Featured CEO and Corporate Patriot

Featured CEOs and Corporate Patriots

Featured CEO - Patrick J. Finneran, Jr.

A message from Deb Kloeppel:

"After meeting Pat Finneran, my Team and I know that angels really do exist. It isn't often that a man who yields corporate senior executive power funds an idea created by a military spouse. There are five men who helped fund, create, and maintain the MSCCN mission for military spouses: Richard Parr, General Counsel for HCR-ManorCare; Dan Thomas, Board of Directors, Concentra, Inc.; Pat Finneran, formerly of Boeing and currently President and Chief Executive Officer, Sabreliner Corporation; Joe Weiner, President, Kenexa Government Solutions; and Rear Admiral Dan Kloeppel, US Navy (ret). As my Team says, "Powerful men may have funded us, but we created MSCCN and operate it on a daily basis!"

Mr. Finneran began his support for MSCCN while at Boeing and now MSCCN's strong supporters include Norm Bartlett and Don Ceresia, both from Boeing.

Pat Finneran recently retired from the Boeing Company after a distinguished 22 year career in various executive posts. Finneran, who joined what was then McDonnell Douglas in 1987, had led every military aircraft program in St. Louis.

Finneran holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame and a master's degree from East Carolina University. He is an honor graduate of the U.S. Marine Corps Basic School, U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, U.S. Air Force Command and Staff College, and a graduate of the National War College. In 2004 he was awarded the Navy League's prestigious Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz Award for major contributions to America's Maritime Strength & National Security. He is also a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award of the Mendoza School of Business at the University of Notre Dame. In April 2009, Pat received an Honorary Doctorate from Notre Dame.

Mr. Finneran's bio can be read here.

Previous Featured CEOs

Mike Zeiders, President of Zeiders Enterprises

Mike Zeiders, Zeiders Enterprises

Jim Greenwood, CEO of Concentra

Jim Greenwood, Concentra Inc.

Drew Myers, CEO of RecruitMIlitary

Drew Myers, Recruit Military

2009 Corporate Patriot Award Announced by Deb Kloeppel - Joe Weiner

MSCCN is proud to announce our MSCCN Corporate Patriot of the Year for 2009. Mr. Joe Weiner is President, Kenexa’s Government Solutions business unit. His career spans more than 28 years in the aerospace and defense, high technology and telephony communications industries. Mr. Weiner also proudly serves as a voting Board Member and Chairs the MSCCN Development Committee.

Since 2005 Kenexa, Inc. has graciously and generously donated over a million dollars worth of technology to the MSCCN in the way of our world-class and user friendly Talent Mangament System and state-of-the-art Applicant Tracking System. But Kenexa didn't stop there! Kenexa, Inc. provides continous training to the military spouses who comprise the MSCCN Team. To this date, MSCCN, through Kenexa's patriotism and corporate generousity, provides a first-ever applicant tracking system to our nation's military! Think about that for a moment... with of all of the web portals and job boards and databases out there - Kenexa built the FIRST and ONLY Talent Management Gateway and Applicant Tracking System for military-affiliated applicants.

"Simply saying thank you to Kenexa just doesn't seem like enough give-back," says Deb Kloeppel, President and CEO of MSCCN. "Kenexa never expects PR for their donation, in fact they're almost PR shy when it comes to MSCCN, due to their fevert support of MSCCN's mission to serve our nation's military."

2008 Corporate Patriot - Richard Parr

Richard Parr, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, HCR Manor Care has been selected as the winner of the first MSCCN Corporate Patriot Award. Mr. Parr's award is unique in that his support of MSCCN and advocacy for military spouses started long before 2008. When selecting the recipient for the 2008 award, MSCCN determined that Mr. Parr was the most deserving, not only for 2008, but also for the years 2004-2008!

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