5TOP 50 POWER WOMEN
I R I S H A M E R I C A M A G A Z I N E
Inaugural Awards Luncheon @ I R I S H A M E R I C A # M N A 5 0
Special Guest
ANNE ANDERSON
First Female Ambassador of
Ireland to the United States
Keynote Speaker
MAUREEN MITCHELL
President, Global Sales & Marketing
GE Asset Management
Special Recognition F O R A R T S & E N T E R TA I N M E N T
GILL IAN MURPHY
Principal Dancer
The American Ballet Theatre
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SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
Mutual of America w Guinness w The Coca-Cola Company
GE Asset Management w Prudential Financial
Tourism Ireland w UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
The American Ireland Fund w CIE Tours International
House of Waterford Crystal w 1-800-Flowers.com
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A B O U T I R I S H A M E R I C A M A G A Z I N E
Since its inception in October 1985, Irish America has become a
powerful vehicle for expression on a range of political, economic,
social, and cultural themes that are of paramount importance to the
Irish in the United States. It has helped re-establish the Irish ethnic
identity in the U.S. (34.7 million according to the last U.S. census)
and highlights the best political and business leaders, organizations,
artists, writers, and community figures among the Irish in America.
SAMANTHA BARRY
Senior Director of Social News, CNN
MAUREEN CALLAHAN
Journalist, New York Post
MEGAN COLLIGAN
President, Worldwide Distribution &
Marketing, Paramount Pictures
SUSAN COLLINS
United States Senator,
State of Maine
CORA CREED
VP Digital Supply Chain Network,
Universal Music Group
SUSAN DAVIS
Founder & Chairman,
Susan Davis International
GAIA DEMPSEY
Co-founder, DAQRI
MAUREEN DOWD
Columnist, New York Times
CAROLINE DOWLING
Division President, Flextronics
JENNIFER EGAN
A u t h o r
MARY CALLAHAN
ERDOES
CEO, JP Morgan Asset Management
ANNE F INUCANE
Vice Chairman, Bank of America
FIONNULA FLANAGAN
Actress
MEGHANN FOYE
Author
LORETTA BRENNAN
GLUCKSMAN
Chairman Emeritus,
The American Ireland Fund
MARY GORDON
Author
MARY KAY HENRY
President, Service Employees
International Union
PEGGY JOHNSON
EVP, Business Development
Microsoft
MARGARET KEANE
President & CEO, Synchrony Financial
DR. ANN KELLEHER
Corporate Vice President, Technology
& Manufacturing, Intel
KATHLEEN
KENNEDY
President, Lucasfilm
ORLA KIELY
Contemporary Designer &
Founder, Orla Kiely
CHRIST INE K INEALY
Director, Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute
BARBARA KOSTER
SVP & CIO, Prudential Financial
JOANIE MADDEN
Founder, Cherish the Ladies
ALICE MCDERMOTT
Author
EILEEN MCDONNELL
Chairman & CEO,
Penn Mutual Life Insurance
EILEEN MCMAHON
Senior Director of Publicity &
Publications, Lincoln Center
MARY PAT KELLY
Author
MARGARET MOLLOY
Global Chief Marketing Officer,
Siegel + Gale
CHARLOTTE MOORE
Artistic Director, Irish Repertory Theatre
DENISE MORRISON
President & CEO, Campbell’s Soup
DR. BARBARA MURPHY
Chief of the Division of Nephrology,
Mount Sinai Hospital
KATHLEEN MURPHY
President, Fidelity Personal Investing
MARIE O ’CONNOR
Partner, PwC Ireland
STELLA O’LEARY
Founder, Irish American Democrats
MARY LOU QUINLAN
Author, Actor & Producer
SHARON SAGER
Managing Director & Private Wealth Advisor
UBS Wealth Management
DR. ANITA SANDS
Board Member, Symantec
KRISTEN SHAUGHNESSY
Anchor, NY1 News
AINE SHERIDAN
EVP, Flannelly Promotions Ltd.
Exec. Producer, The Adrian Flannelly Show,
Irish Radio Network
JEAN KENNEDY SMITH
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland
MEGAN SMOLENYAK
Author
REGINA SULLIVAN
EVP & Head of Global Business
Services, Fidelity Investments
ANNE SWEENEY
Board Member, Netflix
Former Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks
PAULINE TURLEY
Vice Chair, Irish Arts Center, New York
SUSAN UNGARO
President, James Beard Foundation