Jackie Daly Johnson is president of Beacon Converters, Inc. Beacon is a manufacturer of sterilizable packaging for the medical device and pharmaceutical market. 

A native of White Plains, New York, Daly Johnson joined the company founded by her grandfather after graduating from Georgetown University in 1982. Over the years she incrementally took on the responsibility of overseeing the areas of  customer service, administration, quality, manufacturing and operations.

Today she is integral member of the Sterilization Packaging Manufacturers Council’s Technical Committee and many other industry organizations. 

Married with two children, Daly Johnson is third generation Irish, with roots in Granard, Co. Longford and Co. Roscommon. She has traveled many times to her ancestral homeland.

Being Irish, Daly Johnson says, gives her a “rich tradition of approaching and conquering obstacles with determination, hard work, innovation, faith and a sense of humor — a tradition we uphold and try to exemplify every day in business as well as in our family and community.”

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