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Michael Doorley • Fidelity Investments
Michael Doorley is executive vice president, chief
administrative officer and a member of the
Executive Committee of Fidelity Investments.
Prior to joining Fidelity, Michael was most
recently chief administrative officer of the
International Division of Prudential Financial Inc.
Previously, Michael held the positions of chief
financial officer and chief administrative officer for
Van Eck Global.
Michael received a bachelor of arts degree in accounting from
Fordham University and is certified public accountant and member of
the New York State Society of CPAs. He travels to Ireland frequently
both on personal trips and for business. He is a member of the Ireland-
US Council and is associated with Irish-American philanthropic activities.
Born in New York City, Michael is a first-generation Irish American
whose parents were both from Strokestown, County Roscommon.
Mary Callahan
Erdoes
J.P. Morgan
Mary Callahan Erdoes is chairman
and chief executive officer
of Global Wealth Management
for J.P. Morgan. A member of
the J.P. Morgan Chase Executive
Committee, Mary is responsible
for the firm's ultra high net
worth clients.
Since joining J.P. Morgan in
1996, she has served in a variety
of roles including head of
Investment Management and
Alternative Solutions
for the Private Bank and chief
executive officer of J.P.
Morgan's Private Bank.
An Illinois native, Mary is a
fourth-generation Irish
American. Her great-grandparents
emigrated from counties
Cork on her
father's side
and Tipperary
on her mother's.
Mary
received her
BS from
Georgetown University and her
MBA from Harvard Business
School. She currently serves on
the Board of Directors of the US
Fund for UNICEF.
Mary lives with her husband
and three daughters in New
York City.
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Michael Farrell
MetLife
Michael K. Farrell is executive
vice president at MetLife
responsible for the Retirement &
Wealth Management businesses.
Since November 2008, Michael
has run all
aspects of
MetLife’s annuity
business.
Michael has
over 33 years of
experience in
the financial
services industry. Before joining
MetLife in 2001, he was president
of Michael K. Farrell
Associates, Inc., which at the
time of its sale to ING in 2001
had over 1,500 clients.
Michael’s interest in his Irish
heritage was passed on to him
from his parents. His paternal
grandparents emigrated from
Tuam, Co. Galway. Michael’s
first of some 60 trips to Ireland
was after his graduation from St.
Benedict’s Prep and established
a connection to family that continues
to this day. Michael was
named New Jersey Irishman of
the Year in 2005 by the Brian
Boru Society. He and his family
were honored in 2007 by
Fordham University with the
prestigious Mara Award.
Michael is a graduate of
Fairleigh Dickinson University.
He and his wife Nancy live in
New Vernon, NJ, and are the
proud parents of Meghan and
Seann.
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Terrence Duffy
CME Group Inc.
Terrence A. Duffy has served as
executive chairman of CME
Group since 2007. Previously,
he served as chairman of the
board of CME and CME
Holdings since 2002 and as
executive chairman since 2006.
In 2002,
Terrence was
appointed by
President Bush
to serve on a
National Saver
Summit on
Retirement
Savings. He was appointed by
President Bush and confirmed
by the U.S. Senate in 2003 as a
member of the Federal
Retirement Thrift Investment
Board (FRTIB).
Terrence currently serves on
the Board of Directors of World
Business Chicago, the Board of
Regents for Mercy Home for
Boys and Girls, the Board of
Trustees of Saint Xavier
University, and is co-chair of the
Mayo Clinic Greater Chicago
Leadership Council. He is chairman
of the NYMEX Foundation
and vice chairman of the CME
Group Foundation. Terrence is a
member of the Economic Club
of Chicago, the Executives’
Club of Chicago and the
President’s Circle of the
Chicago Council on Global
Affairs. He attended the
University of Wisconsin-
Whitewater. In 2007, he
received a Doctor of Humane
Letters from DePaul University.
Bryan Durkin
CME Group Inc.
Bryan T. Durkin has served as
managing director and COO of
CME Group Inc. since July
2007. He previously held a variety
of leadership roles with
Chicago Board of Trade from
1982 to 2007, most recently as
executive vice president and
COO. He also served as chairman
of the Joint Compliance
Committee for all US futures
exchanges and represented
CBOT on various industry panels
concerning trading practices
and trading operations.
Bryan, who has also been an
adjunct faculty member of
Lewis University's MBA program
teaching courses in organizational
behavior and management,
is a second-generation
Irish American who traces his
roots to County Mayo on both
sides. He credits his Irish immigrant
grandparents with “paving
the way” for his “beautiful and
productive life,”
adding, “The
Irish have
proven to be a
resilient and giving
culture and I
am most grateful
to be a part of
that legacy.”
Bryan has a bachelor’s degree
in business administration and
an MBA from Lewis University.
Bryan lives in Chicago with his
wife and five children.
Ryan Fennelly • RBC Capital Markets
Ryan Fennelly is a director on The US Treasury
Trading Desk at RBC Capital Markets, the investment-banking
arm of Canada's biggest lender, the
Royal Bank of Canada. Born and raised in New
York, Ryan is a graduate of Cornell University
with a BS in applied economics & business management.
Ryan was previously the head US agency
trader at Credit Suisse Securities.
Ryan is a second-generation Irish American whose maternal
grandparents came from Kerry and whose father’s grandparents emigrated
from Kilkenny. Ryan is an avid golfer and makes annual trips
to the emerald isle.
Ryan appreciates his Irish heritage and work ethic and uses it to
instill hard work and discipline in every day life. He says, “I can
remember my grandmother who was proud to be an Irish American
Catholic. My mother named me Ryan Patrick after my grandfather.
She taught me to be a God-fearing, loyal citizen who respects country
and his fellow man.” Ryan currently lives with his wife, Helen,
and their three children in Rockville Centre, New York.