34th Annual Wall Street Business Leadership Council Tribute Dinner
During the event, University President William P. Leahy, S.J. presented the President’s Medal for Excellence to Karen S. Lynch ’84, recognizing her for her accomplishments as president and chief executive officer of CVS Health®.
We hope to see you at next year’s Tribute Dinner on Wednesday, April 23, 2025!
2024 President’s Medal for Excellence Honoree
Karen S. Lynch ’84
President and Chief Executive Officer, CVS Health®
Karen S. Lynch is president and chief executive officer of CVS Health®, the Fortune 10 leading health solutions company. Karen leads more than 300,000 colleagues who are passionate about delivering a superior health care experience for consumers by improving health outcomes, broadening access to care and lowering costs.
Under Karen’s leadership, CVS Health touches the lives of more than 100 million people through its health care benefits and pharmacy benefits management businesses, and presence in over 9,000 community health destinations across the United States. As part of the company’s commitment to sustainability, Karen has set bold goals to advance health equity and ensure a healthier planet for the people and communities CVS Health serves.
Karen has over three decades of experience in the health care industry. Prior to becoming president and chief executive officer in February 2021, Karen was executive vice president of CVS Health and president of Aetna®, where she was responsible for delivering consumer-centric, holistic health care to the millions of people Aetna serves.
Before joining CVS Health, Karen held executive positions at Cigna® and Magellan Health®, where she served as president. She began her career with Ernst & Young as a certified public accountant.
Karen was selected for the 2023 TIME100 annual list of the hundred most influential people in the world. She was named the top-ranking leader for the last three years on Fortune’s list of the Most Powerful Women in Business. In 2022, Fortune named Karen the Most Inspirational CEO. She was also included on the Bloomberg 50 list of people who have changed global business.
A graduate of Boston College and Boston University Questrom School of Business, Karen was awarded an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science from the University of Hartford in 2022, and an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Becker College in 2015.
About the Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program
Proceeds from the Wall Street Business Leadership Council Tribute Dinner support the Wall Street Business Leadership Council Scholarship, provided through BC’s Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program.
Established in 1991, the Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program provides a select group of students of outstanding talent and character the opportunity to embark on an integrated honors educational experience designed to embody the best of the University and its Jesuit heritage of educational excellence in service to society as “Eagles for others.”
Meet the Class of 2024 Presidential Scholars
Kinh-Kha (Kenny) Dao
The Gloria L. MS '96 and Charles I. Clough, Jr. '64 Presidential Scholarship Fund
Thank You to Our 2024 Benefactors
Founders
$1,000,000
Gabelli Funds
$250,000+
$100,000+
The Karen and Kevin Lynch Foundation
Dinner Chairs
$50,000+
Accenture
Tammy ’85, MEd’87, and Steven M. Barry ’85, P’14, ’17
Mia and Darin Davidson, P’21, ’25
Delta Air Lines
Suffolk Cares Charitable Foundation
Won ’95 and Kenneth Giuriceo ’95
Jane Boyle Hentemann ’90 and Christopher Hentemann ’90, P’23, ’28*
Peggy and Al Kelly, P’09, ’11, ’13, ’16, ’26*
Susan and Michael White ’74, P’95
Dinner Vice Chairs
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Barbara and Mark Boisi ’75, P’01, ’03, ’04*
Norine ’69 and Geoffrey Boisi ’69, P’11*
Paul Bronzo Family
Virginia and David Butters ’64, P’95
Robin and James Carey ’88, JD’91, P’26
Flatley Foundation
Friends of the Heights
Sally ’75 and Vincent Gianatasio ’74, P’05, ’08
The MCJ Amelior Foundation
Mary Hasten and Brien O’Brien ’80, P’11, ’18
J.H. Management Company
Samina Kanwar and Thomas Majdanski ’02^
Allegra and Martin Kelly, P’26, ’28*
Heather Kennedy Miner ’00* and Mark Miner ’98
Patti and Jonathan Kraft, P’24
American Capital Management, Inc.
Tara Muller and Richard Jacobsen ’99, JD’03*
Maureen and David O’Connor ’86, P’16, ’18
Hugh O’Kane Electric Co., Inc.
