Celebrating Irish America’s Business 100

By Irish America Staff
February / March 2003
- New York: Honorees Joseph Sargent, chairman & CEO, The Guardian Life Insurance Co.; and Tom Moran, President & CEO, Mutual of America.
- San Francisco: Kingsley Aikins, director, The American Ireland Fund; Tom McEnery, former mayor of San Jose; and Irish America publisher, Niall O’Dowd.
- New York: Honorees William Flynn, Chairman, Mutual of America, and Denis Kelleher (right), founder of Wall Street Access, are pictured with editor Patricia Harty and Ethel Kennedy.
- New York speaker Susan Kelliher-Ungaro being introduced by Tom Coughlan, President and CEO of Wal-Mart.
- San Francisco: Joan Gallagher; Patricia Daly, Irish America Advertising Director; and Patrick Gallagher, President, Giants Enterprises, who received special recognition in the form of an “Irish Spirit” award.
- New York: Honorees Barbara Corcoran, founder of The Corcoran Group; Darlene Daggett, President, U.S. Commerce for QVC; and guest Lyn Reisig
Irish America held two receptions honoring the Business 100, 2002. The first, at the Yale Club in Manhattan on November 26, had Susan Kelliher-Ungaro, Editor-in-Chief, Family Circle, as keynote speaker. Ungaro was introduced by Tom Coughlan of Wal-Mart. Then on December 5, irish America traveled to San Francisco to hold its first ever West Coast function. Tom McEnery, the former mayor of San Jose, was the keynote speaker for a lunch at the Mark Hopkins Hotel, which was co-hosted by The American Ireland Fund. San Francisco mayor Willie Brown was among the many guests in attendance. ♦