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John K. Mara, Esq.

John K. Mara is in his 18th season with the Giants. The franchise’s President and Chief Executive Officer, he assumed the team presidency upon the passing of his father, Wellington Mara, in 2005. John Mara is the oldest of Wellington Mara’s 11 children. He had been the team’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In his present position, Mara, who joined the Giants in 1991, is responsible for all administrative, legal and financial aspects of the organization. Along with team Chairman Steve Tisch, he is at the forefront of the planning and negotiations for the new stadium under construction next door to Giants Stadium.

Mara also serves on the influential NFL Competition Committee, which studies all aspects of the game and recommends rules and policy changes to NFL clubs, as well as the league’s Management Council Executive Committee and the Committee on Workplace Diversity.

Mara was born in New York City on Dec. 1, 1954, grew up in Westchester County in White Plains and graduated from Iona Prep High School in New Rochelle. He attended Boston, College where he received a B.S. degree in marketing, graduating with Cum Laude honors in 1976. Mara earned his law degree from Fordham University in 1979 and then began his career as an attorney with the New York law firm of Vedder, Price, Kaufman, Kammholz and Day, specializing in labor and employment law and litigation. Two years later he moved to the Manhattan firm of Shea & Gould, where he practiced until joining the Giants.

Mara serves on the Board of Directors of Saint Vincent’s Hospital in Harrison, N.Y., The School of the Holy Child, also in Harrison, N.Y. and Boys Hope Girls Hope of New York.

Away from the office, Mara has been actively involved for many years in coaching youth basketball.
           
John and his wife, the former Denise Walter, are the parents of five children: Lauren, Courtney, John Jr., Christine and Erin. The Mara family resides in Harrison, N.Y.