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The Business 100 is a celebration of Irish-American corporate success, and this year is no exception. Our listincludes honorees 29 CEOs, 7 of the Top 10 Fortune 500companies, and 4 of the 2010 Forbes Most PowerfulWomen in the World. Twenty-three Fortune 500 compa-nies are represented. The accomplishments of the menand women on our list are immense, and it is an honor forthis magazine to highlight their achievement and success.We thank all of those who took the time to share theirpride in their Irish heritage and what being Irish means tothem. Congratulations to all our honorees.

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Counties of Origin:MOST MENTIONED COUNTIES:Cork • Galway • Dublin •Mayo • Clare • Donegal

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Education:MOST MENTIONED COLLEGES:University College Dublin •Notre Dame • Harvard •Northwestern • Pace University •University of Pennsylvania

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Carol AndrewsBank of New York MellonCarol Andrews was born and raised in Dublin,Ireland and educated in Loreto ConventFoxrock. Her parents both hail from Dublin.Carol is the Head of Global Client Services forBank of New York Mellon’s Alternative

Investment Services (AIS) business. She is responsible for a globalteam located in Dublin, Luxembourg, New York, New Jersey, andSingapore. In 2009, she relocated from Dublin to New York whenshe assumed the global role. With the rapid expansion of the AISbusiness, Carol often returns to Dublin to meet with her team andclients.

Carol is also very dedicated to the Irish community. She is active-ly involved in BNY Mellon’s Global Community Partnership, estab-lishing this in Ireland and working with the current charity of theyear, Simon Community. She reflects that “Irish people are recog-nized for their hard work and reliability. We are not afraid to workhard, and this has meant that we have become integral members ofthe communities in which we live and work.”

“My Irish heritage has been a source of pride throughout

the years. Personally, I find inspiration in the grit and scrappinessof character that has led to a certainresilience throughout the Irish and

Irish-American immigrantexperience.”

Margaret Brennan

Tom BradleyFICOTom Bradley joined FICO as executive vice pres-ident and CFO in April 2009.Previously,he head-ed North America Operations for ZurichFinancial Services, a firm he joined in 2004 asCFO for North America. Before that, he was

executive vice president and CFO for The St. Paul Companies.Tomjoined St.Paul in 1998 when that company acquired USF&G,where hewas serving as vice president of finance and corporate controller.

A graduate of the University of Maryland with a bachelor’s degreein accounting, Tom also holds a master’s of business administrationdegree from Loyola College of Maryland and is a certified publicaccountant. He resides in St. Paul, MN with his wife Michelle and sonAndrew.

Tom is a third-generation Irish American. His great-grandfather,Thomas Bradley, came to Newtown, CT from the west coast ofCounty Clare, fought in the Civil War, raised seven sons, and rosefrom a factory worker to become the town’s selectman and post-master.

Charlene BegleyGeneral ElectricCharlene Begley is president and CEO of GEHome & Business Solutions and a senior vicepresident for GE.

Charlene joined GE in 1988 and progressedthrough leadership roles including vice presi-

dent, GE Corporate Audit Staff and president and CEO for severalGE businesses including GE FANUC Automation, Transportation,Plastics, and Enterprise Solutions.At 32, she became the company'syoungest ever corporate officer, and she also set the record as thefirst woman to lead one of GE’s major business units and the firstfemale senior vice president. Her accomplishments have been rec-ognized on lists in Forbes and the Wall Street Journal.

Charlene is a member of GE’s Corporate Executive Council andthe boards of Morpho Detection, Inc. and the National Associationof Manufacturers. She is also a member of the World EconomicForum’s Young Global Leaders.

A fifth-generation Irish American, Charlene graduated from theUniversity of Vermont.

Cathleen BlackHearst MagazinesCathie Black is head of Hearst Magazines andauthor of Basic Black,The Essential Guide for GettingAhead at Work (and in Life.) For 15 years, first aspresident and now as chairman, she has managedthe financial performance and development of

some of the industry’s best-known publications.A graduate of Trinity Washington University, Cathie became the first

woman publisher of a weekly consumer magazine when she joinedNew York in 1979. In 1983 she joined USA Today and Gannett, its parentcompany. In 1991 she became president and CEO of the NewspaperAssociation of America,where she served for five years before Hearst.

Cathie is a member of the boards of IBM and the Coca-ColaCompany, and held a two-year term as chairman of the MagazinePublishers of America. She is a trustee of The University of NotreDame and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Pending approval from the state Education Commissioner, Cathiewill replace Joel Klein as the New York City schools chancellor.

Margaret BrennanBloomberg TelevisionMargaret Brennan is the anchor of “InBusinesswith Margaret Brennan,” BloombergTelevision’s weekday business program.Brennan joined Bloomberg Television in 2009from CNBC, where she served as a general

assignment reporter and contributed to MSNBC and NBC’s “TodayShow” and “Nightly News.” She began her business news career in2002 as a producer for financial news legend Louis Rukeyser.

Graduating with highest distinction from the University of Virginiawith a bachelor’s degree in foreign affairs and Middle East studiesand a minor in Arabic language, Margaret was named an Emmerich-Wright Scholar for an outstanding thesis. She was a Fulbright-HaysScholar, is a Whitehead Fellow with the Foreign Policy Associationand serves on the Advisory Board of the Smurfit School of Businessat the University College Dublin.

Margaret is a third-generation Irish American with roots in Co.Galway on her father’s side and Sligo on her mother’s side.

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Bill BurkeCountry BankBill Burke is a native of Sligo, Ireland and is aproud graduate of St. Nathy’s College, CountyRoscommon, which celebrated its bicentenarythis year.

Upon arriving in New York, Bill was hired forthe executive training program of Franklin National Bank.Subsequently, he became vice president of Barclay’s Bank, seniorvice president of Bank of Ireland and currently serves as vice chair-man of Country Bank New York.

Bill has received many accolades for his work in the banking com-munity and his contributions to the American Irish community. Heserved as Grand Marshal of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in NewYork City in 1988.

Bill is married to Aileen Calnan from West Cork and lives in NewRochelle with his two sons Ross and Reily.

Patrick CallaghanPepperidge FarmPat Callaghan is president of Pepperidge Farm,Incorporated, based in Norwalk, CT. A nativeof Boston, Pat joined Pepperidge Farm in 1979.His many leadership roles included senior vicepresident of marketing, senior vice president

of strategy/business development, and company president as of2006.

Pat is a board member and past chairman of both the AmericanBakers Association and Grain Foods Foundation. He holds a BSdegree from Stonehill College and an MBA degree from SuffolkUniversity. He is currently co-chairing a committee that is workingon a ten year plan to end homelessness in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Pat is a first-generation Irish American with strong family rootsin Ireland. His father was born in Ballynona, Dungorney, CountyCork and his mother grew up in Moycullen, at the foothills ofConnemara County, Galway. Pat and his wife, Gretchen, live inHuntington, CT. They have two daughters.

Liam CaseyPCH InternationalLiam Casey is the founder and CEO of PCHInternational, a supply chain management com-pany focused on the consumer electronics,personal computer, medical device, telecom-munication industries, and clean technologies.

Liam identified the enormous potential and opportunities forgrowth in China in the mid-1990s. PCH was founded in 1996 inCork, Ireland, where it is headquartered and where Liam was born.Its operational headquarters are in Shenzhen, China. Over 1000employees work in PCH offices in Ireland, China, USA, with a soft-ware development team in South Africa.

PCH’s clients are primarily multinationals based in North Americaand include many leading companies. Included amongst PCH’s majorclients are three of the top five personal computer companies, threeof the top five telecom and networking companies, and three of thetop five consumer electronics companies world-wide.

Liam was awarded Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year -Ireland accolade in 2007.

Steve CahillaneThe Coca-Cola CompanyWith twenty years of experience in the bev-ererage industry, Steve Cahillane is presidentof the North American Group for Coca-ColaEnterprises (CCE). Steve is one of four chil-dren of a New York firefighter with roots in

Co. Kerry and a mother who was born and raised in Donegal andimmigrated to New York City at the age of 18. He holds a BAdegree in political science from Northwestern University and anMBA from Harvard University. Prior to joining Coca-Cola, Steve,who began his career as a sales representative for E&J GalloWinery, held senior management position with Coors DistributionCompany, InBev, and Labatt USA. He entered the European bever-age industry in 2003, working for two years as chief executive ofInterbrew UK and Ireland. Following that, he moved to Brussels andserved as chief commercial officer for InBev. In 2007, Steve wasappointed president of the Europe Group for CCE, and in 2008, hewas named president of CCE’s North American Group. He and hiswife Tracy reside in Atlanta with their four children.

Charles CareyCME Group, Inc.Charlie Carey has served as vice chairman ofCME Group since July 2007. Previously, heserved as chairman of the Chicago Board ofTrade and as a member of the CBOT board ofdirectors for eleven years in various roles,including vice chairman, first vice chairman and

full member director. In addition to playing a leading role in theCME/CBOT merger to form CME Group, Charlie spearheaded thetransformation of CBOT, a member-run institution for more than 155years, into a for-profit, NYSE-listed public company in 2005.

Charlie has received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from theNational Ethnic Coalition of Organizations Foundation and the GoldMedallion Award from the International Visitors Center of Chicago.He is president of the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame, an organiza-tion that provides scholarships for underprivileged youths.

A lifelong resident of Chicago whose great-grandfather was born inIreland, Charlie received a BA in business administration fromWestern Illinois University.

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“Being Irish instills in a person a belief that with hard work and perseverance

any challenge can be overcome.”

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Kieran ClaffeyPricewaterhouseCoopersKieran Claffey is a partner at PwC LLP. Afterjoining PwC in 1985, he spent over ten years inthe assurance practice, primarily servicingmultinational clients.He then transferred to thefirm's national office to focus on major litigation

and regulatory related issues. He is PwC’s representative on theTechnical Standards Committee of the American Institute of CPAs.

Kieran was a founding member and director of the IrelandChamber of Commerce in the United States and a director of theEuropean-American Chamber of Commerce. He is currently thenational treasurer and board member of the Ireland-U.S. Council ofCommerce & Industry. Kieran is also a member of the Board ofTrustees of The Gateway Schools that provide a nurturing environ-ment for students with learning disabilities and a director of LegalInformation for Families Today.Born in Dublin,Kieran received his BAfrom University College Dublin. He is also a chartered accountantand a CPA. He lives in Manhattan with his wife Michelle and threesons, Ryan, CJ and Steven.

Donald ColleranFedExDon Colleran is executive vice president ofsales for FedEx. Don started his career withFedEx in 1989, serving as an international salesmanager then global sales manager in the U.S.before moving to Tokyo in 1992, beginning a

12-year offshore career in international sales and operations man-agement. He was promoted to various sales leadership positionsand was appointed to his current position in 2006, currently lead-ing a sales team that taps into a worldwide network that has helpedFedEx grow into a $35 billion company.

Don earned a BS degree in business administration from theUniversity of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H. He is a member ofthe Board of Trustees for the Indy Festival Foundation children’scharities, a member of the American Chamber of Commerce, anda member of the US-ASEAN Business Council. He also serves onthe Board of Directors of InMotion Orthopaedic Research Center.

A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Don is a third-generation IrishAmerican with roots in Galway and Cork.

Deirdre ConnellyGlaxoSmithKline

Deirdre Connelly is president, NorthAmerica Pharmaceuticals for GlaxoSmithKline.She is a member of the global CorporateExecutive Team and co-chairs, along with theChairman, Research and Development, the

Portfolio Management Board. Prior to joining GSK, Deirdre servedas president of U.S. operations at Eli Lilly and Company. Deirdre hasbeen consistently recognized by Fortune as one of the 50 most pow-erful women in business. In 2008, she was appointed to thePresident’s Commission on White House Fellowships. In 2010, shewas named Woman of the Year by the Healthcare Businesswomen’sAssociation.

Deirdre was born in San Juan to an Irish father and a Puerto Ricanmother. She earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and marketingfrom Lycoming College in Pennsylvania in 1983. In 2000 she graduat-ed from Harvard University’s Advanced Management Program.

Thomas CoddPricewaterhouseCoopersThomas W. Codd is north Texas managingpartner for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP andan elected member of PwC’s Board ofPartners. He has spent his entire career serv-ing manufacturing and distribution companies,

including public and private equity-owned companies ranging in sizefrom multi-location companies to multinational corporations.Tomis a director of the American Ireland Fund, a member of the NorthAmerican Advisory Board of the UCD Michael Smurfit GraduateBusiness School and a member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick.He earned a BSc in management from Purdue University.Tom is asecond-generation Irish American whose paternal grandparentswere born in counties Carlow and Sligo. On his Irish heritage heremarks, “I attribute my fundamental values of work ethic, loyalty,fortitude, humor and grace in large part to my ancestry.Also, Irishheritage enables a connection to an Irish community that stretch-es around and across the globe.” He and his wife Shelly have fourchildren:Tommy, Kevin, Mike and Kaitlin.

