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Denis Kelleher
Wall Street Access
Denis Kelleher is founder and
chief executive officer of Wall
Street Access. Since 1981, Wall
Street Access has combined an
independent, entrepreneurial
culture with a powerful platform
to build and operate a diverse
set of successful financial services
businesses.
Denis began his career in
1958 as a
messenger
with Merrill
Lynch, where
through
dynamic
financial talent,
he rose
dramatically through the company
ranks until 1969 when he
founded Ruane Cunniff and its
Sequoia Fund. In 1981, he
founded Wall Street Access.
Denis, a native of County
Kerry, is a graduate of St. John’s
University, where he served as
chairman of the board for the
last eight years. He is director of
The New Ireland Fund and
member of the Staten Island
Foundation, and was proud to be
recognized with the Ellis Island
Medal of Honor in 1995. In
2005, Denis was Grand Marshal
of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade
in New York City. He is married
with three children and seven
grandchildren.
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Sean Kelleher
Wall Street Access
As managing director of Wall
Street Access, the financial
services organization founded
by his father Denis Kelleher,
Sean has helped guide the firm
through successful ventures in
online brokerage, institutional
research and trading, and asset
management. In 1992, Sean
joined the firm as a clerk and
now manages a team of more
than 50 analysts, traders and
salespeople.
A graduate of Wagner
College, Sean now serves on
the college’s alumni board and
finance committee. He also
serves as co-chairman of the
Staten Island Film Festival and
is the co-founder of the Gerry
Red Wilson Foundation to support
spinal meningitis research.
Sean, who spent the summers
of his youth in Ireland,
working the
bog, says the
catalysts behind
his love for Irish
culture are his
family and playing
Gaelic football
in his
father’s village
in County Kerry. He lives on
Staten Island, New York with
his wife Wendy and their three
children, Maggie, Jack and
Denis.
Donald Keough
Allen & Company Incorporated
Donald Keough is chairman of the board of Allen &
Company Incorporated. He was elected to that position
in 1993. Donald retired as president, COO and a
director of The Coca-Cola Company in 1993, positions
he held since 1981. His tenure with the company
dates back to 1950. Donald currently serves on the boards of
IAC/InterActive Corp, Global Yankee Holdings, Berkshire Hathaway
Inc. and The Coca-Cola Company. Donald has served for many years as
a member of the boards of McDonald’s Corp., The Washington Post
Co., H. J. Heinz Co. and The Home Depot. He is chairman emeritus of
the Board of Trustees and a life trustee of the University of Notre Dame.
Donald has received many honors including honorary doctorates from
the University of Notre Dame, his alma mater Creighton University, and
Trinity University in Dublin. He received the University of Notre
Dame’s highest honor, the Laetare Medal, in 1993.
Donald resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife, Marilyn. They have
six children and eighteen grandchildren. Donald received honorary Irish
citizenship in June 2007.
Shaun Kelly • KPMG
Shaun Kelly is the vice chair in charge of KPMG’s
US Tax practice and regional head of the Americas
Tax practice. He is responsible for setting the strategic
direction for, and overseeing the operations of,
KPMG’s Tax practice. Shaun leads a team of over
400 tax partners and more than 4,000 tax professionals.
He serves as a member of the firm’s
Management and Operating Committees. Prior to assuming the vice
chair role in 2005, Shaun led KPMG’s Global Transaction Services
practice and was regional coordinating partner for the Transaction
Services practice in the Americas.
Shaun grew up in Belfast and attended Holy Child Primary
School and St. Mary’s Christian Brothers Grammar School in West
Belfast. He received a bachelor of commerce degree from University
College, Dublin. Shaun first moved to the US in 1984 on a short-term
assignment. After working in Belfast from 1990-1999 he returned to
the US where he has worked in KPMG’s offices in San Francisco,
Chicago and New York. Shaun lives in Connecticut with his wife
Mary, who was born in Donegal, and their four children, two of whom
were born in Belfast.
Sean Kilduff
UBS
As senior vice president of
investments at UBS Private
Wealth Management, Sean T.
Kilduff focuses on delivering
customized solutions to high net
worth individuals and families.
He also serves as senior portfolio
manager in the Portfolio
Management Program concentrated
on developing customized
investment strategies that utilize
strategic and tactical asset allocation
models.
Born and
raised in New
York, Sean is a
graduate of St.
John’s University
with a BS in
finance. He
began his career at Shearson
Lehman Brothers and spent nine
years at Morgan Stanley Global
Wealth Management before moving
his team and practice to UBS
Private Wealth Management.
Sean is a first-generation Irish
American whose mother was
born and raised in Dublin. His
father’s family is from
Westmeath. Sean notes, “Having
visited my grandmother in
Dublin often, Ireland became a
big part of my life from an early
age. As a result, I gained a true
appreciation for the world
famous warmth and incredible
wit of the Irish people.”
Sean lives in Rockville
Centre, New York with his wife
Jean and their four children.
Thomas Lynch
Milkie/Ferguson
Investments
Thomas “Tom”
Lynch is a vice
president of
investments and
registered principal
with the
Dallas-based
firm
Milkie/Ferguson Investments.
2009 is Tom’s 25th year in the
investment business.
Throughout his career, Tom
has earned numerous Top-
Producer awards. He specializes
in stocks, exchange traded
funds, option strategies and IRA
rollovers.
Tom graduated from the
University of Missouri-Kansas
City. He is a second-generation
Irish American whose father’s
family was from Roscommon
and his mother’s from Cork.
Pride in his Irish heritage was
ingrained from childhood. Tom
and his wife have been active in
the past with Project Children,
which brings children from the
North of Ireland to the US each
summer. He is also a member of
the American Ireland Fund and
supports Concern USA. The
motto on the Lynch family Irishcoat
of arms is Semper Fidelis
(Always Faithful) and serves as
Tom’s code of conduct: always
faithful to family, friends,
clients, Irish Catholic heritage
and to Texas and the USA.