Have the COURAGE to Fail & the FAITH to Succeed
We’ve made a commitment of giving back $10 MILLION DOLLARS to kids across greater Nashua.
ABOUT THE FOUNDATION
The Keegan Family Courage and Faith Foundation was established in 2012 to positively impact the lives of youth through academic and athletic financial support.
Brendan and Dana established the foundation in 2012, and both their children, Kaylie and Patrick, have stepped in with active support, voices and charitable causes.
Brendan P. Keegan, a 6-Time President & CEO and co-founder of the foundation, said, “We have an opportunity to change the trajectory of thousands of young kids’ lives. The foundation is focused on empowering our youth to maximize their potential and to make those around them better.”
Dana Keegan, co-founder of the foundation believes “Impacting the next generation to fuel productive living is our focus.”
THE KEEGAN FAMILY
Brendan P. Keegan
Brendan P. Keegan is a 6-time president & chief executive officer, 23-time board director, 3-time best-selling author, Formula One Insider, World’s Most Innovative CEO award winner and the visionary leader behind bFEARLESS Ventures, an investment & advisory firm.
As President & CEO, he has successfully led 6 companies through liquidity exits with an average enterprise value increase of 750%. Keegan has raised over $10 billion in capital while leading over 250,000 people globally. Today, he serves as co-owner and board member of United Autosports, Andretti Racing, Central Park Tower, Merchants Fleet, Express It Delivery, Sky Meadow Country Club, 111 West 56th and bFEARLESS Exotics. Additionally, Keegan serves on non-profit boards to include the RPI Athletics Council, RPI Lally Leadership Council and the Keegan Family Courage & Faith Foundation.
His most recent experience was as Chairman, CEO & President of Merchants Fleet where his vision disrupted the fleet industry and transformed the company resulting in 5X top line growth from $500 million to $2.5 billion, 19X bottom line growth and 12X enterprise value growth in under 5 years. As a result, Merchants completed a strategic sale to Bain Capital and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
Keegan is a 3-time Wall Street Journal, Amazon and Barnes & Noble best-selling author of Dare to DISRUPT, The FUD Factor and Unbalanced on PURPOSE, published by Forbes Books. Keegan has written over 400 articles as a contributor to Harvard Business Review, Rolling Stone, Fortune, Forbes, Fox News, Entrepreneur & Fast Company.b He is an energetic speaker delivering keynotes for organizations such as Reuters, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Wheels Up, Harvard Athletics, Brown University and Private Equity firms all across the globe. He also hosts both the Fearless Experience & Fast & Fearless Podcast.
Keegan has received numerous awards to include being named a Distinguished Fellow by Dartmouth College, World’s Most Innovative CEO by CEO Awards, CEO of the Year by Best in the Biz, Visionary of the Year by American Globe Awards, Executive of the Year by Business Intelligence Group and 4-time winner of Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies.
Keegan received his bachelor’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and MBA from George Washington University. Keegan resides in the Greater Boston and New York City areas with his wife Dana and their two children Kaylie and Patrick who are making names for themselves through their own professional, academic & athletic pursuits. Keegan’s family has made charitable donations of $10 million to build the next generation of leaders through their family Courage & Faith Foundation.
Dana Keegan
Dana
- Raised in Northern Virginia
- Oldest of 2 kids
- 1st to 12th Public School
- Marymount University, BA
- Marymount University, MA
- Award Winning Designer
- Senior Healthcare Industry
- College Professor
- Business Owner
- Catholic School Volunteer
- Full-Time Mom
Kaylie Keegan
Kaylie Keegan serves as Vice President of Investor Relations at bFEARLESS Ventures, where she leads communications with the firm’s capital partners, co-investors, and stakeholders across its four pillars: Capital, Board Advisory, Philanthropy, and Racing. She brings a capital markets lens to the role from her career in investment banking at CIBC Capital Markets in New York City, where she works across corporate and institutional clients. Beyond the deal desk, Kaylie is a published voice on leadership and career development — she authors a LinkedIn newsletter, writes a monthly column for Entrepreneur magazine, and contributes to Maxim, sharing lessons and insights for the next generation of professionals. A graduate of the University of St Andrews, she served as President of the University’s Lacrosse Club and was a two-time captain of the women’s lacrosse team. She is a board member of the Keegan Family Courage & Faith Foundation, supporting its mission to build next-generation leaders. Kaylie is based in Manhattan.
Patrick Keegan
Patrick Keegan serves as Vice President of Media Relations at bFEARLESS Ventures, overseeing press strategy, brand storytelling, and media partnerships across the firm’s portfolio — from exotic car acquisitions at bFEARLESS Exotics to the global motorsports platform of bFEARLESS Racing. A finance-focused student-athlete, Patrick has built an early career spanning private equity (Summer Analyst, The Cynosure Group), capital markets (CIBC), and investment banking (Raymond James). An entrepreneur since high school, he founded and scaled Donks Resells, a resale venture that surpassed $100K in revenue. At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Patrick maintained a 4.0 GPA, earned Academic All-American honors in lacrosse, and served as Vice President of the RPI Finance Club and Co-CIO of its Student Endowment Fund. He has since transferred to Babson College, where he continues his lacrosse career while pursuing additional business coursework at one of the nation’s top-ranked schools for entrepreneurship. He is a board member of the Keegan Family Courage & Faith Foundation.
