Nassau's Kevin Conway Named Grand Marshal Of 2023 NYC St. Pat's Parade

MINEOLA, NY — The next NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade Grand Marshal has deep Long Island roots: Kevin Conway is a finance executive and lifelong Manhasset resident. Conway, who graduated from Chaminade High School in 1976, was formally announced as next year's grand marshal earlier this month at an Irish Consulate reception.

Conway is a fourth-generation Irish-American who has used his professional achievements to give back to the community, the parade's board of directors said.

“Kevin and his wife Dee also are long-time supporters of many other charitable and civic causes, including Catholic Charities, Tuesday’s Children, Adventures in Learning, Little Flower Children’s Services, and many other charities addressing education, social services, and the needs of the disadvantaged,” Board Chairman Sean Lane said.

Conway lives in Manhasset with his wife and four children. He is vice chairman of global private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC. He was formerly a partner at Goldman Sachs.

“I am flattered since the honor of serving as grand marshal is one which carries not only prestige but also a unique responsibility to those of us who are of Irish descent, especially for someone who is New York-born,” Conway said at a reception at the consulate.

The 2023's parade theme will be the issue of food insecurity.

"We will be raising awareness of the issue, but also raising money to support soup kitchens and pantries, organizations that feed the poor and provide food and shelter to immigrants, people who are not very different than many of the Irish Americans who arrived in the coffin ships of the middle 19th-century wave of Irish immigrants, fleeing the Great Famine of their homeland,” Conway said.