Joey McMahon

Joey McMahon
Residence Chapel Hill, NC
Alma mater Duke University, BA, MBA
Occupation

CEO, The Monday Life

Director of Impact Investment, KBI Biopharma
Known for Founder, The Monday Life
Website www.themondaylife.org

Joey McMahon is the Founder & CEO of The Monday Life and a former manager of the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team.[1]

Education

McMahon attended Duke University for his undergraduate degree. He was a 4-year student manager for the Duke Men's Basketball Team.[2]

McMahon also earned his MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. During that time, he was a brand strategist for the Coach K Leadership Center and the recipient of the Class of 1990 Scholarship for Service.

100MileGroup

From 2009-2011, McMahon was the Director of Operations at the 100MileGroup, a NYC brand-incubator launched by Marquis Jet titan Jesse Itzler. The incubator was part of several major branding deals that catalyzed start-up firms.

The Monday Life

McMahon founded The Monday Life in 2011 and is currently the CEO. The Monday Life is a national non-profit organization that helps hospitalized children feel better & heal faster by improving their patient environments.[3] The non-profit is at six children's hospitals across the country. The Monday Life is uniquely known for its crowd-sourcing fundraising platform,[4] which is based on donors giving $1 every Monday. The Monday Life recently filmed a music video with patients and members of the Duke Men's Basketball team which was featured on both CBS[5] and NBC Sports.[6] McMahon was also the host for The Monday Life's segment of Google's and Mashable's first ever Giving Tuesday Hangout-a-thon[7] and has spoken about the cause at Fuqua's Sustainable Business & Social Impact conference and with Jessica Jackley, founder of Kiva, at The Duke Colloquium.

KBI Biopharma

McMahon is also currently the Director of Impact Investment at KBI Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization that develops life-saving medicines.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Oliver, Jim. "The Monday Life: Improving the Lives of Sick Kids (and how you can help)". DukeReport.com. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Bradley, Dave. "Former Manager Changing Mondays". Duke Blue Planet. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  3. ↑ Mooney, Ashley. "Monday Life makes patients 'feel more human'". Duke Chronicle. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Petroff, Alanna. "Start-up finances: Student entrepreneurs tap their networks". Financial Times. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. ↑ Singer, Mike. "Video: Duke players team with hospitalized kids in 'lean on me'". CBS Sports. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  6. ↑ Dauster, Rob. "Duke players, including Jabari Parker, film 'Lean on Me' video at kids hospital". NBC Sports. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  7. ↑ Summers, Nick. "Google will host a live, donatable 'Hangout-a-thon' with charities tomorrow for Giving Tuesday". The Next Web. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "KBI Biopharma". KBI Biopharma. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
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