Mary Broderick Ryan was born and raised in White Plains, one of four children of Thomas Broderick and Bridget (Beatrice) Farrell Broderick, natives of Portumna, County Galway. 
She attended St. John the Evangelist School, Our Lady of Good Counsel Academy and holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Business Administration from Pace University as well as a Master of Science from Fordham University.

Mary and her husband, Stephen Ryan, who is also a White Plains native, raised their four children in Westminster Ridge. Like their father, David and Jack graduated from Archbishop Stepinac High School and
Maureen and Lindsay graduated from White Plains High School. Mary and Steve also have two fun-loving, spirited grandsons, Nicholas and Matthew!

She spent over two decades working for Verizon Corporation in Labor Relations and International Human Resources. She later became a substitute teacher in the White Plains City School District.
Currently, Mary volunteers for Meals on Wheels of White Plains, is on the board of the Woman’s Club of White Plains Foundation and is a member of the Finance Committee at WCWP.
She is also a board member of PEACE OUTside Campus – The Lindsey M. Bonistall Foundation and was the Vice Presidentof The O’Rourke Irish Dance Foundation.

The love of Irish culture runs deep. Mary was chosen as an Aide to the White Plains St. Patrick’s Day Parade Grand Marshal in 2003 and was the parade’s Grand Marshal in 2018. 
Mary and her children were blessed to be a part of O’Rourke Irish Dancers (now Doherty Petri Irish Dance) for many years.

Mary is honored and humbled to receive this recognition and is most grateful to her parents for traveling ‘across the pond’ all those years ago, making their American home in this great city of White Plains!