2008 Fall Issue - Iona Preparatory School

meet the newboard membersAnnemarie DiCola, Esq. James F. Egan ‘76 William F. Gray Jr., Esq. ‘73, William P. Harrington, Esq. ‘75 Fr. Daniel O’Reilly James P. Pellow, Ed.D2008-2009Iona Preparatory SchoolBoard of TrusteesBr. Daniel J. Casey, CFC (Chairman)Br. Anthony M. Murphy, CFCBr. Raymond Vercruysse, CFC, Ed.D.Board of DirectorsWallace A. Carter, Jr., M.D. ’73 (Chairman)Annemarie DiCola, Esq.Thomas P. DobbinsJames F. Egan ‘76Br. James A. Finnegan, CFC (Ex Offico)Myles D. GillespieWilliam Gray, Jr., Esq. ‘73William P. Harrington, Esq. ‘75James Irzyk (Ex-Offico)Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. ‘76Francis X. Mara ‘78Robert H. McCooey, Jr. ‘83Paul McEvoy, Jr. ‘71Michael McGrath, Ed.D.Stephen A. MortatiFr. Daniel O’ReillyJames Pellow, Ed.DMichael F. RooneyJames R. Sullivan, Jr. ‘77George F. Teasdale ’86 (Ex-Offico)Michael T. TokarzTerence G. Tracy ‘76John A. Verni, Esq. ‘80Directors EmeritiWilliam F. Harrington, Esq.John P. HeffernanVito Verni4 IONA PREP NEWSAnnemarie DiCola, Esq.Mrs. DiCola, Chief Executive Officer of TreppLLC, a leading technology company in the commercialmortgage-backed securities (CMBS)sector. Mrs. DiCola began her career in law aftershe earned her degree from New York UniversityLaw School and worked at a private lawfirm. Mrs. DiCola has served as the first femalepresident of the Commercial Mortgage SecuritiesAssociation. She and her husband Frankhave two sons, Paul ’06 and Frank ’10.James F. Egan ‘76Mr. Egan, Managing Director and Head of FinancialInstitutional Sales, The Americas, for theRoyal Bank of Scotland. He will serve on thefirm’s Global Fixed Income Management Committee.Mr. Egan received an MBA from HarvardBusiness School and a B.S. in Commercefrom the University of Virginia. He served on theBoard of Directors of Iona Preparatory Schoolfor 13 years. In 2007, Mr. Egan was the recipientof the Iona Prep alumni award presented atgraduation. He and his wife Marianne have threechildren: James Jr. ’04, Dan ’06, and Rebecca.William F. Gray, Jr., Esq. ‘73Mr. Gray is a partner at Torys LLP and a memberof the firm’s executive committee. He practicesbankruptcy law and focuses on representingbanks, venture capital funds, private equityfirms and other financial institutions on bankruptcymergers and acquisitions and restructurings.He received his law degree from New YorkUniversity School of Law in 1980. Mr. Gray hasbeen an active alumnus participating in Iona’scareer night as well as hosting alumni gatheringsat his law firm. He and his wife, Monica,have three children, Billy, Ellen and Campbell.William P. Harrington, Esq. ‘75Mr. Harrington, a member of the law firm ofBleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP. He is a memberof the firm’s executive committee. Mr. Harringtonis an experienced litigator who represents Fortune500 companies and regional firms in commercial,environmental and land use litigationmatters. As board member emeritus, Mr. Harringtoncontinues to perform hundreds of hoursof pro-bono work for the School advising theadministration and board of directors on legalissues. He and his wife Carolyn have four children,Caitlyn, Meagan, Emily, and Will.Fr. Daniel O’ReillyAs a seminarian Fr. O’Reilly he served summersat Blessed Sacrament Parish in StatenIsland. He taught religion at St. Joseph’s Parishin Bronxville, worked on the seminary retreatteam, visited patients at St. Agnes Hospital inWhite Plains and conducted lectures at OurLady of Victory Parish in Manhattan. His lecturetopics included the Catechism of the CatholicChurch, prayer, and spirituality in Advent. Afterbeing ordained in 2003, Fr. O’Reilly was assignedto serve as parochial vicar at ResurrectionChurch (Rye). In 2007 he was appointedDirector of the University Apostolate (campusministry) for the Archdiocese, and in 2008 Fr.O’Reilly was named Spiritual Director for the St.John Neumann Seminary Residence. Currently,Fr. O’Reilly is a formation advisor at Neumannand Director of the University Apostolate for theArchdiocese of New York. He is a graduate ofRegis High School and Princeton University.Since 2004 Fr. O’Reilly has been celebratingMass, hearing confessions, and leading adoration/benedictionat Iona Prep.James P. Pellow, Ed.DDr. Pellow currently serves as Executive VicePresident and Chief Operating Officer of St.John’s University. Dr. Pellow joined St. John’s in1991 after spending several years in public accountingwith Coopers & Lybrand in Boston andas a municipal bond trader with Chapdelaine &Co. in New York City. At St. John’s, Dr. Pellowhas served in a variety of capacities, includingChief Financial Officer, and has been instrumentalin the development and execution of theUniversity’s plan to increase its presence on thenational stage of higher education. Dr. Pellowearned an Ed.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.He and his wife Karyn have three children,Robert ’09, Nicholas ’11 and Madison.