Leadership

John J. Phelan, Jr.
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York

John J. Phelan, Jr. is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the New York Stock Exchange and former President of the International Federation of Stock Exchanges. Mr. Phelan is a former corporate director of Merrill Lynch, MetLife, Eastman Kodak, Sonat and Avon Products and was a senior advisor to the Boston Consulting Group. He was Chair of President Reagan’s Private Sector Initiative and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Phelan is a former chairman and Trustee Emeritus of the Aspen Institute and served on the board of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories. He served as a trustee for the New York City Mayor’s Committee on Global Competitiveness.

For his charitable works, Mr. Phelan has received many awards, both national and international, including the Chevalier De L’Ordre Des Arts et Letters of the Republic of France, Silver Ambrosiana of the Commune of Milan, Lion of Venice and Medal of Venito. He was the first alumni chairman of the Board of Trustees of Adelphi University and has served as a Trustee on the Boards of Tulane University and New York Medical College. He has been awarded seven Honorary Degrees including Notre Dame, Fairfield University, Niagara University, Hamilton College, Tulane University Adelphi University, and Polytechnic University.

Mr. Phelan is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, a member of the Finance Committee of the Archdiocese of New York and Chairman of the Audit Committee. He is a member of the Board of Councilors of the Equestrian Order of the Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre and is a Knight of Malta.