Maura Breen

1956 - 2025

Maura (Curran) Breen
Maura Curran Breen of North Falmouth, Massachusetts and Sarasota, Florida, beloved wife of Jay L. Breen, mother of Ryan C. Breen and mother-in-law to Maggie Rose Breen, passed away on January 23, 2025. Maura was born to Hugh & Eleanor Curran in 1956 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where she grew up with her five siblings. She graduated from Lauralton Hall in Milford, CT, before earning a degree in political science from Skidmore College in 1977. She had a long, illustrious career at Verizon from 1977- 2008, leading teams from the very small to well over 18,000. As President of Verizon Long Distance, Maura led the team of executives charged with developing what became one of the nation's largest long-distance companies. She was then promoted to Chief Marketing Officer, Retail Markets and later named General Manager of Verizon New York, then Verizon's largest wireline P&L. While at Verizon, Maura was elected to the Board of Directors of Express Scripts, where she served on the Audit Committee and Chaired the Compensation Committee until stepping aside in 2018. She also was a member of the Committee of 200, The New York Women's Forum, Corporate Directors Group and Women Corporate Directors. She was a David Rockefeller Fellow Alumnus and was recognized for her achievements by the Academy of Women Achievers in New York, Telephony Magazine, Ad Age, St. Patrick's Home for the Aging, Diversity Magazine and Irish Today. In retirement, Maura, who suffered from Crohn's Disease, passionately served the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America as a National Trustee from 2008-2017, ascending to National Board Chair from 2015-2017. Maura is also survived by her brother, Hugh, his wife, Carol and their children, Olivia, Hugh and Jack, her sister, Mary Pat Healy and her husband, Peter and their children, Sarah, Kateri, Peter and Mary, her sister, Mary Kate, her sister, Mary Ellen, and her sister-in-law, Kristen and her husband, Rob and their children, Matthew and Caitlin, her brother-in-law, Thomas Pratt, and his children, Ben and Elizabeth Anderson. She was predeceased by her parents, her in-laws, Jospeh and Barbara Breen of Belmont, her brother, Jack, her sister-in-law, Janet Pratt and brother-in-law, Casey Breen. Visiting hours will be held in the Brown & Hickey Funeral Home, 36 Trapelo Road, Belmont, on Tuesday, January 28th, from 4:00 - 7:00 PM. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated in St. Joseph's Church, 130 Common Street, Belmont, on Wednesday, at 11:00 AM. Family and friends are kindly invited. Interment will be held privately. In lieu of flowers, please consider sending contributions to Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, 733 Third Avenue, Suite 510, NY, NY 10017 or School the World, 109 State Street, Boston, MA 02109. To view an online guestbook, please visit www.brownandhickey.com