J.J. ConeysPricewaterhouseCoopersJohn J. (J.J.) Coneys is vice chairman of PwCresponsible for client service in the Metro NewYork region.Over a 37-year career with the firmhe led PwC’s international tax group regionallyand nationally, led the entertainment, media andcommunications practice and was deputy tax

leader for the U.S. firm. In the 80’s J.J.helped emerging technology com-panies establish a presence in Ireland, and in NY in the 90’s establishedan Irish tax desk to help U.S. companies with Irish operations.

J.J. is on the boards of The Salvation Army of Greater New York andVillanova School of Business. He won the James Joyce impersonationaward at 2010 Wild Geese Bloomsday celebration. J.J. visits Irelandoften.His maternal ancestors were from Caven and his paternal grand-father came from Clifden,Galway. Another ancestor,Professor ThomasConeys, wrote the first Gaelic-English dictionary in 1849.

J.J. is a graduate of Villanova and received their Distinguished YoungAlumni Medal in 1983. He and his wife Susan live in Greenwich,Connecticut, where they raised their two children.

Jayne ConwayPlanet FitnessJayne Conway is the CFO of Planet Fitness, aretail fitness chain known for its judgementfree zone atmosphere and friendly prices. Itboasts 2.3 million members nationwide, andfor two consecutive years has been ranked byInc. magazine as one of the fastest growing pri-

vate businesses in America. Jayne assumed her role at Planet Fitnessin May 2010. Prior to that Jayne was the CFO at Gulf Oil LLP. Shehas also held several leadership positions at Dunkin Brands, includ-ing chief strategy officer, as well as being a Bain and Company alum-nus.

Jayne holds a BS in industrial engineering from North CarolinaState, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. She is a third-generation Irish American, and is married to a native Irishman fromCounty Kildare.

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DON KEOUGH ON HIS INDUCTION AS THE INAUGURAL RECIPIENT OF THE

IRISH AMERICA HALL OF FAME AWARD.

YOUR RECOGNITION IS RICHLY DESERVED, AND YOUR

CONTRIBUTION TO IRISH SOCIETY IS UNPARALLELED.

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Dennis CrowleyFoursquareDennis Crowley is the co-founder ofFoursquare, a service that mixes social, locativeand gaming elements to encourage people toexplore 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 in2005. In 2005 Dennis was named one of the “Top 35 InnovatorsUnder 35” by MIT’s Technology Review magazine. In 2009 he wonthe “Fast Money” bonus round on the TV game show Family Feud.

His work has featured in The New York Times,The Wall StreetJournal,Wired,Time, Newsweek, MTV, Slashdot and NBC. Dennis is cur-rently an adjunct professor at NYU’s Interactive TelecommunicationsProgram (ITP).

A fourth-generation Irish American, Dennis holds a master’sdegree from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program anda bachelor’s degree from the Newhouse School at SyracuseUniversity. His great-great-grandparents emigrated from Sneem,County Kerry.

John CrowleyAmicus Therapeutics

John Crowley is the president & CEO ofAmicus Therapeutics, a publicly held biopharma-ceutical company developing drugs to treatgenetic diseases. His involvement stems fromthe 1998 diagnosis of his children, Megan and

Patrick, with Pompe disease: a rare and fatal neuromuscular disorder.Megan and Patrick were given months to live. John helped to co-founda biotech company called Novazyme Pharmaceuticals, focused exclu-sively on developing a treatment for Pompe.The company went froma $1 million angel financing to $27 million in venture capital financingand was acquired for nearly $200 million by Genzyme Corporation. In2003,Patrick and Megan began an experimental enzyme therapy devel-oped by Genzyme that has saved their lives.The Crowley family storywas featured in the movie Chasing Miracles, starring Harrison Ford andBrendan Fraser, and in a memoir by John entitled Chasing Miracles:TheCrowley Family Journey of Strength, Hope and Joy. John graduated fromGeorgetown,Notre Dame and Harvard.He lives in Princeton,NJ withhis wife Aileen, Megan, Patrick, and their oldest son John Jr.

A. James DeHayesDeHayes Consulting GroupA. James DeHayes is an authority on strategydevelopment and implementation in marketing,distribution, and M&A support for the financialservices industry. He has successfully guidedclients through the complex process of design-

ing and developing distribution systems tailored for new products,enhancing productivity and profitability of existing distribution, andadjusting legacy distribution to new competitive realities.

Prior to founding DeHayes Consulting Group, Jim served asCMO for a major diversified financial services company. He is analumnus of the Harvard Business School, a graduate of Leadershipin Professional Services, a Chartered Life Underwriter andChartered Financial Consultant from the American College, andholds an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Jim is a member of the North American Advisory Board for theUCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School in Dublin. A sec-ond-generation Irish American whose mother’s family has roots inBelfast, Jim is married with six children.

Catherine CoughlinAT&TCatherine Coughlin oversees AT&T brandstrategy, advertising, corporate communica-tions, events and sponsorships worldwide.Cathy began her communications career in1979 when she joined Southwestern BellTelephone Company in her hometown of St.

Louis. During her 30 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 executiveofficer of AT&T Midwest.Throughout her career,Cathy has been com-mitted to serving the community. She serves on the board of direc-tors of several organizations including Northwestern University, theGirl Scouts of America,After School Matters and the Dallas Women'sMuseum. She also serves on the board of trustees of the AmericanFilm Institute. Cathy holds a BA degree in economics fromNorthwestern University and a Master of Science in Financedegree from St. Louis University.

Pamela DaleyGeneral ElectricPamela Daley is senior vice president at GeneralElectric. She earned her AB degree fromPrinceton University and graduated first in herclass from the University of Pennsylvania LawSchool,where she was editor-in-chief of the LawReview. Before joining GE, Daley was a tax part-

ner at Morgan,Lewis & Bockius and an adjunct professor at the UPennLaw School.

Pamela joined GE in 1989 as tax counsel and was VP and seniorcounsel for transactions from 1991 to 2004. In 2004, she became VP-corporate business development and was promoted to her currentposition in 2005. She is responsible for GE’s mergers, acquisitions anddivestiture activities worldwide.

Pamela serves on the boards of General Electric CapitalCorporation, GE Capital Services, Inc., and the GE Foundation. She isa member of the boards of UPenn, the UPenn Law School, the WorldWildlife Fund and The Juilliard School. She is a second-generation IrishAmerican with roots in Roscommon on her father’s side.

Michael DolanExxon MobilMichael J.Dolan has worked in the oil and petro-chemical business for 35 years. He began hiscareer in research and development, and pro-ceeded through a variety of research, engineer-ing, manufacturing and business managementpositions. Michael has worked in all parts of

ExxonMobil’s business both domestically and abroad.Today he is senior vice president and a member of the management

committee of Exxon Mobil Corporation in Dallas,TX.Michael is a director of the US-Saudi Arabian Business Council, the

U.S.-China Business Council, and a former director of the AmericanPetroleum Institute. He is also trustee of his alma mater,WorcesterPolytechnic Institute, where he received a BS in chemical engineering.Michael holds an MBA from Drexel University in Philadelphia. He is athird-generation Irish American with roots in Ballincollig, Co Cork. Hesays,“My great-grandfather came to America, served in the army andbought a small farm. His descendants have been living the Americandream as a result.” Michael and his wife, Mary, have four children.

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John DonahoeeBay MarketplaceJohn Donahoe became president and CEO ofeBay Inc. on March 31, 2008. In this role, he hasglobal responsibility for growing the company’score e-commerce and payments businesses,which include eBay and PayPal. As CEO, John

has aimed to redefine the company as a global e-commerce and pay-ments leader through a strong focus on innovation and customers.John joined eBay in 2005 as president of eBay Marketplaces, respon-

sible for all elements of eBay's global e-commerce businesses.In addition to serving on the Board of Directors for eBay Inc. and

Intel Corp., John is also on the Board of Trustees of DartmouthCollege. John received a BA in economics from Dartmouth Collegeand an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

A fifth-generation Irish American, John’s roots are in Tipperary.He is married to Eileen Chamberlain and they have four children.

Lisa DonohueStarcomLisa Donohue is CEO of Chicago-based Starcom,whose clients include Bank of America, GeneralMotors, Kellogg’s and Mars/Wrigley.

Prior to tackling the top job at Starcom, Lisaserved as president of the truth & design group

at SMG sister agency MediaVest. Since launching her career in 1987,Lisa has exhibited strong strategic thinking on a variety of accountsincluding Kellogg’s, General Motors, Miller, NYSE, Samsonite and Sony.

Lisa is active in the SMG network’s Leadership Board and GlobalProduct Committee, and a board member of SMGx. She is a memberof the Advertising Women of New York. She delivered the keynoteaddress at the iMedia Connection Agency Summit and the ChicagoCMO Summit in 2010.Her other career accolades include the Chicagomagazine Association’s Bill Harmon Award for leading the print mediaindustry; two Mediaweek “Plan of the Year” honors (1995, 2001); andtwo Cannes Media Lion victories (2001) for work on Nintendo.

Lisa is a third-generation Irish American on her father’s side andfourth-generation on her mother’s. Both families are from Cork.

Michael DowlingNorth Shore-LIJ Health SystemsMichael J. Dowling is president and CEO of theNorth Shore-LIJ Health System. Prior to becom-ing president and CEO in 2002, Michael was thehealth system’s executive vice president andCOO.Before joining North Shore-LIJ in 1995, he

was a senior vice president at Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Heserved in New York State government for 12 years, including sevenyears as state director of health, education and human services anddeputy secretary to the Governor. He was also commissioner of theNew York State Department of Social Services. Before his public serv-ice career, he was a professor and dean at Fordham University.

Michael is chairman of the National Center for HealthcareLeadership and the chairman of the North American Board of theSmurfit School of Business at University College, Dublin, Ireland.

Michael grew up in Limerick, Ireland. He earned his undergraduatedegree from University College Cork and his MA from Fordham.He has honorary doctorates from Hofstra University and DowlingCollege.

Craig DonohueCME Group, Inc.Craig Donohue has served as CEO of CMEGroup and its predecessor company, CMEHoldings Inc. since 2004.

Craig is a member of the Wall Street Journal’sCEO Council and serves on the steering com-

mittee for its Future of Finance Initiative. Craig is a member of theBretton Woods Committee and serves on the Commodity FuturesTrading Commission’s Global Markets Advisory Committee. He ischairman of the Board of Directors of the Council for EconomicEducation, chairman of the Executives’ Club of Chicago and a boardmember of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He also serves asvice chairman of the CME Group and the NYMEX Foundations.

Before joining CME in 1989, Craig was associated with the Chicagolaw firm of McBride, Baker & Coles. He holds an MBA fromNorthwestern University, a JD from John Marshall Law School, anML in financial services regulation from IIT Chicago-Kent Collegeof Law and a BA from Drake University. Craig is a third-generationIrish American whose ancestors came from Cork.

John DoonerMcCann WorldgroupJohn J. Dooner, Jr., founder of McCannWorldgroup and for the past 12 years its chair-man and CEO, became executive chairman ofthe company in April 2010.

John formed McCann Worldgroup in 1997and is credited with building it into one of the world’s largest andfastest-growing marketing communications organizations, with opera-tions in over 30 countries. Built on the foundation of McCannErickson, the leading global advertising agency network, today six ofthe seven marketing communications companies comprisingWorldgroup are global leaders in their categories.

Vision, energy, consistent delivery of strategic solutions and a per-sistent dedication to growing Worldgroup’s business by building itsclients’ businesses have characterized John’s 35-year career withMcCann and its parent company, The Interpublic Group. John, whowas born in New York, earned his BA from St. Thomas VillanovaUniversity, and traces his Irish roots to his grandparents from CountyClare. He and his wife reside in Westchester, New York.

Patrick Henry DowlingWhite Oak Global AdvisorsPat Dowling has 33 years experience in thefinance industry. Prior to joining White OakGlobal Advisors LLC as managing partner, hewas senior managing director and group headat Tygris Commercial Finance Group where he

also was a corporate officer and founder. Before Tygris, he wasmanaging director and general manager of CIT Leveraged FinanceTransportation. Pat was previously managing director and industryleader, aerospace and defense, for GE Commercial Finance and hada 22 year career at GE Capital. He is active in The NationalChamber Foundation of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and TheInstitute for Defense and Business Foundation. He is a certifiedpublic accountant. Pat holds a BS in accounting from FordhamUniversity and a JD from Pace University School of Law. He is asecond-generation Irish American whose mother’s family hails fromCork. Pat is married to Kate and has three sons: Patrick, Connorand Mackenzie.

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Michael DuffyCardinal HealthMike Duffy is executive vice president of GlobalManufacturing and Supply Chain for CardinalHealth. Prior to Cardinal Health, Duffy servedas vice president, Global Value Chain at TheGillette Co. Mike is president of the Corporate

Advisory Council at the University of Michigan Ross School ofBusiness Master of Supply Chain Management Program. He also is aboard member for both the Columbus Region Logistics Council andthe Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.

