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Sonja Kelly

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Sonja Kelly

Kelly Family Foundation

Sonja Kelly is the Managing Director of the Kelly Family Foundation. Sonja holds a bachelor of arts from Bucknell University and an MBA from the Boston College Carroll School of Management. After a career in consulting and commercial banking, she took time off to raise her three children. She has been the Managing Director of the Kelly Family Foundation since 2011. The Kelly Family Foundation supports organizations which focus on the education and mentoring of young people and giving them the tools to succeed.

Sonja served on the Whittier Street Health Center Foundation Board, with responsibilities including serving on the Annual Roast committee, serving as a member of Women for Whittier and chairing the Board for a year. She currently is on the Boards of Camp Harbor View and Mass Mentoring Partnership, where she is the Membership Chair. She also serves on the Storybook Ball Committee for MassGeneral Hospital for Children.

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Sharon McNally

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Sharon McNally

Chief Executive Officer, Camp Harbor View

Sharon McNally is the Chief Executive Officer of Camp Harbor View. She is also the Chief of Staff in the Connors Family Office, where she supports the philanthropic, political, and business activities of Jack Connors, Jr., founder and former CEO of Hill Holliday.

An active community volunteer leader, Sharon is the Immediate Past Chair of the Board of Directors of the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare where she remains a member.

In addition, she is a member of the Board of Directors of Camp Harbor View; a member of the Board of Directors of Community Servings, a member of the Board of Directors of Health Equity International, and Co-Chair of Health Leads MA Advisory Council. She also chairs the Development Committee at St. Cecilia’s Parish in Boston’s Back Bay.

Sharon earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in government at Colby College. A lifelong Boston-area resident, she and her husband live in Boston and have three grown children and nine grandchildren.

Sharon McNally headshot 2022

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Jack Connors, Jr.

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Jack Connors, Jr.

Co-Founder and Board Emeritus, Camp Harbor View

Jack Connors, Jr. (1942-2024), was the co-founder of Camp Harbor View and a legendary leader and philanthropist in Boston. 

Connors was a founding partner of Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos, Inc., a full-service marketing communications company. Under his leadership, Hill Holliday evolved from a one-room shop, founded in 1968, to one of the top 20 advertising firms in the United States.

Early in his career, he became interested and active in the philanthropic life of the city of Boston, serving on boards and leading civic campaigns. In fact, throughout Greater Boston, Jack Connors is known for these efforts as well as for his business acumen.  Boston Magazine named him one of the most powerful people in Boston, and he’s been a major force behind initiatives such as The Campaign for Catholic Schools, and The Edward M. Kennedy Institute.

As an articulate advocate for Boston’s world-class hospitals, Jack served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Partners HealthCare System (now Mass General Brigham) for 16 years and became Chairman Emeritus in July 2012.  He served on the Boston College Board of Trustees for over 30 years and was Chair of that board on two occasions. He is a member of the Board of Overseers for the Home Base Program for wounded warriors at the MGH, the Board of Fellows at Harvard Medical School, and Board of Dean’s Advisors for the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Camp Harbor View is arguably the charity that was closest to Jack’s heart. When the late Mayor Thomas Menino asked for his help in identifying a safe and enjoyable alternative for inner-city boys and girls during summer. Jack proposed that he would raise enough money to build a summer camp on Long Island in Boston Harbor, and Camp Harbor View was born.

Jack was a proud graduate of Boston College. He passed away in 2024, survived by his wife, Eileen, and their four children and thirteen grandchildren.

We invite you to share your message or memory of Jack here.

Jack Connors Jr. headshot

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