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Gene Donnelly
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP
Gene Donnelly is the Business
Development Leader for the US
Firm. In this role, he is responsible
for embedding a sustainable
growth culture to make
PwC more successful in gaining
strategic market share. Before
that, he spent three years as
Global Managing Partner,
Advisory and Tax and a member
of PwC's five-person Global
Management Team.
From 2001 to 2005, Donnelly
served as Vice Chairman-
Operations for the US Firm and
was a member of the US
Leadership Team. In addition to
his management responsibilities,
Donnelly was Leader of the
Transaction Services Practice for
the US Firm. Under his leadership,
Transaction
Services greatly
expanded its
client base and
substantially
increased its
profitability.
Donnelly is married 29 years
with three sons and one granddaughter.
He is a summa cum
laude graduate of St. Francis
College in Brooklyn, New York.
A fourth-generation Irish-
American with ancestors from
Donegal, Donnelly says that as
an Irishman, “I am a beneficiary
of a tradition of self-reliance,
perseverance and the kindness of
many.”
Craig Donohue
CME Group Inc.
Craig S. Donohue has served as
Chief Executive Officer and a
Director of the Board of CME
Group since July 2007.
Prior to his current position,
Donohue served as CEO of
CME Holdings
and CME since
January 2004.
Since his
appointment as
CEO in 2004,
Donohue has set
CME’s vision
and developed growth strategies
to expand the company’s core
business lines and global distribution.
He was a key player in
the merger, this past July, of the
Chicago Board of Trade and the
Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
After receiving a BA from
Drake University in 1983,
Donohue earned a Juris Doctor
from John Marshall Law School
in 1987, a Master of Laws
degree in Financial Services
Regulation from IIT Chicago-
Kent College in 1989, and a
Master of Management degree
from Northwestern University
in 1995.
Donohue, who is Chairman of
the Board of the National
Council on Economic Education
(NCEE), a nonprofit organization,
is a third-generation Irish-
American with roots in County
Cork. He lives in Northbrook,
Illinois with his wife and their
three children.
John Dooner Jr.
McCann Worldgroup
As Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of McCann
Worldgroup, a company he
formed in 1997, John Dooner
heads one of the world’s largest
and fastest-growing marketing
communications organizations,
with operations in over 30 countries
. Built on the foundation of
McCann Erickson, the leading
global advertising agency network,
today six of the seven marketing
communications companies
comprising Worldgroup are
global leaders in their categories,
a remarkable achievement given
that five of the companies did
not exist before 1997. Moreover
Worldgroup’s offering of seamlessly
effective communications
programs ideally positions it for
the future. Vision, energy, consistent
delivery of strategic solutions
and a persistent dedication
to growing Worldgroup’s business
by building its clients’ businesses
have characterized
Dooner’s 35-year
career with
McCann and its
parent company,
The Interpublic
Group. Dooner,
who was born in New York,
earned his B.A. from St. Thomas
Villanova University, and traces
his Irish roots to his grandparents
from County Clare. He and his
wife reside in Westchester, New
York.
Michael Dowling
North Shore-LIJ
Health Systems
Michael Dowling is president
and CEO of North Shore-LIJ
Health Systems. He joined the
organization in 1995 as senior
vice president of hospital services.
In 1997 he
became executive
vice president
and chief
operating officer,
and oversaw
development,
operations, and
planning while North Shore and
LIJ merged.
Before joining North Shore,
Dowling served in New York
government for 12 years,
including seven as chief advisor
to Governor Mario Cuomo. He
was commissioner of New York
State Department of Social
Services from 1993-1994. He
also was a professor of social
policy and an assistant dean of
the Fordham University
Graduate School of Social
Services.
Dowling came to New York
City from Limerick looking for
a job at age 17 and maintains
close ties to Ireland. He serves
on the board of the Smurfit
School of Business at
University College Dublin, and
on numerous medical and charitable
boards. He is married with
two children.
Patrick Dowling
Tygris Commercial Finance Group
Patrick Henry Dowling is the Senior Managing
Director and leader of Tygris Commercial Finance
Group’s Aerospace & Defense Finance business. Prior
to joining Tygris, he was Managing Director and
General Manager of CIT Leveraged Finance – Transportation where he
was responsible for the global reach of the group by providing solutions
for manufacturers, suppliers and service providers seeking debt,
leasing and structured financings. Dowling was previously Managing
Director and Industry Leader, Aerospace and Defense, for GE
Commercial Finance and had over a 22 year career at GE serving in
various management and leadership positions. He is active in various
industry organizations, including The National Chamber Foundation of
the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and The Institute for Defense and
Business Foundation. Dowling is a certified public accountant and has
served as a director on several company boards during his career
including Penske Truck Leasing. He holds a BS in accounting from
Fordham University and a JD from Pace University School of Law.
Dowling is a second-generation Irish-American, whose mother’s family
hails from County Cork. He is married to Kate and has three sons.
Terrence Duffy
CME Group Inc.
The honorable Terrence A. Duffy has served as Executive
Chairman of the Board of CME Group since July 2007.
Before that, he served as Chairman of the Board of CME
and CME Holdings since April 2002 and Executive
Chairman since October of 2006. A member of the Exchange since 1981
and a board member since 1995, Duffy was a key player in the merger of
The Chicago Board of Trade and The Chicago Mercantile Exchange. In
2002, he was appointed by President Bush to serve on a national summit
on retirement savings, and in 2003, he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate
as a member of the federal retirement thrift investment board. He serves
on the Board of World Business Chicago, the Board of Regents for Mercy
Home for Boys and Girls, the Board of Trustees of Saint Xavier
University and the Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation. He is also
a Trustee of the CME Trust, whose mission is to enhance economic
opportunity, health and education, especially for disadvantaged youth. A
third-generation Irish-American, Duffy says his Irish heritage is a source
of “great pride” and traces his father’s family to Westport, County Mayo.
He attended the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and, in 2007,
received a Doctor of Humane Letters from DePaul University.
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