Pfizer
Jonathan Serko, P’15, ’17, ’21*
Sarah and Patrick Grady ’04+
Joan and Henry Barry ’64, P’90
Brunswick Group, LLC
Michael Devlin ’88*
Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co., Inc
Michelle ’98, MBA’05, MS’05+ and Lyle Knight
Virginia and David McAuliffe ’71
Carla and Kevin Smart ’99*
Katey Sullivan-Clerico ’07 and William Clerico ’07+
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Mikaela Boyd ’02+ and Ryan Heller ’01
Leslie Cascone Rohrbacker ’90
Kimberly ’95 and Christopher Conyers, P’24
Regina and Francis Gannon ’90, MA’92
Linda Sanchez and Gregory Ho, P’17
Charlene ’03 and Joseph Irineo ’03
Kristine ’03 and Jeffrey Jonas ’03+
Anna Kelleher ’00* and Justin Toumey ’00
Heidi Curley Kline and Alan Kline
Margaret Langan ’85 and Evan Ladouceur
Andrea ’96* and Erik Lisher
Jean and Kevin McLaughlin ’78*
MOD Worldwide-John Stanley, Jack Stanley, and Kristin Foley Class of ’94
Clare ’01 and Mark Mulcahy ’99*
Carrie ’00 and David Naulty ’00
Francesca and Christopher Santomero, P’26
Marisa ’07*+ and Timothy Sullivan ’07
Jennifer Theiss ’06*
Elizabeth ’86 and Peter Vanderslice ’86
Matthew Alonsozana ’14+
Juan Alvarado ’20, MS’21
Lazaro Alvelaez ’22+
Mariana Arellano ’21
Christine and Aldo Arpaia, P’27
Aditya Ashok ’12+
Nicholas Aynilian ’14
Christopher Ayoub ’23
Harrison Bacon ’16+
Kathleen Bailey ’76, PhD’01, P’15, ’20
Sarya Baladi ’19+
Caroline Bald ’23+
Sarah Baldassari ’21
Adriano Barilla ’21, MS’22
Amani Barnes ’21
Richard Beck ’86, P’23, ’24
Morgan Belforti ’19
Ryan Belforti ’23
Megan Berry ’19
Sophia Bicks ’20
Bruce Bohuny ’21
Bryan Boisi ’04^
Connor Brady ’19
Leonhard Brenninkmeijer ’21
Nigel Brenninkmeijer ’18
Rachel Broderick ’15
Michael Brue ’20
Stephen Buell ’15+
Allison ’99 and Turner Buford ’99+
Aidan Burke ’21
Matthew Burke ’21
Andrew Cammon ’18+
Robert Cerise ’22+
Nicole Chanthasoto ’15
Elizabeth Chrin ’23
Maria and John Chrin, P’23
Rose Christy ’20
Catherine Cirrotti ’22
Carmen and Robert Cochrane, P’07
Kathleen ’82 and John Corbet
Michael Cornet ’21
Timothy Coy ’14
Emily Coyle ’20
Carla and Victor Crawford ’83
Jessica Creedon ’21
Peter DaGiau ’20
Katherine ’11+ and Cotter Davis ’11
Kathleen Day ’96+
Christopher Dearwester ’12^
Colleen DeConcini ’20
Kimberly, JD’16, and Jovalin Dedaj ’13, JD’16^
Clare DeMartini ’21
Deborah and Richard DeVerna ’86
Daniel DiCocco ’21
Grady Dittmaier ’21
Sarah Dolan ’19
Samuel Dolinger ’08+
Kathryn Doyle ’21
Emily Dukeman ’21
Joshua Elbaz ’19+
Colleen Ernst ’11+
Gregori Estime ’23+
Kyle Faddis ’21
Emma ’09, MA’11, and Paul Fanelli ’09
Sergio Farina ’20+
Meredith Fascett ’99+
Katherine Fell
Anthony Figura ’21
Ann ’66, H’14, and Arthur Finck, P’93, ’95, ’96, ’06, ’08
Kristen and Daniel Forman ’09
Andrew Frey ’01+
Julia Fuqua ’21
Marcello Garber ’21
Dillon Gardner ’08+
Joseph Garvin ’21
Tanya ’04 and Matthew Gaul ’04+
Mary Jane ’16 and Michael Giacone ’16, MS’17^
Susan ’70 and Lawrence Gianinno ’70, P’93
Julianna Glafkides ’21
Katherine Gold ’19+
Meagan Gonzalez ’17+
John Grady ’23
John Greco ’23
Jessica Guo, MBA’97*, and Philip Chu, P’27
Rayan Habbab ’20
Matthew Hamilton ’09+
Katherine Hartigan ’21
