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Business 100 Profiles  Frank
H. McCourt Jr.
McCourt Company & LA Dodgers
Frank McCourt is president and CEO of The McCourt Company, a Boston real
estate development business specializing in commercial building properties.
He is also the owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball organization.
Frank’s great-grandfather founded The McCourt construction company
in 1893, and it has remained in the family ever since. In 1977 Frank’s
father, who was also called Frank, founded The McCourt Company, a spin-off
of the original construction business.
Frank is not the first in his family to own a major league franchise,
as his grandfather was part-owner of the Boston Braves. He previously
attempted to purchase the Red Sox and the Angels and is a lifelong baseball
fan and Red Sox season ticket holder.
He is on the Board of Regents at Georgetown University, where he graduated
in 1975. He also sits on a number of civic boards, including the Greater
Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, and
the Make a Wish Foundation. Frank and his wife Jamie were married in 1979
and have four sons.
 Joe
McCullough
Oldcastle Group
In 1979, Joe McCullough was recruited by a small Irish company as “an
Irish-American with an MBA from a good school who wasn’t yearning
for the green fields.” During his 27-year career McCullough, now
executive chairman, has seen Oldcastle grow from a $14-million business
to the largest construction products company in North America with sales
in excess of $15 billion.
McCullough grew up in the Ardoyne area of Belfast. He moved to London
for work in the 1960s. It was there he met his future wife, Mary Alyce,
a nursing student from Maryland. They have been married for 38 years and
reside in Atlanta, and have two grown children, Judith and Eamonn.
In summing up his career with Oldcastle, McCullough highlights the satisfaction
of accomplishment and of working with and building friendships with his
Irish, American and European colleagues. He points out that working with
an Irish company allowed him to maintain his ties to the homeland but
also afforded the opportunity for his American-born family to establish
an Irish heritage in their own right.
 Patrick
McGovern
International Data Group
Patrick J. McGovern is the founder and chairman of International Data
Group. IDG is the world’s leading technology publishing, event management
and research company. Patrick began his publishing career as an editor
at Computers and Automation, the first U.S. computer magazine.
In 1964, he founded the International Data Corporation, which has become
the leading source of reliable statistics on information technology. At
IDG, Patrick has supervised the launch of more than 300 technology related
magazines, 450 websites and 1,200 conferences and expositions in over
90 countries worldwide.
In 2004 Patrick was named one of the top “Entrepreneurs We Love”
by Inc. magazine. His other awards include the Henry Johnson Fisher Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Magazine Publishers of America, and the Top
Innovator in Business Publishing Award from BtoB Media Business magazine.
Patrick, a graduate and trustee of MIT, traces his Irish heritage to
Counties Cavan and Mayo. He is married with four
children.
 Judy
McGrath
MTV Networks
Judy McGrath was promoted to chairman and CEO, MTV Networks in July 2004.
Previously, she was MTV Networks Group President and was responsible for
MTV, MTV2, VH1, CMT, Comedy Central and LOGO, the first gay-themed cable
channel.
Judy’s role includes overall responsibility for these networks
and Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Spike TV, TV Land, Noggin, The N, MTV Digital
Suite, MTV Networks International and all of the company’s related
consumer products and digital businesses. Since Judy joined MTV Network’s
predecessor company in 1981, she has helped bring MTV from a maverick
cable channel to a maverick global brand.
The brainpower behind much of MTV’s most successful programming
ventures, including The Osbournes, The Real World and Total Request Live,
Judy was also integral in launching shows like the Emmy-winning Daily
Show on Comedy Central with Jon Stewart. Raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania,
she is married and lives with her
husband and daughter in New York City.
 Gene
McHugh
WAGA/Fox5
Gene McHugh, VP/General Manager of WAGA/Fox5 Atlanta, one of the nation’s
highest-rated Fox Affiliates, has been with Fox since November 1993. A
graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Gene worked
various advertising and broadcasting positions in Missouri, New York City,
Chicago, Washington, DC, and Atlanta before joining Fox.
Actively involved in community projects, Gene serves on the Atlanta
Ronald McDonald House’s Executive Committee Board of Directors,
is a board member of the Georgia Association of Broadcasters, USMC-R Toys
For Tots Atlanta Campaign, and the Atlanta St. Patrick’s Day Foundation.
A second-generation Irish-American, Gene’s roots are in County
Roscommon. His grandfather Michael McHugh arrived at Ellis Island on April,
15, 1897. Gene says it was “Irish luck” that he married Deborah
Ann Vivod. The couple has three grown children, Erin, Megan and Michael,
and two grandchildren, Tommy Wood and Phoebe Eddings.
