Jack Connors Jr

Board Memberships: Connors Family Foundation, Boston College, Camp Harbor View, Harvard School of Public Health, Partners in Health Recent Activity: Led the $62 million drive for the Campaign for Catholic Schools in 2012 How influential is Connors? Last year, when he stepped down from the boards of Mass General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s, and partners HealthCare, President Obama put together a thank-you video for his retirement gala. At Boston College, the Hill Holliday founder has sat on the board of trustees since 1979 and (twice) been chairman, and he funded the Connors Family Retreat and Conference Center. And after a falling-out with the Archdiocese of Boston related to the sex abuse scandal, he returned to help lead the $62 million Campaign for Catholic Schools. At Brigham and Women’s, meanwhile, he was a driving force behind the Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology. Then there’s the $45 million he’s raised for Mayor Menino’s pet project, the Camp Harbor View summer camp for at-risk Boston kids. In other words, Jack Connors is, as one of the city’s most prominent businessmen told us, “the beacon of philanthropy for the city of Boston.”