What was your work life like at the DoD? The Department of Defense is an institution
that very tightly follows protocol. It was unusual for people to just drop in to my office, since that was not considered proper protocol and since my schedule was intense. But my team started to realize that, as it got later in the day, my door was open for a reason and they could just stop in. One day I had a colleague come in to talk
about a very thorny issue with health care. It was a long day and after more discussion we realized that we had done as much as we could with the issue and needed additional work to solve it. The solution was not going to happen that day. Soon, realizing that, we just started trading travel stories. We both had a great passion for travel and we sat there exchanging experiences. All of a sudden we started to laugh, really
laugh, and I got a knock on the door from my military assistant asking, “Ma’am, just checking if everything’s alright,” because we were making more noise than we realized with our laughter. Next thing I know more people came in and all of us started exchanging stories and having a won- derful relaxed interaction after a really tough day. Sometimes you need to know when to say,
A photo in Dr. Rooney’s office serves as a reminder of her time working in the U.S. Department of Defense, where President Barack Obama appointed her to serve as Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness in 2010.
“OK, we have a serious issue, and we will find a resolution, but what can we do right now? Let’s make sure we can all have some balance and per- spective, get some grounding, and we will tackle that one tomorrow.”
Do you maintain any connections to the DoD? Yes, in addition to having some very close
DR. ROONEY’S ROAD TO LOYOLA 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
February 1987 Earns a Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University Law School
May 1983 Earns Bachelor of Science degree from Boston University School of Management
September 1986 Begins teaching real estate principles and finance to undergraduates at Boston University Metropolitan College
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
May 1991 Receives an LLM (Master of Laws) degree in taxation from Boston University School of Law
August 1994 Begins teaching as an adjunct faculty member in the ac- celerated graduate and undergraduate business degree programs at Emmanuel College in Boston while also work- ing full-time as chief counsel, chief financial officer, and ultimately chief operating officer for The Lyons Compa- nies, LLC, a privately held financial service company
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