Michael (Mike) McCarthy is the co-chairman of Bridges Holding Company. In addition to his role at Bridges Trust, he is also the chairman and founder of McCarthy Group, LLC, an investment holding company headquartered in Omaha since its founding in 1986. Mike serves on the boards of a number of public and private companies including Union Pacific Corp., Peter Kiewit Sons’, Inc. and Election Systems & Software. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from St. John’s University in Minnesota.

Mike serves the community as a director of the Omaha Zoo Foundation, Omaha Performing Arts Foundation and as chairman of Heritage Omaha.