10 years with Bear Stearns Asset Management as a senior managing director, and held executive leadership positions with Highland Capital Management, Scudder Kemper and U.S. Trust. A graduate of City College of New York with a graduate degree from Fordham University, Maureen is a member of the GEAM board of directors and the board of GE Asset Management Funds II plc., and has held board positions with other nonprofit organizations. A first-generation Irish American with roots in Sligo, where her father worked as a lobsterman before immigrating to the U.S. with her Galwayborn mother, Maureen has two daughters, graduates of Stanford, Wesleyan and Harvard Medical School, both of whom have traveled throughout Ireland with their mother.
George Moore is managing partner of Ravensdale Capital, LLC, a fund that invests primarily in early stage IT companies with a focus on consumer data analytics and decision sciences. A pioneer in consumer information analytics and delivery technologies for business applications, until 2012 he was chairman and CEO of TARGUSinfo, a company he founded in 1993 and sold to Neustar in 2011. He is chairman of Erne Heritage Holdings and a member of the board of the New Ireland Fund. In 2007, he was recognized for his contribution to the Northern Ireland economy and his international work on behalf of all of Ireland with an Honorary CBE. He is a member of the Economic Advisory Board to the Prime Minister of Ireland, Northern Ireland Trade & Investment Council, The Flax Trust, and a trustee of the Northern Ireland Memorial Fund. George holds both Commerce and MBS degrees from the University College Dublin, an MBA and DBA from George Washington University, and an Honorary Doctorate in Sciences from the University of Ulster. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife, Angela, originally from Northern Ireland. They have three children.
Danielle Moran is the manager of operations at Ralph Lauren, Denim and Supply. Responsible for operational management of the merchandising and design teams, Danielle is also the point person for the senior vice presidents of Merchandising and Creative Design. She joined the company in 2005, as an administrative assistant to the Senior Director in Knits & Sweaters. She then became the executive assistant to both the SVP of Merchandising at Polo Jeans and the SVP of Creative Design, a position she maintains today in addition to her managerial responsibilities. A graduate of Hofstra University, Danielle is a talented performer and recipient of the Circle in the Square Musical Theatre Award. A secondgeneration Irish American, Danielle traces her paternal roots to Moate, County Westmeath, to Kilgarvin, County Kerry and New Market on Fergus, County Clare. She says, “Every year when I march in the NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade with my parents, I truly feel the joy of how well we Irish have thrived in America. I owe a tremendous part of my success to my Irish heritage.”
THOMAS MORAN
DENISE MORRISON
BRIAN T. MOYNIHAN
Thomas J. Moran has been president and CEO of Mutual of America since 1994, and was appointed chairman of the board in 2005. During more than three decades of service, over which he also served as COO, Tom has participated in Mutual’s growth from a small retirement association to a mutual life insurance company with over $13 billion in assets. Chairman of Concern Worldwide U.S., Tom serves on the boards of directors of the Greater New York Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Educational Broadcasting System, the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, and the NYC Irish Hunger Memorial. He received membership to the Alexis de Tocqueville Society of the United Way and Excalibur membership. Awards include the NYC Police Foundation Commissioner’s Award and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. With roots in Fermanagh and Tipperary, he serves on the Irish Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Board and the boards of the Irish Chamber of Commerce and the Ireland-U.S. Council. He earned a BS in math from Manhattan College. Tom and his wife, Joan, live in New York City.
Denise Morrison became president and CEO of Campbell Soup Company on August 1, 2011. She joined Campbell in 2003. Previously, she served as executive vice president and general manager of Kraft Foods’ Snacks and Confections divisions. Denise, who was named to the Wall Street Journal’s “Top 50 Women to Watch” list in 2007, serves on several boards including the Grocery Manufacturers Association. She is the chair of its Health & Wellness Committee and is a founding member of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, an initiative designed to combat obesity in the marketplace, workplace, and in schools. She also serves on the board of Students In Free Enterprise. A third-generation Irish American, with roots in Mayo and Cork, Denise earned her BS in economics and psychology from Boston College, graduating magna cum laude. She was inducted into the Order of the Cross and Crown Honor Society for academic and extracurricular achievement. Of her Irish heritage Denise says, “I see the world through Irish eyes and they are smiling.” She and her husband, Tom, have two children, Michelle and Kelly.
