Kevin P. Mahaney (born March 31, 1962, in

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) is an American commercial real estate developer as well as a former competitive sailor who won a silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in

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Education

Mahaney graduated from

Middlebury College Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont. Founded in 1800 by Congregationalists, Middlebury was the first operating college or university in Vermont. The college currently enrolls 2,858 undergraduates from all ...

in 1984. He received an MBA from the

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in 1987. In 2007, the Middlebury College Center for the Arts (CFA) was renamed the Mahaney Center for the Arts.

Career

At the

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, Mahaney finished in 2nd place in the

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along with his partners

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and

Doug Kern Douglas James Kern (born July 10, 1963 in Fort Riley, Kansas) is an American former competitive sailor who won a silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Career At the 1992 Summer Olympics, Kern finished in 2nd place in the soling ...

. Mahaney is the President and CEO of the Olympia Companies, a real estate development firm based out of Portland, Maine. He is also the CEO of I-Comm Connect, LLC, a software company.

Civil Lawsuit

On January 9, 2018, Mahaney was summoned to the

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as a defendant in a civil lawsuit

The lawsuit's plaintiff, who used the pseudonym Julie Parker, originally alleged that Mahaney, whom she considered a close friend and mentor, helped to "cover up" her rape by

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investment manager Howard Rubin in 2015, by urging her not to report the incident to the police or seek medical treatment. Parker also accused Mahaney of "emotionally manipulating" her

The civil lawsuit alleged that as Parker began to suffer from depression and addiction after the incident, Mahaney would periodically fly out to her in Los Angeles and further remind her of the consequences of reporting the incident. Mahaney's lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the case, claiming that he had never met Rubin and never dissuaded the Plaintiff from contacting the police. On March 19, 2018, the Plaintiff dropped her charges against Mahaney and acknowledged that he did not personally know Rubin.

References

* 1962 births Living people 1995 America's Cup sailors American male sailors (sport) Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Middlebury College alumni North American Champions Soling Olympic silver medalists for the United States in sailing Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Soling Sportspeople from Bangor, Maine US Sailor of the Year {{US-yachtracing-Olympic-medalist-stub