Mike earned a bachelor’s degree in operations research and a mas-ter’s degree in transportation. He is a fourth-generation IrishAmerican with roots in Dublin on both sides of the family, and ances-tors from Kilkenny on his mother’s side. He remarks, “my family isfrom Boston,where the Irish community is still very active. I am proudto be a descendant of the Irish community that both built the cityinfrastructure and shaped its local culture. It is that work ethic andsense of purpose that I try to emulate every day.”

Brian DunnBest Buy

Brian Dunn is the CEO of Best Buy Co., Inc.,a role he assumed in 2009. A 25-year veteranof the company, Brian began his career at BestBuy as a store associate in 1985. From 2006until being named to his current position, Brian

served as President and COO. Brian also serves on the board ofDick’s Sporting Goods, Inc., as well as on the board of The Best BuyChildren’s Foundation.

Brian has established himself as a powerful representative of BestBuy’s brand and a decisive architect of organizational transforma-tion. His personal involvement in the site selection and openingprocess of over five hundred stores provides him with valuablecommercial real estate experience.

Due to corporate policy, Brian is unable to supply us with his per-sonal Irish heritage information.

James FarleyFord Motor CompanyJames Farley is Ford Motor Company’s groupvice president, global marketing, sales and serv-ice and is the company’s most senior market-ing leader. Before being appointed to his cur-rent position in August 2010, Jim was group

vice president, global marketing and Canada, Mexico and SouthAmerica. Before joining Ford, he was group vice president and gen-eral manager of Lexus.

James joined Toyota in 1990 and had a distinguished career there,a highlight being his responsibility for the successful launch and roll-out of Toyota’s new Scion brand. James was later promoted to vicepresident of Scion and was responsible for all Scion activities.

A cousin of comedian Chris Farley, James Farley earned a bache-lor’s degree in economics and computer science from GeorgetownUniversity and has an MBA from UCLA.

His grandfather was a longtime Ford worker who eventually rana Lincoln-Mercury dealership near Detroit. James and his wife Liahave three children.

Terrence DuffyCME Group, Inc.The Honorable Terrence A. Duffy has beenexecutive chairman of CME Group since 2007.Previously, he served as chairman of the boardof CME and CME Holdings and as executivechairman. He was vice chairman of the board of

CME Holdings Inc. from its formation in 2001 and of the board ofCME from 1998 to 2002.Terrence was also president of TDA Trading,Inc. from 1981 to 2002. In 2002, he was appointed to serve on aNational Saver Summit on Retirement Savings, and was appointed in2003 as a member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board(FRTIB). He currently serves on the Board of Directors of WorldBusiness Chicago, the Board of Trustees of Saint Xavier University, theRegional Advisory Board of The American Ireland Fund,and is co-chairof the Mayo Clinic Greater Chicago Leadership Council. He is chair-man of the NYMEX Foundation and vice chairman of the CME GroupFoundation.A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater,Terrence is a third-generation Irish American who traces hisfather’s family to Westport, County Mayo.

Mary Callahan Erdoes J.P. MorganMary Callahan Erdoes is CEO of J.P. MorganAsset Management. In addition to being a mem-ber of JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s executive andoperating committees, Mary leads the firm’sstrategic partnership with Highbridge Capital

Management and is a member of its board. Prior to being namedCEO in 2009, Mary held a number of senior management positionsacross Asset Management, including as CEO of the Private Bank, andchairman and CEO of Global Wealth Management. She joined J.P.Morgan in 1996 from Meredith, Martin & Kaye.

Mary earned a BS from Georgetown and an MBA from HarvardBusiness School. She is a member of the Board of Directors of theU.S. Fund for UNICEF. Forbes named her one of The 100 MostPowerful Women in the World, and Fortune named her one of The 50Most Powerful Women. An Illinois native, Mary is a fourth-genera-tion Irish American.Her great-grandparents emigrated from Cork onher father’s side and Tipperary on her mother’s. She lives in New YorkCity with her husband and three daughters.

John FarrellKPMG

John Michael Farrell is a national lead part-ner for KPMG in enterprise risk managementservices.With over 20 years risk managementand risk/control experience with Fortune 500multinational clients, John specializes in inter-

nal audit, regulatory and compliance services at KPMG. In this posi-tion he is responsible for service delivery on priority accounts inthe manufacturing and information/communication sectors.

A graduate of the State University of New York at Albany, Johnreceived his master’s of science, accounting and MBA, finance, fromLong Island University. He is also a certified public accountant inNew York State and belongs to the New York State Society ofCPAs. Before joining KPMG, John served as the director of internalaudit for Minerals Technologies, Inc.

John is a third-generation Irish American with roots in Monaghanon his father’s side. His grandmother was one of eleven childrenborn at the turn of the century in New York, whose parents cameto America from Ireland in the 1880s.

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Irial FinanThe Coca-Cola CompanyIrial Finan is executive vice president,The Coca-Cola Company and president of BottlingInvestments and Supply Chain. He is responsiblefor managing a multi-billion dollar internalBottling business, Bottling Investments Group

(BIG), which has operations in 5 continents. Irial has 29 years experi-ence in The Coca-Cola System. From 2001 to 2003, he served asChief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola HBC. Irial joined the Coca-ColaCompany 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 asa non-executive director for Co-operation Ireland and NUI GalwayFoundation.

He holds a BC from National University of Ireland in Galway and isan Associate (later Fellow) of the Institute of Chartered ManagementAccountants. Irial and his wife, Deirdre, have two daughters, Ciaraand Roisin.

Dave FitzgeraldFitzgerald and Co.In 1983, Dave Fitzgerald founded Fitzgerald &Co. He remains president and CEO. His com-pany was named the Best Agency in theSoutheast by Adweek, and named one of the10 best companies in Atlanta 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 athletesin the 1996 Olympics. A member of the AOH, the MetropolitanAtlanta Police Emerald Society, and the Hibernian BenevolentSociety, he has twice been Grand Marshal of the Atlanta St. Patrick’sDay Parade.

Dave received his BA and MBA from Dayton University, wherehe was honored with an Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award in2000. He traces his family to the western counties of Kerry andSligo, has visited Ireland thirty-five times and became an Irish citi-zen two years ago. He calls his Irish heritage “a source of greatpride.”

Shane FitzsimonsGeneral ElectricShane Fitzsimons is General Electric’s vicepresident of corporate financial planning andanalysis. Prior to assuming this role in 2004, heheld several financial leadership positions,including finance manager for GE Engine

Services, a $4B division of GE Transportation, Aircraft Engines.Immediately prior to his role in Engine Services, he was manager ofgroup financial planning and analysis for Aircraft Engines.

Originally from Co. Cork, Ireland, Shane studied charteredaccountancy at the Cork Institute of Technology. After spendingseven years in public accounting both in Ireland and in theNetherlands, he joined GE Plastics in the Netherlands in 1994.Shane is a member of the Bridgeport Hospital Board of Directors,Co-chair of Team Connecticut for the Special Olympics andPresident of the GE Volunteers Foundation.

He is married to Deirdre, a medical researcher. They have fourchildren: Keelin (12), Eoin (10), Conor (5) and Ciaran (3). His inter-ests include travel and golf.

Anne FinucaneBank of AmericaAnne Finucane is Bank of America’s globalstrategy and marketing officer, serving as amember of the company’s senior executivemanagement team. During her fifteen years asa senior leader at Bank of America and its lega-

cy firms,Anne has focused on corporate strategy and public policycreation and implementation.Anne joined Bank of America prede-cessor FleetBoston Financial in 1995.

As founder and chair of Bank of America’s Environmental Council,Finucane leads the company’s environmental initiative. She alsooversees the company’s philanthropic giving goal through the Bankof America Charitable Foundation.

She serves on the boards of Carnegie Hall, Special Olympics, theJohn F. Kennedy Library Foundation,The American Ireland Fund andthe International Center of Journalists.

Anne traces her Irish heritage on both her father’s and mother’sside to County Cork. She lives in Lincoln, Massachusetts with herhusband, columnist Mike Barnicle, and their children.

John FitzpatrickFitzpatrick Hotel GroupJohn Fitzpatrick is president and CEO of theFitzpatrick Hotel Group, North America. Johnbegan his impressive career almost thirty yearsago with a hotel management course in Ireland,followed by the prestigious hotel management

course at UNLV in Las Vegas. He then returned to Ireland to work atthe family hotels in Dublin and Bunratty, before moving back to theU.S. in 1991. He serves as chairman of the Hotel Association of NYCand is on the boards of the American Ireland Fund and the Ireland-USCouncil. In 2002, he received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. In 2008,he was recognized for his contributions to the peace process inNorthern Ireland with an honorary OBE.

John is very active in a number of philanthropic activities that aid chil-dren in need and advance the peace process in Northern Ireland. In1993 he founded the Eithne and Paddy Fitzpatrick MemorialFoundation in memory of his parents.The foundation has generatedmore than $1.3 million for charities dedicated to such causes.

William FlynnMutual of AmericaDuring his 34 years with Mutual of America,Bill Flynn established himself as a great leaderwhose business skills were reflected in Mutualof America’s performance and recognizedthroughout the life insurance industry. Now

Mutual’s chairman emeritus, Bill’s commitment to social justice con-tinues to be felt in the success of the Irish peace process and thework of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy(NCAFP). As the first Irish-American chairman of the NCAFP, itwas Flynn who invited all of Northern Ireland’s political leaders,including Gerry Adams, to the U.S., a move that propelledNorthern Ireland into the peace process.

A graduate of Fordham University, Bill is a first-generation IrishAmerican with roots in Counties Mayo and Down. In 1996, he wasGrand Marshal of New York City’s St. Patrick's Day Parade.

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Jack FoleyAer Lingus

As executive vice president of Aer Lingus,Jack Foley oversees all strategic, operationaland marketing programs in North America.

A customer-focused airline that offers a pro-fessional, efficient and friendly service, Aer

Lingus was the first airline to apply the pricing strategies of dis-counters such as Southwest and America West to trans-Atlantictravel. The company receives less than two complaints per thou-sand customers in the busiest period of travel.

Jack has come a long way from his first job in the airline business,as a bag loader for Lufthansa at JFK.That job, however, paid for hisbachelor of science and MBA in international marketing from St.John’s University. In 1979, Jack joined British Airways and rose tothe position of vice president of marketing in the U.S. In 1996 hewas recruited by Aer Lingus to manage their TransAtlantic division.

A second-generation Irish American with roots in County Cork,Jack is on the board of directors of the Ireland-U.S. BusinessCouncil. He lives on Long Island with his wife and their son.

Michael GallagherPricewaterhouseCoopersMichael Gallagher is U.S. assurance nationaloffice leader at PwC and a member of PwC’sU.S. Board of Partners.With a career spanning25 years, Michael has worked on client assign-ments involving numerous multinational SEC

registrants and held various national office roles and leadership posi-tions. He became a practice partner at PwC’s Philadelphia office in1996 and then joined the national office in 2003, starting out as aNational Office ACS Partner. In 2004, he became a U.S. RiskManagement Leader and was later made U.S. Chief Accountantbefore moving to his current position. He serves on the Center forAudit Quality’s Professional Practice Executive Committee.

Born in Philadelphia, Michael earned a BS in accounting fromFrostburg State University. A third-generation Irish American whosepaternal ancestors emigrated from Galway, he takes “great pride incoming from such a warm and proud people, known for deep wis-dom, intellectual curiosity, and, perhaps most importantly, greathumor.” He and his wife Gina have three children.

Jack HaireParade PublicationsJack Haire is president and CEO of ParadePublications. Under his leadership, Parade built aunique content distribution network with 40million monthly visitors across 400 newspaperweb sites. Earlier this month, Parade launched

dash, a new food magazine and web business that will include brand-ed content from Bon Appétit, Epicurious.com and Gourmet.

Before joining Parade, Jack spent 28 years at Time Warner Inc.During his tenure, he was publisher of TIME, president of theFortune/Money Group, and chairman of the Time Warner AdvertisingCouncil. On his watch, both Time and Fortune were chosen asAdweek’s Hottest Magazine.He partnered with CNN on the launch ofCNNMoney.com. Jack serves on the board of Concern Worldwideand as a director of LodgeNet Interactive and Top Ten Reviews.

Jack lives in Connecticut with his wife and two children. He enjoysreading, golf, fishing, and all sports. His great-grandparents came fromCork and Donegal to NYC through Ellis Island during the Famine.Jack’s brother and sister have homes in Glen, Donegal.

William Clay Ford Jr.Ford Motor CompanyExecutive chairman William Clay Ford, Jr., is lead-ing the company that put the world on wheelsinto the 21st century.