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Brian T. Moynihan is the chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of Bank of America, one of the world’s largest financial institutions. Bank of America serves people, companies and institutional investors with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. Brian joined Bank of America in 2004 following the company’s merger with FleetBoston Financial and became CEO on January 1, 2010. He is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Notre Dame Law School. In 2010, he was elected a trustee of the Corporation of Brown University. In May 2012, Brian received the American Ireland Fund’s Leslie C. Quick Junior Leadership Award. In accepting the award, he talked about his heritage as a fourth-generation Irish American whose ancestors emigrated from Ireland to upstate New York in the 1850s. “The fighting spirit that led our relatives to come to America with little or nothing…that spirit is deeply ingrained in all Irish Americans. Hard work, tenacity and drive to do the right thing is something that serves us in good stead.”
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ALAN MULALLY
JOHN J. MULLEN
KATHLEEN MURPHY
Alan Mulally is president and CEO of Ford Motor Co. and a member of the board of directors. Before joining Ford in 2006, Alan was executive vice president of The Boeing Company, and president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Throughout his career, Alan has been recognized for his industry leadership, including being named one of The World’s Most Influential People by Time, one of The 30 Most Respected CEOs by Barrons, Person of the Year by Aviation Week and a Best Leader by Business Week. Alan serves on President Obama’s Export Council. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of England’s Royal Academy of Engineering. A Kansas native, Alan holds BS and MS degrees in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the University of Kansas, and earned a master’s in management from MIT as a 1982 Alfred P. Sloan fellow. With a surname derived from the Gaelic Ó Maolalaidh, Alan traces his roots to the western counties of Ireland, and to Galway in particular.
John J. Mullen, chairman and owner of The Apple Leisure Group, began his travel career with United Airlines and later Lufthansa. In 1969, he opened a small travel agency in Drexel Hill, PA, specializing in Group Tours. Today, Apple Vacations is one of the largest vacation companies and tour operators in North America, serving nearly one million passengers annually, and with 6,000 employees. In 2001, the Apple Leisure Group became fully integrated with the start-up of its new hotel division, AMResorts, all-inclusive resort management company in Mexico and the Caribbean. The company’s brands of exclusive resort properties include Zoetry Wellness & Spa Resorts, Secrets Resorts & Spas, Dreams Resorts & Spas, Now Resorts & Spas and Sunscape Resorts & Spas. John is a first-generation Irish American whose parents both hail from County Mayo. He has been married to Joan Alice Atkinson for 49 years. Their four grown children work in the business today.
Kathleen Murphy is president of Personal Investing, a unit of Fidelity Investments – the largest mutual fund company in the U.S., the largest retail brokerage company and the number one provider of workplace retirement savings plans. She assumed her current position in January 2009. Fidelity Investments serves over 13.5 million accounts and Kathy is responsible for over one trillion dollars in assets. Prior to joining Fidelity, Kathy was CEO of ING U.S. Wealth Management. Before assuming that position, she was group president, ING Worksite and Institutional Financial Services. Kathy began her career with 15 years at Aetna She received her BA summa cum laude from Fairfield University and earned her JD with highest honors from the University of Connecticut. Fortune magazine named her one of the “Top 50 Most Powerful Women” in American business. Kathy’s father’s family is from Cork and her mother’s is from Kerry. A third-generation Irish American, she is married with one son.
EILEEN NAUGHTON
EMMETT O’CONNELL
PATRICK O’CONNOR
As vice president of global sales for Google, Eileen Naughton is responsible for sales strategy and relationship management for Google’s largest agency and advertising clients around the world. She most recently led Google’s high-growth display business in the Americas, and is responsible for sales, development, media strategy and operations across YouTube and the Google Display Network. Prior to joining Google, Eileen had a distinguished career at Time Warner Inc., where she was president of the Time Group. AdAge magazine featured her as a “Woman to Watch,” in a 2007 issue, and in 2009, she was featured in How Remarkable Women Lead, a book by McKinsey & Co., Joanna Barsh and Susie Cranston, focusing on successful female leaders. The American Diabetes Association has named Eileen a “Woman of Valor” for her work to raise awareness of the obesity epidemic. Eileen holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in international studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from its Wharton School. Her father was from Roscommon and her mother grew up in Drumcliff, in the mountains near Sligo.