 Thomas
J. McInerney
ING
Thomas J. McInerney is the Chairman & CEO of ING Insurance Americas
and also serves on the ING Group Executive Board. He is responsible for
ING’s wealth management, retirement services, insurance and investment
businesses in the Americas, and also oversees the global coordination
of ING Investment Management.
Tom was president of Aetna Financial Services and joined ING after they
acquired Aetna Financial in December 2000. After graduating with honors
from Colgate University in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics,
Tom received a Master of Business Administration degree, with a concentration
in Finance and Investments, from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
College in 1982.
A fourth-generation Irish-American with roots in Counties Clare and Cork,
Tom’s great-grandparents, both maternal and paternal, came to the
United States in the 1840’s and 50’s working on the railroads
in New Haven, the brass mills in Waterbury, and the cable mills in upstate
New York.
 Andrew
J. McKenna
Schwarz
Besides his role as chairman of Schwarz Supply Source, an international
distributor of paper packaging and allied products, Andrew McKenna is
also non-executive chairman of McDonald’s Corporation. Additionally,
he serves as a director of the AON Corporation and the Chicago Bears Football
Team and Skyline Corporation.
Over the years, Andrew has served on many civic boards. He is a director
of The American Ireland Fund, Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago,
the Big Shoulders Fund of the Archdiocese of Chicago, The Ireland Economic
Advisory Board and the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
A graduate of Notre Dame with a B.S in business administration, Andrew
was awarded the University’s Laetare Medal in 2000. He served as
the chairman of the board of trustees from 1992-2000 and continues to
serve today. He is also a graduate of the DePaul University Law School
where he received a Doctor of Jurisprudence.
A second-generation Irish-American, Andrew has roots in Mayo and Monaghan.
He and his wife Joan have seven grown children and 23 grandchildren.
 Thomas
J. Moran
Mutual of America
As Chairman, President and CEO of Mutual of America – one of the
nation’s preeminent life insurance companies – Tom Moran is
a familiar face in the business world. He began his career with Mutual
in 1975 as a pension underwriter and in 1994 he became the first CEO to
emerge from within its ranks.
He serves on many other boards including Aer Lingus, the National Committee
on American Foreign Policy, the Smurfit Graduate School of Business at
UCD, and the American Cancer Society Foundation. He is a member of the
Taoiseach’s Economic Advisory Board, and serves as chairman of Concern
Worldwide (U.S.).
Tom has been awarded the Calvary Medal, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor,
the Terence Cardinal Cooke Award, and has received an honorary doctorate
in law from the National University of Ireland and an honorary doctorate
of science from Queen’s University. A native New Yorker, he earned
a B.S. from Manhattan College. He traces his Irish ancestors to County
Fermanagh and County Tipperary, and lives in New York City with his wife
Joan.
 Alan
Mulally
Ford Motor Company
President and CEO Alan Mulally joined Ford Motor Company in September,
2006. Prior to joining Ford he served as executive vice president and
CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes where he was named president in 1998.
Recognized throughout his career for his industry leadership, Alan was
named “Person of the Year” in 2006 by Aviation Week magazine
and one of the “Best Leaders of 2005” by Business Week.
Alan holds both a B.A. and an M.S. in aeronautical and astronautical
engineering from the University of Kansas. He has also earned a master’s
in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a
1982 Alfred P. Sloan fellow.
He has sat on the advisory boards of NASA, the University of Washington,
the University of Kansas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the
U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.
With a surname derived from the native Gaelic O’Maolalaidh, Mulally’s
Irish roots can be traced to the western counties, Galway in particular.
 Anne
M. Mulcahy
Xerox Corp
Anne M. Mulcahy is chairman of the board and chief executive officer
of Xerox Corporation. It is the culmination of a 30-year career with the
corporation, providing high-value technologies, products and solutions,
document systems and services to business managers worldwide.
Anne joined the company in 1976 as a sales representative and held various
sales and senior management positions. Named Vice President for Human
Resources in 1992, Senior Vice President in 1998 and Executive Vice President
in 1999, in 2000 she was elected President and COO. Finally in August
2001 she was named CEO of Xerox and chairman on Jan 1, 2002.In addition
to the Xerox board, Anne is a member of the boards of directors of Catalyst,
Citigroup Inc., Fuji Xerox Company, Ltd.. and Target Corporation, and
is a member of The Business Council.
Born in Rockville Centre, New York, Anne holds a B.A. in English/Journalism
from Marymount Manhattan College. A second-generation Irish- American,
she traces her roots to counties Cavan and Mayo.
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