William joined Ford in 1979 as a productplanning analyst. He held a variety of domestic

and international assignments in manufacturing, sales,marketing, prod-uct development and finance, before becoming vice president,Commercial Truck Vehicle Center in 1994. He served as CEO fromOctober 2001 to September 2006. A member of the board since1988, he became chairman in 1999. He also serves as chairman of theboard’s Environmental and Public Policy Committee.

William holds a BA degree from Princeton and an MS degree inmanagement as an Alfred P. Sloan fellow from MIT.An avid fly fisher-man, he enjoys playing hockey and tennis and is a black belt in TaeKwon Do.

William is the great-grandson of Henry Ford, who was the son ofan Irish immigrant from Cork. Henry “put the world on wheels bymaking personal mobility affordable.”

Colleen GogginsJohnson & JohnsonColleen Goggins is a member of the Johnson &Johnson Executive Committee and has servedas Worldwide Chairman, Consumer Groupsince June, 2001. Colleen joined Johnson &Johnson in 1981.

Colleen earned a BS in food chemistry from the University ofWisconsin and an MM from Northwestern University’s BusinessSchool.

She is a member of the Board of Trustees for Historic Morven,Inc. and the Nature Conservancy in New Jersey and a BoardMember for the CDC Foundation.

Colleen, whose Irish heritage is on her father’s side, is proud ofJohnson & Johnson’s Women’s Leadership Initiative designed to sup-port leadership development of the firm’s female employeesaround the world.

James HannanGeorgia-Pacific LLCJim Hannan is CEO and president of GeorgiaPacific L.L.C., a position he has held since 2007.Prior to his current post with Georgia Pacific, Jimworked with Koch Industries.

With the 2005 acquisition of Georgia Pacificby Koch, Jim was named the executive vice president and chief admin-istration officer and was later promoted to president and COO.

Jim attended California State University, East Bay campus, where hereceived his bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Jim resides in Atlanta where he is a board member of the AtlantaCommittee for Progress, the Atlanta History Center, the Center forCivil and Human Rights, the Woodruff Arts Center, Holy InnocentsEpiscopal School and the Commerce Club. He is a member of theboards of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, the NationalCouncil for Air and Stream Improvement, and current chairman of theboard of the American Forest and Paper Products Association.

Jim is a fourth-generation Irish American. His great-great-grand-mother came to the U.S. in the mid-1800s from County Cork.

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John HayesAmerican ExpressFor the past 14 years, John Hayes has overseenglobal marketing efforts at American Express.In addition to overseeing marketing strategiesand product development, John leads the com-pany’s global advertising, digital marketing

strategy, market research, corporate sponsorships, brand manage-ment and publishing organizations. He has continued AmericanExpress’s tradition of giving back through programs such as“Charge Against Hunger,” “Save The Music,” and “Members Project,”allowing cardmembers to choose causes for American Express tosupport.

Prior to joining American Express, John was the president ofLowe and Partners, and held senior positions at Geer DuBois,Ammirati & Puris and Saatchi & Saatchi Compton.

John served on the Tiger Woods Foundation board from 1999-2006, and currently chairs the Leadership Committee of theNational Peace Corps Association.

Mike HemingwayThirdhunger/BrandhungerIn 2009, Mike founded two companies:Thirdhunger and Brandhunger. Both these busi-nesses focus on helping companies and wellknown personalities incorporate social responsi-bility into their mass communications and cre-

ativity.Thirdhunger connects primarily with the creative communities.Brandhunger helps train marketing companies.

In June 2000,Mike was invited to join Ogilvy & Mather in New York,to work on Kodak, as worldwide director. In 2004,Mike took over theworldwide Unilever Dove business. Between 1995 and 2000, Mikehelped develop and lead an Advertising Training Seminar titled: “Howto Create Award Winning, Effective Advertising.” It took place in near-ly 20 countries.

Mike’s father, one of the last surviving Irish pilots who fought in theBattle of Britain in WWII, was born in Dublin. Mike and his wife havefour sons. One is actor Toby Hemingway. In the little spare time hehas, Mike writes illustrated fiction that he hopes will inspire chil-dren of all ages.

Thomas HoganHewlett-PackardTom Hogan serves as executive vice president ofsales, marketing and strategy for the EnterpriseBusiness at HP.Tom previously was EVP of HPSoftware and Solutions, and before joining HP in2006, served as president and CEO of Vignette.

Prior to Vignette,Tom was senior vice president of global sales andoperations at Siebel Systems. He began his career at IBM in 1982.

Tom holds a master of management from NorthwesternUniversity’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management, graduating withdistinction with concentrations in finance, international business andorganizational behavior. He also holds a BS in biomedical engineeringfrom the University of Illinois.

Tom’s great-grandfather and great-grandmother Michael P. and AnnaStafford Hogan came to Dubuque, Iowa from Wexford, Ireland andwere married in 1890 in Dubuque.Tom is a fourth-generation IrishAmerican on his mother’s side, from the town of Spiddal in Galwaywhere he descends from Mary Costello who married Robert Blaney,a third-generation American.

James HeekinGrey GroupJames R. Heekin III became chairman and CEOof Grey Group in January 2007, after leadingGrey, the company’s global advertising arm,since 2005.

Advertising Age named Grey to its prestigiousA-List of the world’s best agencies. Prior to Grey, Jim served aschairman and CEO of Euro RSCG Worldwide, a subsidiary ofHavas.

Earlier in his career, Jim served as chairman and CEO of McCann-Erickson WorldGroup and McCann-Erickson Worldwide.

A graduate of Williams College, Jim has served previously on theBoard of Directors for JWT, the Interpublic Group of Companies,The American Association of Advertising Agencies and the AdCouncil. A fourth-generation Irish American whose father’s familycame from Co. Donegal, Jim says that he has been “proud to wit-ness and be a small part of the rise of the Irish in America and thetransformation of Ireland.”

Donagh HerlihyAvonDonagh Herlihy is senior vice president andCIO at Avon Products Inc. Herlihy joined Avonin March 2008 from the Wrigley Companywhere he also was CIO. During his 7 yearsthere, he drove the transformation of Wrigley’s

organization and business processes. In addition to leading IT,Donagh also served successively as Vice President of HumanResources and Vice President of Supply Chain Strategy and Planning.

Donagh holds a BS in industrial engineering from Dublin Instituteof Technology & Trinity College, Dublin, and has completed theExecutive Program at the University of Michigan’s Ross School ofBusiness.

He is a board member of The American Red Cross,Westchester,New York.

Donagh was born in Dublin and grew up in Wexford. He reflects,“my Irish upbringing left me very comfortable moving around theworld, living and working in different environments.”

James HoulihanHoulihan-Parnes/iCap RealtyJames J. Houlihan is a licensed real estate brokerand represents the fourth generation in a familybusiness founded in 1891 by his great-grandfa-ther. He is a partner at Houlihan-ParnesRealtors, LLC of White Plains, New York. Jim is

an active partner in Metro Property Group, LLC and a partner in HPCapital, LLC. He is also on the board of directors for Q10 Capital,LLC.Houlihan has served as chairman of the Great Hunger MemorialCommittee of Westchester County. Jim curates the exhibit “TheFighting Irishmen: A Celebration of the Celtic Warrior” It originallyopened in 2006 at the Irish Arts Center, and continued at the SouthStreet Seaport Museum in Manhattan, at the John J. Burns Library atBoston College, Ulster American Folk Park in Co.Tyrone and at theGAA Museum at Croke Park, Dublin. He is a graduate of FordhamUniversity.A fourth-generation Irish American on his father’s side withroots in Kenmare, Kerry, and second-generation on his mother’s side,with roots in Tyrone and Donegal, Jim lives in Bronxville with his wifePat and their five children.

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James HynesNeutral Tandem, Inc.

James Hynes is the executive chairman ofNeutral Tandem, Inc., the company he co-found-ed in 2003. He was previously group managingdirector for Fidelity Ventures and Founder andCEO of COLT telecommunications in Europe.

Hynes received his BA and an honorary doctorate from IonaCollege and an MBA from Adelphi University.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of Insite Wireless andalso serves on the North American Board of the Smurfit GraduateSchool of Business, UCD.

A first-generation Irish American, James has connections to CountyLimerick, where his father is from, and Arklow, County Wicklow,where his mother was born.

When asked what his Irish heritage meant to him, James, who ismarried with twin daughters, replied, “Closeness to my Irish heritageprovides a touching point to my forebears and sense of continuity andstability. It helps me better understand many things about myself, myfamily and so many of my friends.”

David KellyJ.P. MorganDr. David Kelly is the chief market strategist forJ.P. Morgan Funds.With over 20 years of experi-ence,Kelly provides valuable insight and perspec-tive on the economy and markets to thousandsof financial advisors and their clients. He is a

keynote speaker at many national investment conferences and a fre-quent guest on CNBC and other financial news outlets.

Prior to joining J.P.Morgan Funds,David served as economic advisorto Putnam Investments.He has also served as a senior strategist/econ-omist at SPP Investment Management, Primark Decision Economics,Lehman Brothers and DRI/McGraw-Hill.

David is a CFA charterholder and has a PhD and MA in economicsfrom Michigan State University, and a BA in economics from UniversityCollege Dublin.Born in Ireland,David says that “being Irish in Americamakes you respected before you say anything smart, makes you amus-ing before you say anything funny and makes you a friend before you’vedone anything to earn it. For me it has always been the best passportto America.”

Margaret KellyRE/MAX LLCMargaret Kelly became RE/MAX CEO in 2005,capping a series of leadership positions she hasheld since joining the organization as a financialanalyst in 1987. She was named vice president in1992 and president in 2002.

In January 2010, Kelly was appointed to the Board of Directors ofthe Denver Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank. She has been hon-ored by Inman News as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Real EstateLeaders of 2009 and by Realtor magazine as one of Real Estate’s 25Most Influential Thought Leaders in 2006. She speaks before industrygroups around the U.S., has served as CEO guest anchor on CNBC’s“The Call,” and has been quoted by The Associated Press, Bloomberg,Reuters and other media outlets. She grew up in the Detroit area andearned a BBA in finance and accounting from Walsh College.A breastcancer survivor,Margaret is an advocate of the RE/MAX national spon-sorship of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® series.

Margaret finds time to enjoy a very active life with her husband, Johnand their two sons. She is a third-generation Irish American.

Kevin KeaneODMD, LLPKevin J. Keane, CPA, is the managing partnerand a member of the executive committee ofO’Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins, LLP. Hehas over 30 years experience providingaccounting and business advisory services to

businesses in the real estate, construction and distribution industries.Kevin serves on boards and finance committees including the Irish

Arts Center, Archbishop Stepinac High School, and The John E.Coleman School of the Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center. He is adirector and founder of The Westchester Bank. Kevin holds an MBAin corporate finance from Pace University and a BS in accountingfrom the State University of NY at Albany.

Kevin is a second-generation Irish American whose grandparentscame from Cork and Clare. A member of the Friendly Sons of St.Patrick, he says that “Irish heritage and traditions have been the cor-nerstone of my family and my beliefs, enhancing my abilities and mysuccess in business.” Kevin is married with five children and lives inWhite Plains, New York.

Fran KellyArnold WorldwideFran Kelly is a driven vice chairman and a self-described branding and integrated marketingfanatic. He believes in the power of big ideasintelligently executed and has helped dozens ofclients find their big idea over his 25+ years inadvertising. Fran joined Arnold in 1994 as CMO.

In 1995, he helped Arnold’s integrated team develop the now famous“Drivers wanted.” campaign for VW. Titleist, FootJoy, Ocean Spray,truth®,TAG, Jack Daniels, Royal Caribbean, Citizens Bank,Talbots andHershey’s are additional brand success stories he has been part of atArnold.Fran became President of Arnold in 2002 and was named CEOin early 2006. His career started at Young & Rubicam in 1978.

Fran is a graduate of Amherst College and the Harvard BusinessSchool. He is a passionate public speaker and co-author ofWhat TheyReally Teach You at the Harvard Business School and The Breakaway Brand.He is a third-generation Irish-American whose father’s ancestors camefrom Kilshanny, Co. Clare, and whose mother’s family emigrated fromDublin. Fran is the proud father of 20-year-old twins.

Robert KellyBank of New York MellonRobert Kelly is chairman and CEO of The Bankof New York Mellon. He was named one ofAmerica’s Best CEOs in 2009 by InstitutionalInvestor magazine and a top 10 bank CEO in2006 and 2007 by U.S. Banker magazine.

Bob is chairman of the Financial ServicesForum and president of the Federal Advisory Council of the FederalReserve Board. He is a member of the Board of Directors of theFinancial Services Roundtable, the Institute of International Finance,and the Partnership for New York City.He is on the boards of trusteesof Carnegie Mellon and St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and is chancellor of St.Mary’s University.The American Irish Historical Society named Bob asits 2010 Gold Medal recipient.

