Catholic Academy of Bridgeport 20th Anniversary Gala 2024

Honoring Mr. Larry Bossidy & Sr. Joan Magnetti, rscj

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS!

Visionary Sponsor - $150,000
Larry Bossidy

Innovator Sponsors - $100,000
Judy & Jim Bailey
Jim Colica
Barbara & Brad Evans
Heather & John Kreitler
Chang Park

Guardian Sponsor - $50,000
Sheila Clancy

Hero Sponsor - $25,000
Amy & Sydney Goodfriend
Susan & Tim Jensen

Pillar Sponsor - $15,000
Dennis Boyd

Partner Sponsors - $10,000
Julie & Michael Bossidy
Jennifer & Peter Cieszko
Ed Gormbley
June & Jack Heffernan
Paula & Tom McInerney
Jody & John Myers
Judy & Gerry O'Connell
Kathy & Brian O'Hare
Erin & Bill Russell
Marylou & Michael Salvati

Steward Sponsors - $5,000
Mollie Callagy
Susan McGettigan Carroll
Susan P. Carroll/Mairead Finn
Diocese of Bridgeport
Brooke & Edward Garden
Sarita & Greg Hanley
Carrie & Jamie Heffernan
Pennie & Mark Kelly
Susan & James Ozanne
Pat & Bill Phelan
Bridget & Doyle Queally
The Redlinger Family
Janet & Keith Sherin
Patrick Shouvlin
Webster Bank
Sandi & Chris Wright

We are grateful to our GALA PLANNING COMMITTEE for their leadership:

Margaret & Robert Arrix
Jennifer & Peter Cieszko
Sheila Clancy
Sarita Hanley
Susan & Tim Jensen
Jody & John Myers
Ann & John Normile
Kathy & Brian O'Hare
Bridget & Doyle Queally
Lauren & Brian Queally
Marylou & Michael Salvati
Sarah Weber & Alex Kurtz
Lillian & Don Worthley

OUR HONOREES

Larry Bossidy

For more than two decades, Larry Bossidy has been a staunch supporter of the Catholic Academy of Bridgeport. He was the founding Board Chair when the educational institution was made up of 6 parochial elementary schools and known as the "Cathedral Education Cluster." He served in that role until 2008. Under his leadership, Bossidy helped grow enrollment, upgrade technology, launch an Endowment Fund to help provide scholarships and life-changing opportunities to inner-city students in need, and expand the Board to include a dynamic group of dedicated, generous men and women. Bossidy is the former CEO of Honeywell and Allied Signal, lives in Ridgefield, CT and attends St. Mary's Church. He has 11 grown children and many grandchildren. His beloved wife, Nancy, predeceased him in 2023.

Sr. Joan Magnetti, rscj

In 2010, Sr. Joan Magnetti became the Executive Director of the Catholic Academy of Bridgeport (initially known as the "Cathedral Education Cluster") after a successful career as headmistress of Sacred Heart Greenwich and Stuart Country Day in Princeton, NJ. Under Sr. Magnetti's direction, the school became financially healthy and its own 501(c)(3). Sr. Magnetti has a passion for working with young people of all economic, cultural and faith backgrounds. She remains as a key member of CAB's staff in her role as Coordinator of Major Gifts. A sister in the Society of the Sacred Heart who grew up in New Jersey, she currently lives in community in Bedford, NY. Sr. Magnetti sits on the Boards of Horizons SHU, Union Theological Seminary and Manhattanville College.

Proceeds support need-based scholarships at the Catholic Academy of Bridgeport.

This year, the Catholic Academy of Bridgeport must raise over $3 million
to provide scholarships to the 96% of its 900 inner-city students who qualify. 
PRIVATE DONATIONS ALONE make this possible.

87% of Academy families live at or below the poverty level.
$39K is the mean family income for a student at CAB.