PC Degree: B.S./Accountancy

Activities Participated in as a PC Student: Friars Club; intramural flag football, hockey, and softball

Career Path Highlights: After graduating from PC, Corcoran spent seven years with PricewaterhouseCoopers and three years with the John Hancock Property and Casualty Companies as director of auditing. She joined State Street in 1989 as client service officer in the mutual funds division and has since held a number of positions with increasing responsibility in operations, sales and marketing, strategy development, and client consulting. In her current position, she is responsible for strategic sourcing, business unit finance management, and Basel II Program implementation.

Corcoran serves on the Board of Directors of the Initiative for the New Economy, an organization designed to expand and enhance minority supplier development in Greater Boston. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the William T. Blackwell Foundation, which raises money for cancer-related charities. Corcoran also served for three years on the Parish Reconfiguration Fund Oversight Committee for the Archdiocese of Boston.

She is the niece of four Dominican priests, including the late Rev. Dennis C. Kane, O.P. '41, a philosophy professor who taught in the Development of Western Civilization program and who served as an academic adviser and mentor to generations of PC student-athletes and students.

Family: Husband Tom and two sons

Staying Involved: Corcoran is a member of the College's Board of Trustees and the Boston President's Council. She served on the National Alumni Association's Board of Governors from 2004-2007. In 2007, she received the association's Distinguished Service to the Alumni Award.

"Transforming" Quote: "While I was at PC, I had the pleasure to know Father John Kenny, O.P. on a personal level and as a professor. His Ethics class was sought after. He was quick with a belly laugh and a bear hug. He taught us that the goal of all human beings is happiness. At the time it sounded so simple, but I realize now it was very profound."