Emmett O’Connell is chairman of the Great Western Mining Corporation, a mineral exploration company based in Nevada with headquarters in Dublin. A promoter of technology and exploration companies for over thirty years, Emmett has acted as founder and director of other companies including Eglington Exploration plc., Bryson Oil and Gas plc., Texas Continental Securities plc., and Seminole Land & Cattle Company. Emmett’s career has taken him to many countries on five continents. He has been involved with highly successful public companies quoted on the London, Dublin and Vancouver stock exchanges. In April 2008, the London PLUS market awarded Great Western Mining Corp. plc. the best resource stock award for the continued investing and expansion of the company’s North American mineral resources. The company is now listed on the AIM market in London and the ESM market in Dublin. Emmett was inducted as a Knight of St. Gregory in the Vatican in 1986. When not in some distant part of the world, he lives on a farm in Wexford with his wife of 50 years. He has three children and seven grandchildren.
Patrick O’Connor is the chief financial officer at Starcom USA. Based in Chicago, he is a member of the Starcom managing board, and directs a 100-person professional finance and media operations group. Pat became CFO at Starcom in 2003, expanding his role to include financial start-up and oversight of additional business units, including both traditional media and diverse media disciplines. He is responsible for all real estate activities of Starcom MediaVest Group business units in Chicago, including space planning and expansion. He became a certified public accountant in May 1989, and is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Illinois CPA Society. Outside the office, he is an active supporter of the Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House. Pat is a fourth-generation Irish American, with roots in Cork on his father’s side, and Roscommon on his mother’s. He received a bachelor of science degree in accounting from the University of Saint Francis before going on to earn his MBA at Loyola University in 1996. He and his wife, Anne, have five children.
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The Hershey Company Terence L. O’Day is senior vice president, global operations for The Hershey Company. He leads the company’s global supply chain, which includes the sourcing, engineering, manufacturing, logistics, quality, regulatory compliance, facilities and flight operations functions. Before joining Hershey in 2008, Terry served as EVP and COO for Mannatech Inc. A graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs with a bachelor of science, Terry was also a pilot for the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard, and reached the rank of major. He received a master’s degree in business administration from Western Michigan University. Terry and his wife, Susan, have two children, Corinne Shannon and Kyle Patrick. He is a second-generation Irish American with ancestry from County Clare on his father Russell’s side and County Galway on his mother Marguerite’s side. Of his Irish heritage, Terry said, “I can still remember talks with my grandmother on how tough life was on the West Coast of Ireland and why so many of her family left. I learned from that experience the value of family, hard work, humility, and to always keep a sense of humor.”
SHAWN P. O’GRADY
CHRISTOPHER D. O’LEARY
Shawn P. O’Grady is president, Sales and Channel Development and senior vice president of General Mills. He leads the function responsible for all U.S. retail sales and brands on the go. Shawn joined General Mills in 1990. His appointment as president, U.S. Retail Sales in 2007 was preceded by his innovation in the Consumers Foods Sales division in the Midwest, and his addition of the Club and Discount, Drug and Dollar regions in 2006. He became senior vice president in 2010, and assumed his current role in June, 2012. Shawn graduated from the University of Notre Dame with honors and a BS in chemical engineering, and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. A third-generation Irish American with roots in Westport on his father, George’s side and Donegal on his mother, Maggie’s, he says, “I was taught early on that there were two types of people – the Irish, and those who wish they were. Being Irish has always been a blessing to me.” Shawn and his wife, Becky, live in Minneapolis with their two children, Jack and Mary.
