Daniel E. Somers ’69

Vice Chair
Blaylock & Partners, L.P.
New York, New York

Somers was appointed vice chairman of Blaylock & Partners, L.P., a leading investment banking and securities brokerage firm in 2002. 

Before that, he was president and chief executive officer of AT&T Broadband. As a member of its Operations Group, AT&T’s leadership council, he previously served as senior executive vice president and chief financial officer and was responsible for financial strategy.

Prior to joining AT&T in 1997, Somers served for two years as the chairman and chief executive officer of Bell Cablemedia, plc. in London. From 1992-1995, he was executive vice president and chief financial officer for Bell Canada International, Inc. He also held a number of senior executive, financial and operating-management positions, including president of Radio Atlantic Holdings, Ltd. in Nova Scotia before joining Bell Atlantic. 

He spent 11 years at Imasco Ltd., a Canadian consumer products company and its Hardee's restaurant subsidiary in North Carolina where he served as chief financial officer at both companies. He is also an experienced Wall Street investment banker/financial analyst and is a director for many corporations.

Somers received a B.S. in business administration from Stonehill in 1969 and also pursued graduate studies at the University of Hartford. A member of Stonehill's President's Council as well as the College's Visiting Commitee on Business Administration, he served as chairman of the College's Annual Fund from 2001 through 2003. 

He has been a Stonehill trustee since 1999 and was elected board vice chairman in spring 2002. He is the co-chair of “Attaining the Summit: The Campaign for Stonehill College.” Somers resides with his wife, Mary Jane, in Summit, N.J. and Vero Beach, Fla.