Marathon Man Finds His Mission

BILL DEMUCCI LOOKS LIKE a runner — lean and tan, with eyes focused on the goal. Pounding the pavement early each morning, DeMucci starts his day doing what he loves — running. Sometimes he competes in marathons, and the same passion that fuels those marathons also ignites the rest of his life. Little Company of Mary has the extraordinary good fortune to be an integral part of that life.  

 
Nearly a decade ago, DeMucci began his multi-faceted support of Little Company of Mary, after being asked by Josephine Nizetich to serve as a trustee on the San Pedro Peninsula Hospital Foundation Board. “After listening to Blair and the Sisters talk about the mission, I heard how serious they are and I got caught up in it. My wife Mary Ann and I have been blessed and felt that the time was right for us to step up and help others.” And step up he did! Sharing the leadership with Hugh Hoffman, DeMucci led the successful Campaign for Health, raising $7.6 million to support the renovation and expansion of the Little Company of Mary – San Pedro Hospital Emergency Department and the DeMucci Center for Health Education.  

In 2001, DeMucci became a member of the LCM Service Area Board of Directors, eliciting praise for his business acuity from then chairman Don Mehlig. “Bill is an outstanding businessman. His comments and insights into hospital governance have been invaluable.” Given his dedication, it is no surprise that DeMucci accepted the role of Honorary Chairman of the Legacy Campaign for the LCM Community Health Foundation. “The campaign comes at a critical time for both LCM and for the healthcare industry in general. I firmly believe in the Mission of the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary, ‘to make visible a healing presence,’ and my involvement in the campaign helps me put my beliefs into action.”

Not to be forgotten is DeMucci’s first priority — his family. Native New Yorkers, Bill and Mary Ann shared the same street growing up in Queens and have known each other for fifty years. A graduate of Iona College in New Rochelle, NY, DeMucci became a C.P.A. and successful businessman, eventually moving his family to the South Bay twenty-two years ago. Now, with married daughter Danielle and two grandsons in Connecticut, and son Bill in Dallas, travel keeps the family together. And what about his partner of thirty-seven years? Knowing her husband well, Mary Ann smiled, “Since I refused to take up running, we began golfing together in 1998!”  

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