Cora Creed

 

 

Originally from Listowel, Co. Kerry, Cora moved to the U.S. in 1991, right after getting married. She received a Donnelly green card and intended to stay for no longer than a year.

Creed taught computer classes at the Aisling Irish Center in Yonkers 10 years go. She played and was a committee member of the Bronx Irish Soccer league for a few years, and also played and was a committee member for the Ladies Darts League.  She is one of the founding members of Swazi Legacy, Inc., a not-for-profit organization created last year to continue the life-long work of Father Pat Ahern (late of Ballylongford, Co. Kerry), by raising monies to help educate children orphaned due to the AIDS epidemic in Swaziland.

Today Cora Creed is the vice president of digital operations for Sony Music Entertainment; the second-largest global recorded music company of the “big four” record companies, featuring such artists as Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson and Carrie Underwood.She splits her time between New York and Salzburg, Austria, working on strategic operational initiatives in the digital arena.