Thursday, 21 November 2019

Boston Annual Gala 2019

Date : Thursday, 21 November 2019

Venue : The Westin Boston Waterfront

Location : 425 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210

Time : 6:30pm - Cocktail Reception | 8:00pm - Dinner Program and Dancing

The Board of Directors of The Ireland Funds America

&

Gala Chair
Edmund F. Murphy III
President & CEO
Empower Retirement and Great West Life & Annuity

Cordially invite you to the

38th Annual Boston Gala

HONOREE

Adam Harris

Founder & CEO of AsIAm

Adam established AsIAm based on his own experiences growing up as a young autistic person in Ireland. Today, AsIAm is a resource for the Autism community in Ireland and one of the organizations The Ireland Funds is proud to support.

Black Tie

Sponsorship and Tickets

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FOUNDER PACKAGE – $100,000

• Elite table for twelve at the Gala
• During your next visit to Ireland and/or Northern Ireland, a customized tour can be arranged of organizations strengthened by The Ireland Funds. Your itinerary will be tailored by our staff to address your interests and showcase the impact of your support.
• Twelve tickets to the Chairman’s Reception
• Signage and video recognition with logo at the Gala
• Two-page spread advertisement or project listing in the Gala Journal
• Special recognition in the Gala Journal

PLATINUM PACKAGE – $75,000

• Premium table for twelve at the Gala
• During your next visit to Ireland and/or Northern Ireland, a customized tour can be arranged of organizations strengthened by The Ireland Funds. Your itinerary will be tailored by our staff to address your interests and showcase the impact of your support.
• Twelve tickets to the Chairman’s Reception
• Signage and video recognition with logo at the Gala
• Two-page spread advertisement or project listing in the Gala Journal
• Special recognition in the Gala Journal

GOLD PACKAGE – $50,000

• Premium table for twelve at the Gala
• During your next visit to Ireland and/or Northern Ireland, a customized tour can be arranged of organizations strengthened by The Ireland Funds. Your itinerary will be tailored by our staff to address your interests and showcase the impact of your support.
• Twelve tickets to the Chairman’s Reception
• Video recognition with logo at the Gala
• One-page advertisement or project listing in the Gala Journal
• Acknowledgement in the Gala Journal

PATRON PACKAGE – $25,000

• Prime table for ten at the Gala
• Six tickets to the Chairman’s Reception
• Video recognition with logo at the Gala
• One-page advertisement or project listing in the Gala Journal
• Acknowledgement in the Gala Journal

BENEFACTOR PACKAGE – $15,000

• Select table for ten at the Gala
• Two tickets to the Chairman’s Reception
• One-page advertisement in the Gala Journal
• Acknowledgement in the Gala Journal

UNDERWRITER PACKAGE – $10,000

(Limited number available)

• Table for ten at the Gala
• Project listing in the Gala Journal
• Acknowledgement in the Gala Journal

INDIVIDUAL TICKET – $1,000

(Limited number available)

ADVERTISING

ONE-PAGE AD – $5,000
• With 2 Gala tickets

ONE-PAGE AD – $3,500

Contact

Stephen Greeley

Vice President of Development / New England Director

The Ireland Funds America

10 Post Office Square, Suite 1205 Boston MA 02109

T - 617-574-0720

E - sgreeley@irelandfunds.org

Email Link

GALA CHAIR

Edmund F. Murphy III
President & CEO
Empower Retirement and Great West Life & Annuity

Ed Murphy is President and CEO of Empower Retirement, a U.S. subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco Inc. Ed provides leadership and strategic direction for the company’s operating units: Empower Retirement and Great-West Investments™. He also serves as a board member of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company.

Ed brings 30 years of broad industry experience to his role. He was appointed as the inaugural President of Empower Retirement upon its creation in 2014 and has led the organization through a period of strong and sustained growth, positioning Empower as the go-to provider of retirement services for millions of Americans saving for retirement through workplace plans. A much sought-after thought leader as an advocate for the defined contribution system, Ed is regarded as a driving force for industry innovation and public policy reform.
Ed meets regularly with policymakers in Washington, D.C. and has testified before the House Ways and Means Committee, the Department of Labor, the Treasury Department and the IRS. He speaks and writes on topics ranging from retirement issues and public policy to investment advice and lifetime income strategies.

Before his appointment as President of Empower, Ed had served as Managing Director of the Defined Contribution and Investment Only business at Putnam Investments since 2009. He joined the firm’s operating committee in 2011.Prior to Putnam, Ed held executive leadership roles for 17 years at Fidelity Investments in its institutional, private equity and retail businesses. He also served as President and CEO of Veritude, LLC and as a board member of BostonCoach, Advisor Technology Services, Seaport Hotel, World Trade Center and several other Fidelity-owned businesses. He spent the early portion of his career at Merrill Lynch. Ed is a board member of the Employee Benefit Research Institute, Cristo Rey School, Boston College Wall Street Council, Jobs for the Future and the New England Council. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and is a graduate of the General Manager Program at Harvard Business School.

GALA COMMITTEE

Andrew G. Arnott
James R. Boyle*
Dennis Burns
John A. Carroll
Miceal Chamberlain
Casey M. Condron
Devin C. Condron
Terence A. Connell
William T. Connolly
James Coughlin
Roger W. Crandall*
Robert B. Crowe
John J. Cullinane*
Clay Deutsch
Douglas A. Donahue
John E. Drew
John P. Dunfey
Anne M. Finucane*
John F. Fish**
David Fitzgerald
Howard Galligan
David Greaney*
Bart A. Grenier
Corey A. Griffin
Robert E. Griffin, Jr.*
John T. Hailer
Sean M. Healey
Joseph L. Hooley*
Constance N. Hubbell
Thomas J. Hynes
Leslie King Grenier
N. Scott Knight
Amy E. Koch Flynn
Declan Lee
Peter S. Lynch*
Owen B. Lynch
Desmond Mac Intyre*
Andrew Maher
Michael F. Mahoney*
John P. Manning
Michael Mathis
Robert Mauro
William J. McNally
Michael R. Minogue
Brian T. Moynihan*
James J. Murren
Kathleen Murphy
Ronald P. O’Hanley*
Thomas P. O’Neill III*
Kevin C. Phelan
R. Robert Popeo
Scott F. Powers*
Robert L. Reynolds*
Jack A. Sebastian
Mike Sheehan*
Nancy J. Sterling
Robert J. Stevenish
John G. White
*  Past Gala Chair
** Honorary Member