Bob is a chartered accountant with an MBA and an honorary doc-torate from Cass Business School,City University in London and a BAand honorary doctorate from St. Mary’s University, Nova Scotia,Canada. His Irish roots are in Waterford. He and his wife Rose havetwo children, Brad and Elise.

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Shaun KellyKPMGShaun Kelly is vice chair of operations for KPMG,responsible for forecasting, planning and moni-toring the execution of the firm’s financial plan,and a member of KPMG’s management commit-tee.He was previously vice chair of KPMG’s U.S.

tax practice and regional head of the Americas tax practice.Shaun grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, joined KPMG

International’s Irish member firm in Dublin in 1980 and transferred tothe U.S. firm’s San Francisco office in 1984.He was admitted to the U.S.partnership in 1999. Shaun earned a bachelor of commerce, first classhonors from University College, Dublin. He is a fellow of the Instituteof Chartered Accountants in Ireland and a certified public accountant.Shaun is treasurer and member of the executive committee ofStudents in Free Enterprise. He is co-chair of KPMG’s DisabilitiesNetwork and a member of KPMG’s Diversity Advisory Board.

Shaun lives in Connecticut with his wife Mary, who was born inDonegal, and their four children, two of whom were born in Belfastand two in California.

Scott KeoghAudi of AmericaScott Keogh assumed the role of CMO of Audiof America in 2006. In this position he over-sees all marketing communications, productplanning and product launch efforts, includingleading the company’s marketing effort to fur-

ther elevate the Audi brand in the U.S.Prior to joining Audi, Scott worked at Mercedes-Benz USA for

more than a decade. Most recently, he was general manager, mar-keting communications. Previous positions at Mercedes-Benzincluded general manager, Smart USA where Scott was responsiblefor sales, marketing, product planning and retail development forthe new automotive brand.

Scott has a BA from Hobart and William Smith Colleges inupstate New York. He is a second-generation Irish American. Hismother’s family came from Counties Sligo and Antrim, his father’sfrom Co. Carlow. Scott remarks that his Irish heritage “acts as apowerful and beautiful anchor in an often transient world.”

MacDara LynchPfizerMacDara Lynch is the vice president/teamleader of Pfizer’s Global External SupplyDivision.He joined Pfizer in 1972 in Ringaskiddy,Cork and over the years has worked in variousroles in Belgium, Indonesia, and Nebraska. In

2000, MacDara transferred to Brooklyn as site leader for the manu-facturing facility and in 2003 he was appointed as vice president/ teamleader of Pfizer’s Global Manufacturing Division, United StatesEast/Canada Region before assuming his current position in 2007.

Born in Bandon, Co. Cork, MacDara graduated from UniversityCollege Cork in 1972 with a BSc degree in chemistry.Throughout histravels, he has always been active in the local community. He servedas Honorary Irish Consul in Indonesia for two years and served onBrooklyn Legal Services Corporation’s board of directors. He is alsoa member of the board of directors of the Ireland - U.S. Council andCooperation Ireland.MacDara and his wife Ita have three children andtwo grandchildren and live in Connecticut. He says being Irish “helpsto refocus on what is really important in life.”

Christopher KennedyMerchandise Mart Christopher Kennedy, son of the late SenatorRobert Kennedy, is president of MerchandiseMart Properties Inc (MMPI). MMPI is a tradeshow and property management firm, withbuildings and shows throughout NorthAmerica. MMPI is a division of the Vornado

Realty Trust, which purchased it from the Kennedy family in 1998.Chris joined the company as a research analyst in 1987, becominga vice president in 1991 and executive vice president in 1994.

He was appointed president in 2000. Chris is involved in numer-ous nonprofit and civic groups, including The Commercial Club ofChicago, The Executives Club and serves on the ExecutiveCommittee for The Chicago Community Trust. In 2009, theGovernor of Illinois appointed Chris chairman of the Board ofTrustees at the University of Illinois.

Married with four children, Kennedy earned his bachelor's degreeat Boston College, and a master's in management from the KelloggGraduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Ellen KullmanDuPontEllen Kullman is chair of the board and chiefexecutive officer of DuPont. She was previous-ly president through Dec. 31, 2008. Prior tothat, she served as executive vice president anda member of the company’s office of the chief

executive.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-chairof the National Academy of Engineering Committee on Changing theConversation: From Research to Action.

Ellen is on the board of trustees of Tufts University and serves onthe board of overseers at Tufts University School of Engineering.

Prior to joining DuPont, Ellen worked for General Electric. Sheholds a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Tufts and a mastersdegree in management from Northwestern.Ellen is a third-generationIrish American whose mother’s family came from Nenagh,Tipperary.

Joanne MaguireLockheed MartinJoanne Maguire is executive vice president ofLockheed Martin Space Systems Company busi-ness area and an officer of Lockheed MartinCorporation. Joanne serves on the board ofdirectors for United Launch Alliance and on theboards of two nonprofit organizations, Space

Foundation and INROADS.Joanne assumed her current position in 2006. She previously served

as vice president and deputy of SSC.Prior to joining Lockheed Martinin 2003, she worked at TRW's Space & Electronics sector, nowNorthrop Grumman Space Technology.

Joanne earned a BA from Michigan State University and an MAfrom UCLA. She is a graduate of the executive program in manage-ment at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and completed theHarvard Program for Senior Executives in National and InternationalSecurity.

Joanne is a first-generation Irish American whose father, MichaelF. Maguire, was born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal.

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Jim McCann1-800-FlowersJim McCann is a successful entrepreneurwhose passion is helping others to connectwith the important people in their lives. Hisvision and energy led to his founding of 1-800-flowers.com, which has grown into the world's

leading florist and gift shop. Jim’s willingness to embrace technolo-gies that help people connect and express themselves long beforeothers has enabled him to stay at the forefront of consumer andsocial trends.

Jim has become an award-winning public speaker, publishedauthor and a frequent guest on radio and television programsnationwide. He is a member of the Board of Directors of WillisGroup Holdings Limited, London based, and Gruppo Lottomatica inRome, Italy. He also works on many charitable and educationalboards.

Jim is a third-generation Irish American with roots in Armagh andLimerick.

David McCourtGranahan McCourt CapitalDavid C. McCourt, chairman and CEO ofGranahan McCourt Capital, has founded orbought 14 companies in 7 countries.

David was raised in Watertown,Massachusettsand graduated from Georgetown University. In

1982,he created his first company,McCourt Cable Systems.David alsofounded the Grenadian TV station, Discovery TV.

David was executive producer on the series What's Going On?,whichdocumented the impact of global conflict on children around theworld. In 2005, he won an Emmy for the series Reading Rainbow andproduced the show Miracle’s Boys on Nickelodeon’s teenage network,The N. Today he serves as CEO of Satellite Holdings, LLC.

In 1984,President Reagan presented David with the first award fromthe White House recognizing accomplishments by private sector busi-nesses. In 2004 the American-Irish Historical Society presented himwith its Gold Medal. He lives with his wife and two children. David isa second-generation Irish American: his mother’s family is fromGalway and his father’s is from County Tyrone.

Judy McGrathMTV NetworksJudy McGrath is chairman and CEO of MTVNetworks, a position she has held since 2004.She oversees the management and operation ofMTV Networks’ over 160 TV channels and 400digital media properties worldwide.

Judy has held a series of positions at MTV Networks since MTV’slaunch in 1981. Before being named chairman and CEO, she was theMTV Networks group president responsible for MTV, MTV2, VH1,Country Music Television and Comedy Central. She previously heldpositions as copy chief of Glamour and senior writer for Mademoiselle.

Judy is on the boards of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,Girl Up andthe NCTA. She has been honored by the Posse Foundation,AmericanWomen in Radio & TV, the Food Bank of NYC,YouthAIDS, the Alliancefor Lupus Research, and the John A. Reisenbach Foundation. In 2003,the T.J. Martell Foundation named her Humanitarian of the Year. She isin the Cable Hall of Fame and the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame.

Raised in Scranton, PA, Judy lives with her husband and daughter inNew York City.

Anne McCarthyWestmeath CommunicationsAnne McCarthy has spent more than 25 years incorporate communications, serving as both astrategist and an executor for Fortune 500 com-panies in the U.S., Europe and Asia. She foundedWestmeath Communications, a consulting firm

that offers communications counsel to companies both large and small,as well as a cross section of stakeholders.Westmeath was named afterthe county where Anne’s maternal grandmother was born.

Anne has deep experience in corporate social responsibility, leadingthe Foundation at Western Union and Polaroid.She has led large imageand branding campaigns at Sara Lee Corporation, IBM, DuPont andSAP. She serves on several non-profit boards, including Alliance forChoice in Education, Colorado UpLift and the Denver Museum ofNature and Science.A trustee of the Woodrow Wilson InternationalCenter for Scholars, Anne earned a BA in journalism from MichiganState University and has completed executive education programsat The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania and atINSEAD at Fontainebleau.

Bill McDermottSAP Bill McDermott was appointed co-CEO of SAPalongside Jim Hagemann Snabe in 2010. Bill wasnamed to the SAP Executive Board in 2008 tomanage global field operations, a responsibilityhe maintains as co-CEO. Before joining SAP, Bill

served as EVP of Worldwide Sales & Operations at Siebel Systems,and president of Gartner, Inc.He spent 17 years at Xerox and becamethe company’s youngest corporate officer and division president.

Bill serves on the boards of ANSYS, PAETEC Communications,Under Armour, KIPP and Villanova University. In 2008, he was namedIdealist of the Year by City Year Greater Philadelphia. In 2005, Bill waselected to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the ChamberFoundation Board. Bill earned an MBA degree from the J.L. KelloggGraduate School of Management at Northwestern and completedthe Executive Development Program at the University ofPennsylvania’s Wharton School.He received his BS degree in businessadministration from Dowling College. Bill is a third-generation IrishAmerican with roots in Co. Roscommon on his father’s side.

Peter McGuinnessGotham Inc.Peter McGuinness’ mission as chairman & CEOof Gotham is to bring leading marketers street-smart, integrated communications without big-agency bureaucracy. Previously, Peter spent over15 years at McCann Worldgroup in the media

and account management departments. He became executive vicepresident & worldwide account director before turning 30. Peter ledmultiple pro bono efforts including the AIDS Awareness Quilt cam-paign.He helped pioneer Agencies In Action by committing Gotham toit first, helping NYC’s homeless. His creative honors include Effies,AMEs, CLIOs and Cannes Lions. Peter serves on the AAAA’s board,the Government Relations Committee and the AEF board. He is amember of the AAF Advertising Hall of Achievement and a DavidRockefeller Fellow for the advancement of New York City. Peter andhis wife recently started a philanthropic company called Do YourPart Through Art, focusing on child development through artisticexpression for children in need. Peter is a second-generation IrishAmerican whose ancestors lived in Cork and Mayo.

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Andrew McKennaSchwarzAndrew McKenna is chairman of SchwarzSupply Source, a leading provider of supplychain solutions. McKenna is also chairman ofMcDonald’s Corporation and serves as adirector of the AON Corporation and the

Chicago Bears Football Team and Skyline Corporation. Over theyears, McKenna has served on many civic boards. He is a directorof Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago, the Big Shoulders Fundof the Archdiocese of Chicago, The Ireland Economic AdvisoryBoard and the Lyric Opera of Chicago.A graduate of Notre Damewith a BS in business administration,Andrew was awarded the uni-versity’s Laetare Medal in 2000. He served as the chairman of theboard of trustees from 1992-2000 and continues on the boardtoday. He is also a graduate of the DePaul University Law Schoolwhere he received Doctor of Jurisprudence.

A second-generation Irish American, Andrew has roots in Mayoand Monaghan. He and his wife Joan have seven grown children and24 grandchildren.

Thomas MoranMutual of AmericaThomas Moran was appointed chairman of theboard in 2005 and has been president and CEOof Mutual of America since 1994.

Tom is the Chairman of Concern Worldwide(U.S.) and serves on the Boards of Directors of

the Greater New York Council of the Boy Scouts of America, theEducational Broadcasting System, the National Committee onAmerican Foreign Policy, and the Irish Hunger Memorial in New YorkCity. He has been given membership in the Alexis de TocquevilleSociety of the United Way and Excalibur membership.Tom has wonnumerous awards including the Commissioner’s Award by the NewYork City Police Foundation, and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.Tomserves on the Irish Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Board andthe boards of the Irish Chamber of Commerce in the USA and theIreland-US Council for Commerce and Industry, Inc.

Tom earned a BS degree in mathematics from Manhattan College.He traces his Irish ancestors to Fermanagh and Tipperary. He and hiswife Joan reside in New York City.

Alan MulallyFord Motor CompanyAlan Mulally is president and CEO of Ford MotorCo. and a member of the Board of Directors.

