SJA President Receives Irish Education 100 Award

Saint Joseph Academy President Mary Ann Corrigan-Davis

Named to 2011 Irish Education 100

Cleveland, OH -- The Irish Voice newspaper has named Mary Ann Corrigan-Davis, President of Saint Joseph Academy (SJA) in Cleveland, to its prestigious Irish Education 100 list for 2011. The annual list was started in 2009 and honors leading figures in education across America.

Mrs. Corrigan-Davis will be featured in a special edition of the Irish Voice on December 14, 2011, coinciding with an awards ceremony being held in New York City.

Mrs. Corrigan-Davis graduated from Phi Beta Kappa from SJA in 1971, and from John Carroll University Cum Laude in 1975 (an accomplishment that included a year spent at the Sorbonne in Paris). She earned a Master of Science in Management degree from Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management in 1976.

She completed a distinguished 27-year career at American Greetings Corporation in 2005. Starting as a sales representative, Mrs. Corrigan-Davis rose through the ranks, holding many senior roles, including President of Carlton Cards Retail, Group Managing Director, Asia-Pacific while living in Melbourne, Australia, and Senior Vice President of International. In her last five years, she served as Senior Vice President of Business Innovation.

Mrs. Corrigan-Davis was hired as the first president of Saint Joseph Academy in 2006 and has brought her intuitive business savvy and international perspective to the 669-student school, instituting a management program with strong financial oversight, branding and marketing, and stakeholder communications.

She currently serves on the Board of Regents for Saint Ignatius High School and the Fairview Hospital Community Advisory Board. Her previous board experience includes John Carroll University, The Visiting Nurse Association Hospice, In Counsel with Women and Saint Joseph Academy.

In addition to this new honor, Mrs. Corrigan-Davis’ accolades include the 1998 Irish America Business 100, the 2002 Greater Cleveland YWCA Women of Achievement award, the 2003 Irish American Archives Society "Walks of Life” award, the 2004 "Rainmaker” by Northern Ohio Live magazine, the 2005 "Good Fellow” Award from the Irish Good Fellowship Club, the 2007 Athena Award recipient from Athena International, the Lifetime Achievement Award from American Greetings Corporation in 2007, and the 2008 "Simply Wonderful Women of Accomplishment Award” from the west regional Cleveland Clinic hospitals. Mrs. Corrigan-Davis is a member of the Leadership Cleveland Class of 2008.

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Celebrating its 121st year, Saint Joseph Academy is the only Catholic high school for girls in the City of Cleveland. With a current enrollment of 669 young women, Saint Joseph Academy is rooted in the spirituality of the Congregation of St. Joseph and works to foster unifying relationships with God and all creation. Each young woman is empowered to achieve academic excellence, and inspired to a life of compassionate leadership and service in a global society. Saint Joseph Academy is located at 3430 Rocky River Drive in Cleveland.

Contacts: For more information, please contact Susan Condon Love, Communications Director, at 216.619.1937, slove@sja1890.org.