Mediator Profiles
- Photo
- Name
- John Scully
- First Name
- John
- Last Name
- Scully
- Metropolitan Area
- Chicago
- State
- IL
- Industries Served
- Advertising/Media, Communications, Entrepreneurial, Hospitality, Insurance, Sports/Entertainment
- Expertise
- General Business, Marketing, Sales
- Associations
- NFL Players Association, American Federation of Musicians
- License or Certification
- Life & Health, Property & Casualty Insurance (IL resident), Mediator
- Business Background
- 34 years with the Atlanta Falcons, Independent Music Production, Brown & Brown Insurance, AIG, BryanMark Financial, Starr Companies, Aflac, Commonwealth Group/MFG Partners
- College or University
- University of Notre Dame
- Degrees
- BA
- Biography
John Scully, a consensus All-American and captain of the 1980 Notre Dame football team, spent 10 years in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons. John was active in the NFL Players Association, becoming familiar with professional sports contracts, collective bargaining, and was twice the player representative at NFL Competition Committee meetings.
After extensive, high profile careers in both the NFL and professional music production, John entered the insurance business providing a non-industry perspective to insurance strategies. With a baseline start in voluntary benefits, he quickly became acquainted with the fundamentals, mastery of which yielded very successful worksite implementations and record breaking sales numbers.
John was soon identified for next-plateau efforts in insurance, which resulted in his ascent to National Strategic Account Executive at corporate AIG. Given wide latitude to act, his efforts manifested not only in promoting multiple profit centers to top 50 brokers but also in coordinating the efforts of and mitigating differences between internal entities.
John’s further ventures with other top rated underwriting companies and on the production side with M Financial firms has enabled him to establish an enviable business network. Ever mindful that each top level encounter is a chance to learn, he has had first-hand exposure to some of the most advanced minds in business and has developed a penchant for creating strategic connections between those resources and others within his sphere.
John credits his successes largely to his ability in all things to listen, consider, and then act. A frequent motivational speaker, John prefers to economize his command of written and spoken thought in order to convey worthy and memorable ideas, and to do so in a way that is easy for both intellect and temperament to process. John is known for being an even-handed and optimistic problem-solver.
- Testimonials
“A natural leader and team player, John Scully facilitates reaching a consensus. John listens, concisely communicates, and objectively evaluates. Articulate and insightful, John successfully solves complex problems and formulates solutions. In twenty five years of personal interaction, I know John to be an honest, egoless, and compassionate being.”
Stuart, FL
“John Scully is the rare combination of someone who can judge situations and people clearly along with a soft style to present his ideas clearly. His demeanor is always putting the speaker first and his ego second. Anyone who deals with him will get the feeling of trust and compassion to whatever their agenda is at that time.”
Chicago, IL
“I’ve gotten to know John from both a personal and business point of view. John sees things clearly and is able to discern and sort out salient points to any business matter. Importantly to me he does so with honesty and fairness. John’s background in business is both broad and deep.”
Indianapolis, IN