Marie-Liliane Haub ’13^
Roland Heacock ’23
Olivia Hermanspan ’22
Julia Marguerite Sanchez Ho ’17^
HS Management Partners, LLC
Molly Hueston ’21
Anne Hughes ’21
Anna Husson ’21
Bridget Kiley ’21
Brigid Knowles ’23
John Knowles ’18+
Colin Knutson ’23
Sophie Krieger ’17
Ann ’15 and James Lizzul ’09
Anna Lizzul ’14^
Shannon-Nicole Lostracco ’21
Emily Ludwig ’17
Victoria Luu ’14+
Brianne Lynch ’11 and Gregory Pidgeon ’11^
Maeve Maloney ’21
Maureen ’00 and Peter Manley ’00+
Joseph Manning ’14, JD’21+
Jessica Marenco ’14, MS’15
Alexander Martin ’20
Janet and Joseph Marzouca ’80, P’14
Julia Massard ’15
Sydney McAlister ’21
Francesca McCaffrey ’14+
Claire McCann ’21
Kelly McCartney ’11+
Alison McDonough ’17 and Taylor Palumbo ’17
Jacob McErlean ’21+
Casey McNamara ’23
Scott Molony ’11+
Kathleen Morandi ’21
Isabelle Morford ’20
Siobhan Morse ’20
Sara Moyers ’23
Connor Murphy ’19+
Matthew Nacier ’14^
James Ng ’09
Hoa Nguyen ’96 and Kinh-Luan Dao, P’24, ’26
Kofi Nimo
Mark Noferi ’96+
Kathryn O’Neill ’08
Mary Kate O’Neill ’17^
Madeleine O’Shea ’20
Amelia Orlando ’19
Lauren Pambianchi ’15
Reena Parikh ’06+
Celso Perez ’09, MA’10+
Maria Perez ’10+
William Peters ’21+
Danielle Pilla ’21
Peter Pinto ’22+
Wanying Qiu ’11 and Jianxiong Sun ’09+
Joseph Reda ’21
Bailey Renger ’22
Andrew Rivera ’11^
Dineen Riviezzo ’89 and John Frain
Emily Rosato ’21
Dorsey and Edwin Roseberry ’93, P’24
Christopher Russo ’19^
Elizabeth Sarian ’21
Lindsey Sauerwein ’11 and Jose Perez ’11+
Adam Schadt ’23
Frederic Schroeder ’20
Christopher Scullin ’10+
Ian Serko ’15^
Brendan Shepard ’21
Eric Silva ’00
Connor Skorge ’23
Audrey Somers ’21
Amrita Sooklal ’22
Rishi Srinivasan ’23+
Jane Stevenson
William Stone ’19
Katherine Sullivan ’08^
Neha Suneja ’23+
Grace Sunoo ’23
Suzanne Sweeney ’07^
Gregory Swenson ’19
Nicole Taylor ’01+
Alexis Teixeira ’17^
Brad Theiss ’18
Taylor ’06+ and Leigh Tinmouth ’07, JD’10
Olivia Tobin ’21, MEd’22
Raffi Toghramadjian ’21+
Anne Tully ’19
Claire Tully ’23
Caroline Turansky ’20
Omo-Dafe Uvieghara ’21
Eva Valcic ’19^
Charles Viehl ’23+
Steven Wagner ’20
Anne Ward ’11+
Brian Ward ’21
Elizabeth Ward ’19^
Elizabeth Waring ’20
Frances Waring ’22
Kristin ’86 and Sumner Waring, P’20, ’22
Caroline Wenners, MHA’22
Madeline West ’21
Bridget ’95+ and Gregoy Wiedeman, P’28
Christopher Wilson-Byrne ’07+
Nicole Wong ’09+
Christopher Yu ’18+
Joseph Zabinski ’10+
Grace ’05* and Eric Zuncic
* Denotes members of the Wall Street Business Leadership Council Executive Committee
^ Denotes members of the Young Alumni Committee
+ Denotes alumni of the Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program
The Wall Street Business Leadership Council is a formal network of Boston College alumni, parents, and friends in the business sector. Led by the Wall Street Business Leadership Council Executive Committee and the Young Alumni Committee, the Council provides members of the University’s broader business community the opportunity to strengthen their connection with Boston College and each other through programming and networking opportunities. To learn more about getting involved, visit bc.edu/wsblc.