Before joining Ford in 2006, Alan was execu-tive vice president of The Boeing Company, andpresident and CEO of Boeing Commercial

Airplanes. Throughout his career, Alan has been recognized for hisindustry leadership, including being named one of The World’s MostInfluential People by TIME, one of The 30 Most Respected CEOs byBarrons, Person of the Year by Aviation Week and a Best Leader byBusinessWeek. Alan serves on President Obama’s Export Council. Heis a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and a fellowof England’s Royal Academy of Engineering.

A Kansas native,Alan holds BS and MS degrees in aeronautical andastronautical engineering from the University of Kansas, and earned amaster’s in management from MIT as a 1982 Alfred P. Sloan fellow.

With a surname derived from the Gaelic Ó Maolalaidh, Alan Mulallytraces his roots to the western counties of Ireland and Galway in particular.

Joseph MogliaTD AmeritradeAs a football coach for 16 years, Joe Moglia wontwo Ivy championships as defensive coordinatorat Dartmouth, set defensive and kicking recordsat Lafayette,wrote a book and numerous articlesin national coaching journals, and has been

inducted into two Sports Halls of Fame.In the business world, both at TD Ameritrade and at Merrill Lynch,

Joe has executed world-class business strategies for almost twodecades. In his seven years as CEO at TD Aameritrade, shareholdersenjoyed a 500% return. The firm’s market cap grew from $700 millionto $10 billion and client assets from $24 billion to $280 billion.

Joe has received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and has beenhonored by the National Italian American Foundation, its SportsHall of Fame, the Columbus Citizens Foundation, the AmericanInstitute for Stuttering, and is a recipient of two HonoraryDoctorates. Joe is a first-generation Irish American whose motheris from Belfast. He is married with six children.

Brian MoynihanBank of AmericaBrian Moynihan is president and CEO of Bank ofAmerica.He was elected to his role by the boardof directors and took office on January 1, 2010.

Brian is a member of the bank’s executivemanagement team. He chairs Bank of America’s

Global Diversity and Inclusion Council. Brian previously led several ofthe company’s lines of business, including Consumer and SmallBusiness Banking, Global Corporate and Investment Banking, andGlobal Wealth and Investment Management.He also has served as gen-eral counsel for the company. Brian joined Bank of America in 2004after the company’s merger with FleetBoston Financial, serving as pres-ident of Global Wealth and Investment Management.He joined Fleet in1993 as deputy general counsel.

Brian is a graduate of Brown University and the University of NotreDame Law School. He serves on the boards of directors of YouthBuildBoston and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston. A fourth-generationIrish American with roots in Cork and Kilkenny, Brian lives inWellesley, Massachusetts with his wife and three children.

Bill MullaneyMetLife, Inc.William J. Mullaney is president, U.S. Businessfor MetLife, Inc. Named to this position in2009, Bill oversees all of MetLife’s insurance,retirement and corporate benefit funding busi-nesses in the U.S. He was previously president,

Institutional Business, which provided insurance and retirementbenefits to employers of all sizes in the United States. He joinedMetLife in 1982.

Bill serves as a member of the board of directors for MetLifeAuto & Home, MetLife Europe Limited, MetLife Bank and MetLifeFoundation. He also was the chairman of the New York BloodCenter’s Volunteer Leadership Campaign from 2007 to 2009. Hereceived a BA from the University of Pittsburgh, his MBA from PaceUniversity and a chartered life underwriter designation from TheAmerican College. Bill is a first-generation Irish American whoseparents hail from Roscommon and Cork. He is married with twochildren.

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Martin NaughtonGlen DimplexMartin Naughton is the founder and chairmanof the Glen Dimplex Group. He started thecompany in 1973 as Glen Electric, with a mereten employees. He later acquired Dimplex, theleading brand in the UK heating market. The

Glen Dimplex Group is now the world’s largest manufacturer ofdomestic heating appliances.

In recognition of Naughton’s longtime support of the Universityof Notre Dame, in both a civic and philanthropic manner, in 2006the university paid him a high honor by renaming their Institute forIrish Studies the Keough-Naughton Institute (Donald Keough,another of our Business 100, was the original benefactor of theInstitute). Martin has served on Notre Dame’s Board of Directorssince 1991. He co-founded the university’s Ireland Council, andreceived an honorary doctor of science degree in 1998. He is ex-chairman of InterTradeIreland, a cross-border and business tradegroup, and has been extremely active in promoting peace in Irelandthrough economic ties. He resides in County Meath.

Dermot O’BrienTIAA-CREFDermot J. O’Brien is executive vice president ofhuman resources at TIAA-CREF, a financial serv-ices firm, and a member of its executive manage-ment team. Dermot joined TIAA-CREF in 2003and oversees companywide human-resource

strategy and execution for the company’s 7,000 employees. He hasover 20 years’ experience in financial services. Before joining TIAA-CREF, he held senior positions at Merrill Lynch & Co. He began hisfinancial services career at Morgan Stanley.

Dermot is a member of the Human Resource-50 Group and thePersonnel Round Table. In 2010,he was invited to join the CT PartnersAnnual Board of Directors Institute on Human Resources.He has vol-unteered with Junior Achievement for several years.

A native of Dublin, Dermot holds an undergraduate degree infinance from the Lubin School of Business at Pace University,where heis a frequent guest lecturer. He is the son of the late Dermot O’Brien,1957 All-Ireland GAA captain for County Louth and well-known Irishentertainer.

Kathleen Murphy Fidelity InvestmentsKathy Murphy is president of Fidelity PersonalInvesting and is responsible for Fidelity’s lifeinsurance and annuity business, its workplacesavings business for tax-exempt organizations,Fidelity’s brand and advertising programs, and

online strategies. Kathy is a 25-year veteran of the financial industry.Before joining Fidelity in 2009, she held senior executive positions at

ING, where she managed divisions spanning wealth management,retirement services, employee benefits, individual products, an inde-pendent broker dealer platform and institutional capital markets.Kathyserves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee ofAmerica’s Promise, on the Advisory Board of the Smurfit School ofBusiness at the University of Dublin, and the Board of Directors of theUniversity of Connecticut Foundation.She earned a BA degree summacum laude from Fairfield University in 1984 and a JD with highesthonors from the University of Connecticut in 1987. Kathy’s father’sfamily is from Cork and her mother’s is from Kerry. She is a third-generation Irish American and is married with one son.

Erin Mulligan NelsonBazaarvoice, Inc.Erin Mulligan Nelson is the CMO of Bazaarvoice,one of the world’s leading social commerce com-panies. Before joining Bazaarvoice in November2010, Erin was senior vice president and CMOfor Dell Inc. Before she became Dell’s CMO in

January 2009, she held leadership positions across marketing and salesin all of its business units, including spending three years in Europe (twoin Dublin) as the company’s VP of marketing for Europe, the MiddleEast and Africa.

Erin is on the board of directors of the Court Appointed SpecialAdvocates for Children and a member of the University of TexasMcCombs Business School Advisory Council. She was inducted in2010 to the American Advertising Federation’s Lifetime Hall ofAchievement. Erin earned a bachelor’s degree in business administra-tion from the University of Texas at Austin.A second-generation IrishAmerican, Erin has roots in Kerry and Mayo. She and her husbandSteve raised their sons Connor and Patrick in Ireland for two yearswhile living in Blackrock and Enniskerry.

Kathy O’BrienUnilever

Kathy O’Brien is Unilever’s vice presidentfor personal care in the United States. Duringher time at Unilever, Kathy has worked in cus-tomer development, marketing and shoppermarketing.

Prior to assuming her current role, Kathy was the marketingdirector for Dove, where she led programs that helped Doveachieve its goal of reaching 5 million girls with self-esteem program-ming. Dove is the leading personal wash brand in the United States.

Previously she was the North American brand developmentdirector for all® detergent. During the three years in this criticalrole, she helped lead the brand to #2 in the detergent category.

Kathy holds an undergraduate degree from Boston College andan MBA from Columbia University in New York City. She resides inRowayton, CT, and is a second-generation Irish American. Herfather’s family is from counties Mayo and Cork.

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“As an Irish Catholic,my father taught me about thesanctity of the mass, about the

responsibility to work hard and the importance of leadership

in the family, at your business and in your community.”

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Emmett O’ConnellGreat Western Mining Co.Emmett O’Connell is chairman of the GreatWestern Mining Corporation, a mineral explo-ration company based in Nevada with head-quarters in Dublin.

A promoter of technology and explorationcompanies for over thirty years, Emmett has acted as founder anddirector of other companies including Eglington Exploration plc.,Osceola Hydrocarbons and Bryson Oil and Gas plc.

Emmett’s career has taken him to many countries on five conti-nents. He has been involved with highly successful public companiesquoted on the London, Dublin and Vancouver Stock Exchanges. InApril 2008 the London PLUS market awarded Great Western MiningCorp. the best resource stock award for the continued investing andexpansion of the company’s North American mineral resources.

He was inducted as a Knight of St. Gregory in the Vatican in 1986.When not in some distant part of the world, Emmett lives on a farmin Wexford with his wife of 48 years. He has three children and sixgrandchildren.

John O’LoughlinLA Times Media GroupJohn T. O’Loughlin was named executive vicepresident, advertising and chief revenue officer ofthe Los Angeles Times Media Group (LATMG) in2009. He joined The Times as senior vice presi-dent, marketing, planning and development in

2005, becoming executive vice president, targeted media and CMO in2008 with responsibility for the growing family of products and servic-es targeted at specific audience segments. Prior to his Times tenure,John served as general manager of the Chicago Tribune's RedEye edi-tion since its inception and launch in 2002.

From 2001 to 2002, John served as director, strategic marketing forChicago Tribune Company. He joined the Chicago Tribune in 1990.

John received his BA degree in American studies (marketing andcommunication) from the University of Notre Dame and an MBAfrom the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management atNorthwestern University. A member of the IAH, he is a second-generation Irish American with roots in Co. Clare on his father’sside and Co. Cork on his mother’s.

Sean O’SullivanUniversal McCannWith 14 years experience at Universal McCann,Sean O’Sullivan has risen through the ranks tohis current position as SVP group media director.

After leading the winning team at a youngadvertising professionals training conference in

London during the summer of 1999,Sean joined the international plan-ning department in New York in March of 2000 where he worked onglobal strategic planning for CPG clients and Pan Regional specificclients. In 2003 he started to add direct responsibilities for the U.S.

A graduate of the University of Limerick and the Dublin Institute ofTechnology in Ireland, Sean is a member of the UM Charity Councilwhich supports Free the Children. Sean, whose parents both camefrom Effin, Co. Limerick, was born in Bronx, New York but grew upin Killaloe, Co. Clare. He is a member of the Shannon DevelopmentNorth American advisory council, and used to play hurling forClare on a team in New York. He believes that “being Irish instillsin a person a belief that with hard work and perseverance any chal-lenge can be overcome.”

Eoin O’ConnellKerry Ingredients & FlavorsOver his 23 years at Kerry Group, EoinO’Connell has risen from a member of theaccounting department to president of thedairy & culinary business for Kerry Ingredients& Flavours – Americas Region. Eoin joined

Kerry in 1986 as a graduate from the University of Limerick, asaccountant for Kerry Foods, a division of Kerry Group.

In 1990, Eoin transferred to the Americas region where he servedin several leadership roles within Kerry’s ingredients division. In 2000,Eoin relocated to Canada where he served as president of KerryCanada until his appointment to president of Kerry’s dairy businessunit in 2003.

The son of Joe and Breege O’ Connell, Eoin was raised in Corofin,Co. Clare. Eoin resides in Madison,Wisconsin with his wife Nicole,and their two daughters,Aoife and Ayla. He travels to Ireland regu-larly for business and on family vacations to see his mother, and hissiblings Joe,Therese and Maura.

Brian O’MalleyDomino Foods, Inc.Brian O’Malley was appointed president andCEO of Domino Foods, Inc in 2001. His careerin the sugar industry started in 1982 when hejoined the accounting department of AmstarCorporation, the former parent company ofDomino Sugar.

Brian holds an undergraduate degree in finance from GlassboroState College and an MBA in finance from Rutgers University. He isvice chairman of the Advisory Council to the GroceryManufacturers Association and was president of the InternationalSugar Club for 2008. He resides in Middletown, NJ with his wifeMaureen and their three children, Erin, Michael and Kevin.

Brian is a first-generation Irish American. His father's family hailsfrom Knocknahila and Clare, and his mother’s family has roots inWaterford and Galway. Brian says, “As an Irish Catholic, my fathertaught me about the sanctity of the mass, about the responsibilityto work hard and the importance of leadership in the family, at yourbusiness and in your community.”

James QuinnTiffany & Co.James Quinn has been president of Tiffany &Co. since 2003. As president, Jim overseesTiffany business in over 50 countries and isresponsible for its global expansion, includingthe development of the Tiffany business in keymarkets in Asia and Europe. He began his

career with the internationally renowned jeweler in 1986.Jim serves on the board of Mutual of America Capital

Management. He is chairman of New York’s 5th Ave. Association,vice chairman and trustee of the Museum of the City of New York,was former chairman and serves on the North American advisoryboard of the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business atUniversity College Dublin and is a member of An Taoiseach’s eco-nomic advisory board. A graduate of Hofstra University, Jimreceived his MBA from Pace University. He is married to Diane andhas two children. Jim traces his Irish roots to Offaly and Westmeathon his father’s side, and Kerry on his mother’s side. All four of hisgrandparents were from Ireland.

