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Maureen O’Brien || President & CEO, NYSID || https://www.linkedin.com/in/maureen-o-brien-60900a6/

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Maureen E. O’Brien is a life-long New Yorker. She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame (B.A.) and New York University (M.A.). In 2023 Maureen completed, Women on Boards, Succeeding as a Corporate Director, at Harvard Business School.
In 2018, following a national search, Maureen was appointed the first female President and Chief Executive Officer of New York State Industries for the Disabled (NYSID). NYSID is the designated facilitator of the Preferred Source Program for individuals with disabilities. Maureen manages the execution of over 1,200 state and municipal contracts valuing $320m on behalf of 135 disability service provider member agencies and corporate partners. Annually, more than 6,500 individuals with disabilities are gainfully employed through the program. Maureen combines her private sector experience and inclusion expertise with her desire to provide opportunities and advancement to individuals with disabilities, bringing transformational change to the organization.
After serving as the Director of State Operations to 20th Congressional District Representative and Homeland Security Appropriator John E. Sweeney, Maureen became the Director of Government Affairs for Motorola Solutions Inc. (MSI) in 2007. In this capacity she handled the company’s public safety government relations work on large strategic projects. In her tenure at MSI Maureen secured public funding for over $1b in public safety projects.
Maureen’s reputation in the state houses she has called on and among the partners of NYSID is that of an honest broker and trusted advisor with a keen understanding of the political process. Those who work closely with her are witness to her sense of humor, deep network of respectful colleagues and persistence in leaving no stone unturned.
Maureen is a Director at the New York State Enterprise Technology Corporation and LifePlan, CCO NY. She is Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees at Christian Brothers Academy, a member of the Executive Board of Governors at the Center for Disability Services and the Albany Medical Center Hospital Affairs Committee. Maureen is a partner of the CEO Commission for Disability Employment.
Maureen was a recipient of the Andrew Heiskell Community Service Award and on two occasions the quarterly MSI Foundation Volunteerism Award. In 2012, 2013 and 2016, Maureen was inducted in MSI CEO Circle – recognition of performing in the top 10% of the company. In 2016, she was a recipient of The American Institute for Public Service Foundation Jefferson Award. In 2020, Maureen was recognized by the Albany Business Review as a Community Connector for Leadership in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and by City and State New York as a Socially Responsible 100 Leader making our state better for New Yorkers.
In 2021, Maureen was named a “Woman Who Means Business” by the Albany Business Review. She also received a Game Changer Award from Special Olympics New York and the Anthony J. Koenig Volunteer Service Award from the Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State. In 2022 she received the Key For Women Achievement Award. In 2023, Maureen was named the non-profit leader of the year by the Capital Region Chamber.
Maureen is a member of the Notre Dame Club of Northeastern N.Y. and The Notre Dame Monogram Club. She and her family are communicants of Mater Christi Parish in Albany, New York. Together Maureen and her husband Dr. Paul F. Vogt have four boys Patrick, Andrew, Christopher and Gabriel.