Christopher D. O’Leary is executive vice president and COO International at General Mills. Chris spent 17 years at PepsiCo, Inc. before joining General Mills in 1997 as vice president, Corporate Growth. In 1999, he was elected a General Mills senior vice president and named president of the Betty Crocker Division. He then held the position of president of the Meals Division from 2001 to 2006, and was assigned to his current role in June 2006. Chris is a director of TDS Telecom Inc., and co-chairman of the World Economic Forum Consumer Steering Board Committee. Chris, who received his BA in marketing from Pace University and his MBA from New York University, is a second-generation Irish American on his father’s side, with family from Co. Leitrim. He describes his Irish heritage as very important and says it keeps the memory of his father close. “While born in N.Y., my father lived in Ireland from ages 3 to 12. He was very proud to be Irish, and holding onto my Irish heritage keeps me close to him as he is no longer of this world.” Chris and his wife, Julie, have four children, Kevin, John Patrick, Lexi and Joe, and reside in Edina, Minnesota.
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EILEEN O’NEILL
BRENDAN O’REGAN
DONAL O’SULLIVAN
Eileen O’Neill is group president for Discovery, TLC and Discovery Fit & Health networks. She was previously president and general manager of TLC. Prior to assuming responsibility for TLC in 2008, she was president of Planet Green and general manager of Discovery Health. Under Eileen’s leadership, in 2011 Discovery marked its best year ever with male viewers ages 2454, with hit series Moonshiners and Gold Rush. The network also aired acclaimed specials such as The Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero, executive produced by Stephen Spielberg. In 2012, Discovery celebrated the 25th anniversary of its Shark Week programming. With TLC, Eileen has overseen the launches of series including Breaking Amish, Honey Boo Boo, AllAmerican Muslim and Sister Wives. She has been recognized in Hollywood Reporter’s 2012 “Reality Power List” and Vanity Fair, among other publications. A homegrown talent, Eileen started at Discovery as an unpaid intern while earning a graduate degree in popular culture from Bowling Green State University. She is a third-generation Irish American with relatives from Kerry, Cork and Galway.
Brendan O’Regan is CEO of Zenith Technologies, a privately owned company he established in 1998. The company now employs over 375 people across the world, and has offices in Dublin, the UK, India, China, Singapore and the US, with global headquarters in Cork. Zenith offers services in systems integration, site services, MES and professional secondments for the global process automation and manufacturing execution system markets. Brendan, a native of Co. Cork, who was a finalist in the 2008 Ernst & Young entrepreneur of the year awards, has a diploma in instrument physics from Cork Institute of Technology. He is a mentor in the Endeavor Program, which is geared toward nurturing up-and-coming entrepreneurs. He and his wife, Dorothy, have a daughter, Dara. Brendan chose a John O’Donohue quote to describe what it means to be Irish: “Your soul knows the geography of your destiny. Your soul alone has the map of your future, therefore you can trust this indirect, oblique side of yourself. If you do, it will take you where you need to go, but more important it will teach you a kindness of rhythm in your journey.”
A native of Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry, Donal O’Sullivan immigrated to the U.S. in 1984 in search of work in construction. Today, he is the president and co-owner of Navillus Contracting, which he founded with his sister Helen and his brothers Kevin and Leonard. Navillus, one of the largest union contractors in NYC, has been contributing to the city skyline for the last 25 years. It has been Donal’s honor to have Navillus involved with building the 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center, and to aid in rebuilding Rockaway after Hurricane Sandy. Donal is a supporter of the Irish Arts Center and the GAA. He is a member of the Kerryman’s Patriotic & Benevolent Association, the Kerry Football Club of NY, and serves on the board of Haven US, an extension of Haven Partnership, an Irish nonprofit dedicated to creating opportunity and building homes in Haiti. The US Friends of Maynooth College recognized him as Honoree of the Year 2012. Donal and his wife, Kathleen, have six children, Jack, Donal, Katie, Caroline, Michael and Kelly. He frequently returns to Ireland to visit his mother, Teresa, and connect with his roots.