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Maura ReganSesame WorkshopMaura Regan serves as senior vice president andgeneral manager, global consumer products forSesame Workshop. Her division funds the non-profit work of the organization which is dedicat-ed to helping kids reach their highest potential.

Before being promoted to SVP, Maura served as vice president andgeneral manager, global consumer products. Prior to that, she servedas vice president, international licensing and new business develop-ment, responsible for the international product licensing business.Before joining the Workshop in 1999, Maura was director, internation-al licensing, at Scholastic Entertainment and director, internationallicensing, at MTV Networks.

Maura is a fellow of the U.S. Japan Foundation Leadership programand earned a BA in art history from the University of Massachusettsat Amherst. She is a fourth-generation Irish American with roots inGalway and Donegal. She says her Irish heritage “has instilled in me asense of knowing when to persevere and when to celebrate.”

Maura and her husband have a daughter.

Brian RuaneBank of New York MellonBrian Ruane became CEO of BNY MellonAlternative Investment Services in 2009. He wasformerly head of Global Client ManagementNorth America, and before that was global headof Financial Institutions.Brian is a member of The

Board of Directors and Risk Committee of Pershing LLC, the GlobalOperating Committee of BNY Mellon, and BNY Mellon’s SovereignWealth Advisory Committee. In 2003, he was co-opted onto TheFederal Reserve Bank of NY’s Working Committee on The Future ofThe U.S. Government Securities Markets. He is a member of TheAdvisory Board of The UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School ofBusiness in Dublin and The Frank G. Zarb School of Business.

Brian graduated from The Chartered Association of CertifiedAccountants and earned his MBA in international banking and financefrom The Zarb School of Business.

Brian’s father is from Crossmolina, Co. Mayo and his mother fromDrumhaldry, Co. Longford. Brian and his wife Anna Lynch, who is fromDublin, live in New York with their four children.

William RyanTD BankWilliam J. Ryan is retired as chairman of theboard of TD Bank,N.A.He has served as a boardmember of TD Bank Financial Group, grouphead,U.S.Personal and Commercial Banking, vicechair of TD Bank Financial Group, and president

and CEO of TD Banknorth Inc. He oversaw the growth of the bankfrom a $2 billion regional bank to a $45 billion U.S. franchise, as a resultof 29 bank acquisitions. In 2005,TD was recognized by Forbes as thebest-managed bank in America.

William is a director of WellPoint, Inc. and Unum, serves as a trusteeof the Libra Foundation and is Chairman of the U.S. BiathlonFoundation. He is on the Board of Advisors at the University of NewEngland, Emeriti Trustee of Colby College.

William is a graduate of St. Francis College in New York and theStonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University.

He and his wife, Peg, have four children and make their homes inMarco Island, Florida and Falmouth, Maine. He is a second-genera-tion Irish American.

Edward ReillyAMAEdward T.Reilly has been the 17th president andCEO of the American Management Association,International since 2001. AMA is the world’sleading not-for-profit, membership-based man-agement development, research and publishing

organization. Ed previously served as president and CEO of BigFlower Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of integrated marketing andadvertising services. Prior to that, Ed spent nearly 30 years with thebroadcast and book publishing groups of The McGraw-HillCompanies.

Ed holds a BA in business administration from St. Francis Collegeand attended the Stanford Executive Program. He is chairman of theUSO World Headquarters Board of Governors, a member of theNorth American Advisory Board of the UCD Michael Smurfit Schoolof Business in Dublin, and a fellow and former Chairman of the RoyalSociety for the Arts in the U.S.A fourth-generation Irish American, heresides in Westport, Connecticut, with his wife, Susan. Ed has roots inCavan on his father’s side and Limerick on his mother’s.

Timothy RyanPricewaterhouseCoopersTim Ryan is the leader of PwC’s AssurancePractice, with full responsibility for all aspects ofPwC’s Assurance business. Tim has over 20 yearsof experience serving clients in the financial serv-ices industry in the U.S. and internationally.

Prior to his current role,Tim led PwC’s U.S. Financial Services prac-tice and has also led PwC’s Consumer Finance Group. He has beenpublished or quoted in numerous publications and is a frequent con-tributor to industry events. Tim has served on the U.S. Board ofPartners and Principals and the Board’s Admissions Committee, theManagement Evaluation and Compensation Committee, and theClients Committee. Tim has also served on the firm’s Global Board ofDirectors.

Tim is a CPA in Massachusetts and New York and a member of theAmerican Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He graduatedfrom Babson College where he studied accounting and communi-cations. A Boston native, he joined PwC after graduation and cur-rently resides in the area with his wife and six children.

Kenneth SharkeyPricewaterhouseCoopersKen Sharkey is the U.S. leader ofPricewaterhouseCoopers’ entertainment mediaand communications practice.He joined the firmin 1985 and was admitted to the partnership in1996. He spent three years in the firm’s National

Accounting & SEC office.Ken was also seconded to the Prague,CzechRepublic office for three years to develop the information & telecom-munications practice in the region.While there, he was a member ofthe Czech Republic chapter of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

Ken is an honorary board member of the New Jersey TechnologyCouncil and a member of the Morris Business Cabinet. He is on theboards of both NJN and the Morris County Chamber of Commerce.He is a member of the New Jersey,New York,Pennsylvania, and FloridaSocieties of CPAs, and the American Institute of CPAs. He serves aspartner advocate on the firm’s African & Latin American diversity com-mittee. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Ken attended the University ofDelaware. He is a third-generation Irish American with roots in Cork.Ken and his wife Kathleen have a daughter, Elizabeth.

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As chief administrative officer for Best BuyCo., Inc.,Tim Sheehan oversees the operationsteam that supports the portfolio of Best Buystores around the world.

Tim started with Best Buy in 1985 as a part-time sales associate when the company operated just a handful ofstores. He spent time as a store general manager, led a team ofstores as the district manager and eventually became a regionalmanager.Tim was then recruited to help develop a retail supportfunction at the corporate office. He began his work at Best Buy’scorporate headquarters as operations director and has held a mul-titude of positions in retail operations, consumer relations andstore support. Prior to hic current position,Tim served as seniorvice president, customer experience creation, and then executivevice president of Enterprise Retail Operations.

A native of Minneapolis, Tim has a bachelor’s degree from theUniversity of St.Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Brian StackCIE Tours InternationalBrian W. Stack is managing director of CIETours International, one of the largest produc-ers of tourists to Ireland, Scotland, and manyother areas of Europe.

Prior to joining CIE Tours International,Brian worked with Aer Lingus,The Irish Tourist Board, and OceanReef Club in Florida.

Brian has served as chairman of the United States TourOperators Association, was president of the Society of IncentiveTravel Executives, was a board member of the Irish AmericanCultural Institute and is currently vice president of the Ireland-U.S.Council for Commerce and Industry. His awards include “Man ofthe Year” from the Incentive Travel Industry and “InternationalExecutive of the Year” by the World Congress on Marketing andIncentive Travel.

A resident of Rye, New York, Brian is married to Anne-Marie andhas two grown children. He is a Dublin native.

Anne SweeneyDisney Media NetworksAs co-chairman of Media Networks,The WaltDisney Co., and president of the Disney-ABCTelevision Group, Anne Sweeney has risenthrough the ranks of television and was namedone of the 50 Most Powerful Women in

Business by Fortune and one of The World’s 100 Most PowerfulWomen by Forbes.Anne is a recipient of the Cable Television PublicAffairs Association’s President’s Award, the Golden Mike Award forOutstanding Contributions to Broadcasting by the BroadcastersFoundation of America, and the Matrix Award for television fromNew York Women in Communications, Inc.

Anne, who earned a BA from the College of New Rochelle andan EdM from Harvard, traces her roots to Meath, Kerry and Mayo.

Anne was elected director of the International Council of theNational Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2001. In 2007,she was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame, and also received theCommittee of 200’s Luminary Award.Anne and her husband, PhillipMiller, live with their two children in Los Angeles.

Margaret SmythHamilton SundstrandMargaret Smyth is vice president, finance andCFO at Hamilton Sundstrand. Prior to her cur-rent position, Peggy was VP and controller forUnited Technologies Corp. Previously, sheserved as vice president and CAO of 3M and as

a senior partner at Deloitte & Touche and Arthur Andersen.She earned her master’s degree in accounting from NYU Leonard

N. Stern School of Business and her undergraduate degree in eco-nomics from Fordham, graduating summa cum laude from both. Sheis an alumna of the Aspen Institute’s Henry Crown Fellows Program.

Peggy is a director for Concern Worldwide and Fordham and amember of the International Accounting Standards BoardInterpretations Committee, Aspen Institute Global LeadershipNetwork and Business Executives for National Security. She is on theBoard of Directors of Mutual of America Investment Corporation.

Peggy, who resides in West Hartford, Conn., with her husband andtwo sons, has a second home in Co. Roscommon, Ireland and main-tains dual citizenship.

Ted SullivanPricewaterhouseCoopersTed M. Sullivan serves as the client relationshipexecutive at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPwithin the entertainment, media and communi-cations practice. With more than 18 yearsexperience focusing on strategy and opera-tional consulting, he is responsible for servic-

ing Fortune 500 multinational clients within the industry.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 PoliceEmerald Society and has served as the Georgia president of theAncient Order of Hibernians. He has served twice as parade chair-man of the Atlanta St. Patrick’s Day Parade and was the parade’shonorary Grand Marshal in 2005. Ted visits Ireland every year toreconnect with friends in Navan, Cork, and the North of Ireland,where he has participated in various political forums. He holds a BSin finance from Troy State University. He and his wife Sara reside inAtlanta with their daughter Mary Lois.

John TynanTynanGroup, Inc.John P. Tynan is the president and founder ofTynanGroup, Inc., a Santa Barbara-based hold-ing company for multiple business ventures.These include Medbridge Development Inc.,TgHospitality, AnchorPoint and numerous realestate partnerships.

Prior to founding TynanGroup in 1991, he spent nearly a decademanaging the construction of luxury resort and hotel projects forHyatt Development Corporation as Vice President of Planning andConstruction.

John holds a BS in civil engineering from the University of Illinoisand an MBA in finance from DePaul University. He currently serveson the University of Notre Dame’s Ireland Advisory Council.

John is a third-generation Irish American with roots in Clare,Mayo and Cork. He says that his Irish heritage “links me to my fam-ily and the past while at the same time giving meaning to the pres-ent and future by inspiring me to help people who struggle.”

John is married with two children.

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Donald Keough and his wife Marilyn “Mickie” at the AmericanIrish Historical Society at a banquet in 2009. Don received theSociety’s Gold Medal in 1991. Opposite page: Don during histime as President and COO of Coca-Cola.

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Don – you arealways the guywho is on time for every meeting,the one with thesharpest thoughtsand the one withthe best ideas. . .May you tapdance into life for many years to come.

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– Mary McAleese, President of Ireland

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– Warren Buffett

What truly makes Donald Keough stand out ishis integrity. When Don tells you something youcan bank on it. He always does the right thing.

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Left to right: Donald Keough, President ofIreland Mary McAleese, and MartinNaughton. Don and his friend JohnnyCarson. Don and his wife Mickie at AshfordCastle in 2006 with 16 of their 18 grandchil-dren (two could not make the trip becauseof school). Don’s parents, Veronica and Leo,on their 50th wedding anniversary.

Don, whose family roots lie in County Wexford – where the Keoughs were the hereditary bards to the rulingMacMurrough Kavanagh dynasty – has been a dynamic, vigorous and visionary presence in American life for over half a century, but he has also been a dynamic catalyst in Irish America, supporting Irish business, education and culture.

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marriage, you get along to go along,you have difficulties, spats, but youhave to sit down and say we aregoing to work this out.”

Waking Up the IrishEchoes

It is typical of the prescience ofDon Keough that after a career incorporate America, he turned to aventure of a different kind, one thatwould pay tribute to the land of hisancestors.

When he retired as president andCOO of Coca-Cola in 1993 (he wouldretain a seat on the board of directors),Don turned his focus to Notre Dame and,with an endowment of $2.5 million,established the Keough Institute of IrishStudies, and the Keough Notre DameCentre in Dublin, Ireland.

“Notre Dame didn’t have any type ofacademic Irish Studies program. It justseemed like a natural fit to me,” Keoughsaid at the time.

Since then, with Don driving it on, andbacked by Andy McKenna and PatrickMcCartan, his friends and successors asChair of the Trustees, Irish Studies atNotre Dame has gone from strength tostrength, attracting world-class scholarssuch as Seamus Deane, Breandán ÓBuachalla and Declan Kiberd. Don alsoforged a close partnership with MartinNaughton, insisting that for an Irish-American partnership to work properly,it had to have a balanced leadership.

