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2018 Business 100

Cheerleader-in-Chief

By Patricia Harty & Maggie Holland
January / February 2019

December 22, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Eileen McDonnell, Chairman & CEO of Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Eileen McDonnell, the Chairman & CEO of Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, discusses her Irish heritage, breaking the glass ceiling, and the way forward. When parents tell their children that they can do anything, it’s all too often taken with too many grains of salt. But Eileen McDonnell believed her parents. She had no reason not to. And it served her well. When she was … [Read more...] about Cheerleader-in-Chief

33rd Annual
Irish America Business 100

By Irish America Staff
January / February 2019

December 22, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Now in its fourth decade, the Irish America Business 100 has a long history of providing recognition to a fundamental core of American business. It can be easy to assume that the Irish in America and their descendants are a monolithic bloc, but as this list has continually shown, there is no single story of Irish American success, interest, venture, or course. Those we … [Read more...] about 33rd Annual
Irish America Business 100

Irish America’s 2018 Business 100

By Irish America Staff

October 12, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Irish America magazine is delighted to announce that Eileen McDonnell, Chairman and CEO of Penn Mutual will deliver the keynote address at the 2018 Business 100.   Please join us on December 12th at the New York Metropolitan Club, to celebrate Eileen and the  2018 Business 100 honorees for the 33rd annual awards luncheon.  For tickets and information click here. To nominate … [Read more...] about Irish America’s 2018 Business 100

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