KATHLEEN QUIRK
EDWARD T. REILLY
WILBUR L. ROSS
Kathleen L. Quirk has served as chief financial officer and treasurer of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) since December, 2003. FCX is the world’s largest publicly owned copper producer. She joined Freeport-McMoRan in 1989 and has held positions of increasing responsibility in tax, investor relations, treasury, corporate finance and business development. Following Freeport-McMoRan’s acquisition of Phelps Dodge Corporation in 2007, she was named executive vice president. In each of the past three years, she was named the Best CFO in Metals and Mining by Institutional Investor magazine. Kathleen holds a BS in accounting from Louisiana State University and is a member of the board of directors of the Valley of the Sun United Way. With roots in Co. Galway, Kathleen says of her Irish heritage, “As a native of New Orleans, and a third-generation Irish American, I am a beneficiary of the wonderful Irish culture and tradition that the many Irish immigrants brought to the city in the 1800s. The immigrants were industrious and fun loving, and made a lasting contribution to the city’s unique culture.”
Since 2001, Edward T. Reilly has been the 17th president and CEO of the American Management Association. AMA is the world’s leading not-forprofit membership-based management development, research and publishing organization. Ed previously served as president and CEO of Big Flower Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of integrated marketing and advertising services. Prior to that, Ed spent 30 years with the broadcasting and book publishing groups of the McGraw-Hill Companies. Ed holds a BA in business administration from St. Francis College and attended the Stanford Executive Program. He serves as the following: member of the North American Advisory Board of the UCD Michael Smurfit School of Business; immediate past chairman of the USO World Headquarters board of governors; co-chairman of the USO Operation Enduring Care Campaign; fellow of the International Academy of Management; member of the U.S. Advisory Board of IESE Business School, Barcelona. A fourth-generation Irish American, he resides in Westport, CT, with his wife, Susan. Ed has roots in Cavan on his father’s side and Limerick on his mother’s.
Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. is CEO and chairman of WL Ross & Co. LLC, and member of the Office of the Chairman and Investment Committee of Invesco. An industry leader in bankruptcy, restructuring and privatization services, he is one of the leading financial advisors and investors to have been involved in some of the largest bankruptcies and out-of-court restructurings. He has assisted in restructuring more than $200 billion of corporate liabilities. Wilbur was executive managing director of Rothschild Inc. for 24 years before acquiring that firm’s private equity partnerships in 2000. He holds an MBA with distinction from Harvard University and an AB from Yale University, which recognized him with the Yale Leadership award in 2009. WL Ross & Co. is a large investor in Bank of Ireland. A fourth-generation Irish American through his mother, Agnes O’Neill, Wilbur was honored by the American Ireland Fund in 2011. Of his link to Ireland, Wilbur says, “Resiliency is a major irish trait that is very important to me as an investor in distressed companies.” He has two daughters, Amanda and Jessica, and is married to Hilary Geary Ross.
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BRIAN RUANE
BRIAN W. STACK
TED M. SULLIVAN
Brian Ruane is a member of the Executive Committee for Pershing, a BNY Mellon company, and a member of BNY Mellon’s Operating Committee. He is responsible for Broker-Dealer Services, U.S. Tri-Party Services, Derivatives Clearing and co-leads Pershing Prime Services. Prior to his current role, Brian was CEO of BNY Mellon’s Alternative Investment and Broker-Dealer Services. He was previously head of Global Client Management in North America. He served on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Working Committee on The Future of The U.S. Government Securities Markets. Brian is a member of the board of directors of BNY Mellon Clearing International Limited, and BNY Mellon’s Sovereign Wealth Advisory Group. He is also a member of the advisory board of The UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business and The Frank G. Zarb School of Business, from which he received an MBA in international finance. Born in the U.S. and raised in Ireland, Brian is also a graduate of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants in the UK and Ireland.
Brian W. Stack is managing director of CIE Tours International, one of the largest producers of tourists to Ireland, Scotland, and many other areas of Europe. 2012 marks the 80th anniversary of CIE, and is also the company’s most successful year to date. Prior to joining CIE, Brian worked with Aer Lingus, The Irish Tourist Board, and Ocean Reef Club in Florida. Brian has served as chairman of the United States Tour Operators Association, was president of the Society of Incentive Travel Executives, is vice chairman of the Irish American Cultural Institute and is currently vice president of the Ireland-U.S. Council for Commerce and Industry. His awards also include “Man of the Year” from the Incentive Travel Industry and “International Executive of the Year” by the World Congress on Marketing and Incentive Travel, in addition to being honored in the Top 100 Irish Americans by Irish America. A resident of Rye, New York, Brian is married to Anne-Marie and has two grown children. He is a Dublin native.