From the beginning, Don Keoughwisely insisted that Notre Dame couldonly forge a strong relationship withIreland through a genuine immersion in

Irish life, and through close collaborationwith Irish partners. Notre Dame operatesa trilateral partnership with UniversityCollege Dublin and Trinity CollegeDublin, and almost one thousand NotreDame students have studied there. Theirpositive Irish experience encouragesthem to become what Don Keough hasalways been – a lifelong advocate forIreland. It is typical of Don’s vision thathe was so quick to realize how signifi-cant the nurturing of these linkageswould become.

Don has always stressed that, as weseek to enrich other people’s lives, wereally enrich ourselves, and that thatmotivation lies at the heart of all philan-thropy. That is the true measure of acharismatic man who has greatly impact-ed thousands of lives, who has broughtwise counsel, good humor, vigor andmomentum to strengthening the relation-ship between Ireland and America, andwho has enriched us all through his gen-erous leadership. Don Keough has aunique ability to make people feel valuedand appreciated, and to spur them on in

their endeavors.An old Irish proverb says

“Beidh sé molta da mbéadhmé i mo thost” (‘He would bepraised even if I were silent’).

When he was granted Irishcitizenship in 2007, thePresident of Ireland, MaryMcAleese, presented Donwith a vellum inscription

which included a phrase from the Book ofSirach, chosen by Don’s good friend Fr.Timothy Scully CSC:

“A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter:He who finds one finds a treasure.”

For all those who know, love, admireand are inspired by this great man, DonKeough has surely been a ‘sturdy shelter’and when you are with him, you areindeed in the presence of an Americanand an Irish treasure.

There is no one we would rather visit Ireland with than Don Keough. It is like coming home. He is the shepherd and we are his sheep. It is great to be in the flock! He has a greatunderstanding of the country, its people, its history, its customs and its culture.

– Andrew J. McKenna, Chairman of McDonald’s and Owner and Chairman of Schwarz Paper Co.

Don is regarded by somany Americans of Irish heritage as the #1 representative of IrishAmerica. He does so much for so many includingNotre Dame, but his largesshas gone far beyond that.

William Flynn, Chairman Emeritus, Mutual of America.

Don Keough has always been in my Hall of Fame. One of my first trips to Ireland was with Bill Flynn and Don Keough. Could anyone get a better introduction to the Emerald Isle?Let’s all raise a glass in honor of a true Irish gentleman and, now, the first recipient of IrishAmerica magazine’s Hall of Fame Award!

– Tom Moran, Chairman, President & CEO, Mutual of America

Donald Keough receiving anhonorary degree from NotreDame president Fr. Hesbergin 1985. It is a measure ofDon’s standing that both ofNotre Dame’s partner univer-sities, TCD and UCD, haveconferred honorary doctor-ates on him.

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Irish America Hall of Fameinductee Donald Keough,

Chairman of Allen and Companyand President and COO Emeritus

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1|Denis Kelleher, Dr. Kevin Cahill and Chuck Feeney. 2| Keynote Speaker AnneSweeney, Ambassador Michael Collins and Honoree Cathie Black. 3| Honoree SeanO’Sullivan. 4| Anne Whelan Dr, Kevin Whela.n 5|Consul General Noel Kilkenny andHugh Gordon. 6| Honoree Brian Stack, Ray O’Connell, Honoree Emmett O’Connell.7| Honorees Brian Moynihan, Margaret Brennan and John Fitzatrick, Editor-in-ChiefPatricia Harty and Joe Byrne. 8| Ed Kenny and Siobhan Walsh. 9| Honorees JamesHeekin, Owen Dougherty, Ted Sullivan and Kieran Claffey. 10| NYPD CommissionerRay Kelly, Loretta Brennan Glucksman and Honoree Tom Moran. 11| MichaelGraham. 12| Hall of Fame Inductee Don Keough and Ambassador Jean KennedySmith. 13| Joseph Madden, Honoree Andy McKenna, Art Decio, Honoree BillMullaney.

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“Ireland is going througha tough period. It’s had aheady twenty years.We’ve had that in thiscountry, but the sizes ofour countries are differ-ent. In a place like Ireland,every person who made amistake – well, everyonein the neighborhoodknows it….They are goingthrough a period of deepembarrassment. They’relashing out at each other,trying to come to termswith the issue. But weknow the Irish. There willbe a day – and, Mr.Ambassador, the sooner the better – when they decide todeal with it. When they will decide to, together, confrontthis issue, to do what is necessary, and to begin to thinkabout a new Ireland. An incredible Ireland – this specialplace with this special population. We should be beginningto think about what the new Ireland is going to look like.And everyone in this room, to the extent that they can behelpful, should do their best to help this country.

You know, the real members of the Hall of Fame are theparents and grandparents and great-grand-parents and great-great-grandparents whohad the courage to come here. So to the honorees of the Business 100, I congratulateyou, but to everyone in this room, let me sayThank God that we’re lucky enough to haveIrish blood streaming through us and to havethe privilege of calling ourselves Americans.America needs some optimism, too. So, tothe leaders in the room, let’s be the mission-aries of optimism.

I am grateful to my associates and friendswho are here: to Father Scully, FatherMcGraw and Father McNamee. My family is

here: five of my children –the parents of sixteengrandchildren – I amproud of all of them, andmy wife Mickie, who hasput up with me all throughthese years and been mypartner.

Of course I’d love toacknowledge everybody inthis room but I can’t. AnneSweeney, congratulationsto you on the brilliant jobyou’ve done at Disney;I’ve followed your careerwith joy. To Cathie Black:Cathie, you’ve beenthrough a tough two

weeks, but the public school system in this city will belucky to have you [as Schools Chancellor]. To my associates at Coca-Cola Company, thank you for everything ... It’s been a privilege to be your colleaguethrough these years. To Andy McKenna, the chairman ofthe board; to all the trustees who are here, and to the representatives from the University [of Notre Dame], thankyou. And to each one of you, thank you very much andGod bless all of you.”

Irish America magazine’s 25th annual Business 100 luncheon, held on November 30th at The New York Yacht Club inManhattan, brought together national and international leaders from every sector of the business community. The celebration also marked the induction of Donald R. Keough into the newly formed Irish America Hall of Fame. Keough ischairman of Allen and Company and former president, COO and diretor of Coca-Cola. He was the driving force behind theIrish Studies programs at Notre Dame and its sister school in Dublin, and led several trade missions to Ireland. In recognitionof his great accomplishments Keough was celebrated with speeches from Kevin Whelan, director of the Notre Dame KeoughCentre in Dublin and Irish Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Collins. Keough’s acceptance speech touched on Ireland’s eco-nomic woes and called for everyone in the room to do their best to help the country. Here are some of the highlights:

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“That sense of home and belonging,I believe, is inherent in being Irish.”

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W e represent a broad spec-trum of business andindustry in this room andthe one thing that I know

we all have in common is our wonderfulIrish heritage.

I’ve come to realize that that feeling ofhome and that sense of belonging, beingwelcomed with open arms, just has to beIrish. No matter how far you’ve traveledor how long you’ve been away, it sticks.And I think it starts when you’re born.You’re welcomed into the world with awonderful embrace from everyone whocame before you, everyone who will be apart of you, and they want you to knowthat you are loved and you’re somethingspecial.

In my home I have a letter that’sframed and mounted on my wall that mygrandparents wrote to my parents on theday that I was born. It’s a tough one toread so I’ll cut to the chase on the partthat I think resonates the most for all ofus in this room. They wrote: “I’ll betyou’re very happy with your new charge.It will be very interesting for you to liveout your lives giving everything for thecomfort and advancement of your fami-ly, and most of the pleasure will comewhen you have to deprive yourselves ofsome comforts to afford their desires.”The spirit and the promise of that letterhave prevailed throughout my lifebecause everyone in my family isreferred to as “our.” “Our Anne.” “OurDonald.” “Our Rosemary.” I grew upthinking that “our” was one of our fami-ly names that just got passed along andwas applied to everyone namedSweeney. It wasn’t until I was older thatI realized it was a possessive, it was a

claim on each of us so we knew we werepart of the family – connected and insep-arable from one other. And it wasn’t untilmuch later that I truly understood thepower of that claim: that whenever anyof us are together, wherever that happensto be, we’re home.

My husband and I are both from Irishfamilies and we now live a good 3,000miles away from our parents and a longway from our siblings and other rela-tives. Our children are grown now too.Our son Christopher is living on his ownand our daughter Rosemary is thousandsof miles away at college. But when weget together in any combination, to cele-brate any occasion – and the Irish cele-brate every occasion extremely well –we’re home, in a way that’s hard todescribe to anyone not blessed by thatIrish tradition.

My husband’s grandmother wasfrom Dingle, which means two veryimportant things. First, he claimed hisIrish citizenship, which he proudly didjust a few weeks before I spoke at theIrish America [Business 100] event in1998, and I remember bragging a littlebit about that in my speech that year.He officially became an Irishman andBill and I took the children to Dingleto see where his grandmother wasfrom. Well, my husband’s grandmoth-er was the eldest of nineteen children –nineteen! – one of whom was actuallyborn after his grandmother moved tothe United States, so she didn’t get tomeet her youngest sibling until shewas in her 70s. Now, it was anextremely large family then and it’seven larger now, a couple of genera-tions later. But the first day in town we

were standing in a restaurant and justhappened to run into two of his aunts andfour of his cousins who were visitingfrom the U.S. And when I asked them ifthey knew how we could get in touchwith any of the cousins in Dingle theygave me this blank look and they told meto just go out and stand on the sidewalk.And by the way, if you happen to be aFitzgerald or a McLoughlin from Dingle,you are welcome to our house for dinnerany time.

My father’s family, the Sweeneys, arefrom a village in Co. Mayo. My moth-er’s family, the O’Connells from Co.Kerry, and her father’s family, theTormays, emigrated from a thatched cot-tage in Kells, Co. Meath. My widowedgreat-great-grandmother put three of hernine children on a boat to America to livewith relatives in Pennsylvania. My great-

Our Anne Anne Sweeney, president of the Disney-ABC Television Group, gave a

heartfelt keynote address at Irish America’s Business 100 luncheon on November 30.

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grandfather, Hugh Tormay, wasjust thirteen when he made thattrip, leading his six-year-oldbrother and his four-year-oldsister into the unknown. WhenI thought about how muchcourage it took for those kidsand the incredible sacrificetheir mother made to give theman opportunity for a better life,I realized it wasn’t unique toour family. It was just one ofthe countless stories of Irishemigration to the new world.Hugh Tormay and his siblingswere just three of more thanone million people who leftIreland during the mid-nine-teenth century. And Ireland’seconomic downturns in the 30sand the 50s and the 80s sentmore people far from home.

According to an economicsprofessor from Trinity College in Dublin,emigrating is a cultural norm, even if it’snot a preference. The Irish know how todo it: they build networks and they takecare of each other. In light of Ireland’seconomic crisis, another generation isbeginning to scatter across the globe. Andrecently, I’m sure you saw, the New YorkTimes discussed this recent wave of Irish

emigration, 65,000 peo-ple left the country lastyear and they estimatethat another 125,000 mayfollow them this year.I’m sure they’re going tocome back. The article

also highlighted how Irish parents aredrawing strength and support from eachother, as their children start new liveselsewhere out of economic desperation.Unlike my great-great-grandmother, kiss-ing her children goodbye and wonderingif she’d ever see them again, I’m hopefulthat this time technology will step in –phones, e-mail, Facebook and Skype –

and enable families to stay incloser contact and give us anew way to communicate thegreat culture of Ireland astheir children embark on newjourneys.

But it’s hard. It’s hardenough to send your kids outinto the world toward their pas-sions and ambitions. Watchingthem go even though theydon’t want to, but because theyhave no other choice, has to bedevastating for everyoneinvolved. But I have to wonderif this constant history of so

many hearts and homes broken in half byemigration only deepens our devotion tothe Irish family and makes it so important– and easy – for us to come home whenev-er and wherever we come together.

However it came to be, that sense ofhome and belonging, I believe, is inherentin being Irish. For me it’s in the storiesthat have been passed down through theyears and it’s one of the many things Igave thanks for last Thursday [onThanksgiving]. And I thank you, forinviting me to come home to the IrishAmerica Business 100. It’s an honor to beincluded and it’s a true privilege to bewith you today.

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Co-Founder/Editor-in-Chief Patricia Harty andCo-Founder/PublisherNiall O’Dowd presentAnne Sweeney with a specially commissionedWaterford Crystal bowl.

Keynote Speaker Anne Sweeney with Consul General Noel Kilkenny,fellow Honoree Bill Flynn and Irish Ambassador Michael Collins.

The Waterford Crystal award specially commissioned for AnneSweeney.

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