During his 34 years with Mutual of America, Bill Flynn established himself as a great leader, whose business skills were reflected in Mutual of America’s performance and recognized throughout the life insurance industry. Now Mutual’s Chairman Emeritus, Flynn’s commitment to social justice continues to be felt in the success of the Irish peace process and the work of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP). As the first Irish- American chairman of the NCAFP, it was Flynn who invited all of Northern Ireland’s political leaders, including Gerry Adams, to the U.S., a move that propelled Northern Ireland into the peace process. A graduate of Fordham University, Flynn is a
first-generation Irish-American with roots in counties Mayo and Down.

In 1996, he was Grand Marshal of New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. In 2005, the Tanenbaum Center for Inter-religious Understanding presented him with a Special Peacemaker in Action Award “for a lifetime devoted to conflict resolution.”