PROJECTS
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Brendan P Keegan ’91 Football Locker Room
RPI football was a special time in Brendan’s life where he took many lessons from the coaching staff and players in forming his passion for leadership on and off the field. Athletics plays a key role in developing lifelong attributes such as courage, teamwork, resilience, faith, service, family and grit. And giving back to Rensselaer, the football program and the student-athletes is simply a gesture of gratitude. The $1 million gift will establish the Brendan P. Keegan ’91 Football Locker Room and will support program’s greatest needs including coaching staff, recruiting efforts, equipment, travel, and locker room media technology.
Bishop Guertin High School – Keegan Family Athletic Complex
Bishop Guertin High School athletics set the foundation for much of who Brendan has become in his personal and professional life. Supporting BG has always been a part of the Keegan Family’s philanthropy. As a family, Brendan, Dana, Kaylie & Patrick, are donating $1.5 million to support BG student-athletes for generations to come by building a new state-of-the-art athletic facility off-campus and the facility will be named the Keegan Family Athletic Complex.
Bishop Guertin High School – Keegan Leadership Center
The Keegan Leadership Center, KLC for short, is a gathering place for everyone in the BG community. As a student at BG, Brendan was involved in student government and served as Class President each of his 4 years. His passion for leadership lives on and the Keegan Family is elated to support BG leaders for generations to come through the gift of the KLC. The auditorium space is used for meetings, music performances, presentations, guest speakers and school conferences.
St. Christopher Academy – Keegan Family Teachers Endowment Fund
Saint Christopher Academy has impacted the entire Keegan Family. Brendan and his brothers Paul & Jay attended St. Chris, his mother Barbara served as a volunteer art teacher and his father Jack served as Chairman of NH Catholic Schools. Additionally, Kaylie and Patrick attended St. Chris and Dana served in multiple volunteer capacities. The Keegan Family Teachers Endowment Fund was established to fund the wage gap to attract and retain the best teachers for generations of children to come.
St. Christopher Academy – Barbara Keegan Arts Center
Barbara Keegan, Brendan’s mom, was a volunteer art teacher for many years at Saint Christopher School and passed away in 2016. Brendan, Dana, Kaylie and Patrick established the Barbara Keegan Art Center to honor her years of service and for instilling a sense of creativity and artistic impression for students of the school.
St. Christopher Academy – Technology LeapFrog Project
Saint Christopher Academy was vaulted into the 21st century technically when Brendan and Dana Keegan returned to Nashua and sent Kaylie and Patrick to St. Chris. With a dated technology platform, Brendan and Dana installed a schoolwide wireless network infrastructure, along with computers in each classroom, technology white-boards, overhead projectors and interactive software suite.
St. Joseph Hospital – Keegan Family Auditorium at the School of Nursing
The nurses of Saint Joseph Hospital hold a special place in Brendan’s heart as upon a rough start as a pre-mature baby being brought into this world, the nurses remained by his side for days, weeks and months at the hospital. The Keegan Family is very thankful and would like to acknowledge the nurses across the hospital with a gift of the Keegan Family Auditorium at the School of Nursing.
Nashua Police Athletic League – Keegan Leadership Center
The Nashua Police Athletic League served as a home for Brendan and Patrick for nearly a decade as football coach and player. Brendan and Dana created and launched the PAL Victory Academy serving inner-city youth for many years, hosted a charity bowl-a-thon and created the Keegan Leadership Center.
Nashua Soup Kitchen – Keegan Family Birthday Surprise Room
The Nashua Soup Kitchen serves the community far beyond meals and for many families across Nashua. For many young parents that are challenged to provide their children with a special birthday gift, the Keegan Family Birthday Surprise Room was established to provide gifts for every birthday.
Camphill School – Nina Shields Garden
The Camp Hill School creates a life-world where students thrive, learn, explore and are creative. In honor of Nina Shields, a past student, the Keegan Family created Nina’s Garden in recognition of the incredible support and love demonstrated by the entire Shields Family – Will, Betsy, Eloise, Tessa & Esme.
Marymount University – The Dana Keegan ’95 ’08 & Martha Child Lecture Series
The purpose of the Dana Keegan ’95 ’08 & Martha Child Lecture Series at Marymount University is to annually celebrate young, up and coming, leading interior designers. The annual lecture series event will seek to engage current students, faculty, alumni and the greater Washington, D.C. interior design community in an evening full of sharing, learning, ideating and celebrating the creativity of the interior design profession.
Marymount University – The Dana Keegan ’95 ’08 Scholarship Fund
The purpose of the Dana Keegan ’95 ’08 Scholarship Fund at Marymount University is to annually provide economic and financial assistance to two promising interior design students.