Ted M. Sullivan serves as a principal with Hibernia Management Consulting (HMC). With more than 18 years experience focusing on strategy and operational consulting, he is responsible for servicing Fortune 500 multinational clients within the entertainment and media industry. Prior to cofounding HMC, he was a managing director within KPMG’s Entertainment and Media Practice. Ted traces his mother’s ancestors to Co. Tyrone, and his father’s to Co. Cork. He is a founding member of the Metro Atlanta Police Emerald Society and has served as the Georgia president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He has served twice as parade chairman of the Atlanta St. Patrick’s Day Parade and was the parade’s honorary Grand Marshal in 2005. Ted visits Ireland every year to reconnect with friends in Navan, Cork, and the North of Ireland, where he has participated in various political forums. He holds a BS in finance from Troy State University. Ted and his wife, Sara, reside in Atlanta with their daughter, Mary Lois.
ANNE SWEENEY
TUCKER TOOLEY
MAGGIE SULLIVAN WILDEROTTER
As co-chairman of Media Networks, The Walt Disney Co., and president of the Disney-ABC Television Group, Anne Sweeney has risen through the ranks of television and was named one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business by Fortune and one of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes. Anne is a recipient of the Cable Television Public Affairs Association’s President’s Award, the Golden Mike Award for Outstanding Contributions to Broadcasting by the Broadcasters Foundation of America, and the Matrix Award for television from New York Women in Communications, Inc. Anne was elected director of the International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2001. In 2007, she was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame. She has received the Committee of 200’s Luminary Award, and in October of 2011 became the first female executive in history to receive MIPCOM’s Personality of the Year honor. Anne, who earned a BA from the College of New Rochelle and an EdM from Harvard, traces her roots to Meath, Kerry and Mayo.
Tucker Tooley serves as president, Relativity Media, overseeing the company’s day-to-day operations, its business divisions, personnel, and theatrical motion picture film slate. Joining Relativity in 2007 as president, Worldwide Production, Tucker was integral in transitioning the company’s Single Picture Films division into a full-fledged studio. His credits as executive producer include the 3-d adventure Immortals, the paranoia-thriller Limitless, the Oscar-nominated The Fighter and the box office hit Dear John. Previously, Tucker served as CEO of Tooley Productions. In 1999, he established Newman/ Tooley Films, with then-producing partner Vincent Newman. A UC Santa Barbara graduate, Tucker began his career as a creative executive at Interlight Pictures. “The Irish are some of the best story tellers in the world,” he says. “Being of Irish heritage and in the entertainment business, I feel a sense of responsibility to tell stories that will enlighten and endure the test of time.” Tucker is a fifth-generation Irish American with roots in Carrignamuck Knockamara, County Wicklow. He and his wife, Tessa, welcomed their first child in November.
Maggie Wilderotter has been chairman and CEO of Frontier Communications, a Fortune 500 company, since 2006, having joined it in 2004 as president, CEO and a member of the board. Before this, she was SVP of Worldwide Public Sector at Microsoft. Maggie chairs the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee and serves on the boards of Xerox and Procter & Gamble, as well as a number of non-profits focused on mentoring and supporting women entrepreneurs. She has been included in Fortune’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” for the past four years and in 2011 the Financial Times named her one of “The Top 50 Women in World Business.” A third-generation Irish American with roots in Mayo and Cork, Maggie was born in Neptune, NJ, to Dennis Sullivan and Connie Shields. She says, “My Irish heritage has given me great gifts: faith, intuition, humor and a strong work ethic, the love of a good story and a deep laugh, and above all, gratitude.” Maggie earned a BA in economics from the College of the Holy Cross. She and her husband, Jay, have two sons, Christopher and Daniel.
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