Who's Who in the Campaign Cabinet
Polly B. Bryson, Campaign Cabinet Chair
Polly Bryson started her career in commercial real estate in 1981 at Spaulding & Slye (now Jones Lang LaSalle). During her tenure as a commercial real estate broker, she negotiated more than 250 lease transactions, which resulted in the leasing of more than 3 million square feet of office space in Boston, Cambridge and the suburbs. Ms. Bryson became a Principal of Spaulding & Slye in 1991, and held several leadership positions at the firm, including New England Brokerage Manager, Director of Marketing and Research, New England Regional Manager, and President of the New England Region. In 2003, Ms. Bryson joined Terra Nova Partners, a commercial real estate investment company, as a Principal.
Throughout her career, Ms. Bryson has also been passionately involved in the fundraising for and leadership of several community service, educational and professional organizations. These groups include the Boston Harbor Island Alliance, Friends of the Longfellow House, New England Women in Real Estate, The Cambridge Homes, The Park School, the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley and Wheaton College.
Ms. Bryson received a B.A., magna cum laude, from Wheaton College, Norton, MA.
Francis C. Mahoney, Campaign Cabinet Chair
Frank is the Managing Partner for Ernst & Young’s Boston office. With more than 21 years of experience, Frank has served as Coordinating Partner for some of New England’s largest public and private global clients. Frank has extensive experience with internal control reporting under Section 404, acquisitions, divestitures, securities offerings and cross border transactions.
For the past five years, he has served as the New England Area Industry Leader for the firm’s Retail, Consumer Products and Industrial Products practices. He has also served in Ernst & Young’s Professional Practice Department, where he was responsible for monitoring the activities of the various standard setting bodies and keeping the firm’s clients and professional staff abreast of the latest developments in financial reporting and accounting.
Frank joined Ernst & Young in 1985 with a B.S.B.A. from Boston College. A member of the Massachusetts Society of CPAs and the AICPA, he is a frequent writer and speaker on a variety of accounting topics.
In the Boston community Frank serves on the boards of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Massachusetts Business Roundtable, Junior Achievement, and The United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley.
P. Steven Ainsley, Immediate Past Campaign Cabinet Chair
On September 12, 2006, Mr. Ainsley assumed his current position as publisher of The Boston Globe and head of the New England Media Group, which includes The Boston Globe; BostonWorks; GlobeDirect, the Globe's direct mail subsidiary; the Worcester Telegram & Gazette; and the related Web sites of both newspapers.
Mr. Ainsley also oversees the Company's investment in Metro Boston, a free daily newspaper targeting well-educated young professionals, and the Globe's strategic relationship with New England Sports Ventures, which owns the Boston Red Sox and a majority interest in the New England Sports Network.
Mr. Ainsley, 54, was formerly the president and chief operating officer of the Regional Media Group, beginning in 2003. The Group has won four Pulitzer Prizes and its 14 daily newspapers have an average total weekday circulation of more than 600,000 copies.
Previously, he was senior vice president of the Regional Newspaper Group since 1999. Mr. Ainsley had been a publisher at various New York Times Company-owned newspapers since 1982. He was publisher of The Santa Barbara News-Press, in Santa Barbara, Calif., from 1993 to 1999. Before that he served as publisher of New York Times Company-owned newspapers in Alabama, Florida and Maine.
Mr. Ainsley has been a director of the New England Press Association and the Alabama Press Association and has served as a director of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association since 2004. He has also served as a director and officer of numerous local civic and charitable organizations in the communities in which he has lived.
Mr. Ainsley is currently on the Board of Directors for the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, the United Way of Massachusetts Bay, the American Press Institute, and the Greater Boston Food Bank.
Mr. Ainsley received a B.A. degree from New York University in 1976. He graduated from the Emory University Advanced Management Program in 1986.
Steven D. Krichmar
Mr. Krichmar is a Senior Managing Director and Chief of Operations, responsible for Mutual Fund Shareholder Services, Global Client Operations and Services, Fund Administration, Accounting and Control Services, and Investment Services and Operations. He is President of Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company and Vice President and Principal Financial Officer of the Putnam Funds. Mr. Krichmar is a member of Putnam Investments' Operating Committee and Diversity Advisory Council. He joined Putnam in 2001 as Head of Global Operations Services and has been in the investment industry since 1981. In addition, Mr. Krichmar is a member of the Board of Overseers of Children's Hospital Boston and of Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, a member of the Board of Governors of Combined Jewish Philanthropies, a member of the Board of Directors of the Boston Chapter of the American Jewish Committee, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Mutual Fund Directors Forum.
Experience
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1981-2001
Partner, Investment Management Industry Leader (Assurance), Northeast United States
Education
University of North Carolina, B.S./ B.A.
Susan M. Esper, Vice Chair
Susan is a Partner with over 17 years of public accounting experience and leads the Financial Services industry group in Deloitte's New England practice. This industry group comprises professionals whose in-depth knowledge and experience help clients in the Banking & Securities, Insurance, Private Equity, Hedge Funds & Mutual Funds and Real Estate sectors. Susan has specialized in the financial services industry throughout most of her career, with primary focus on investment management clients. Susan currently serves as an Audit Partner on a number of Deloitte's largest investment management accounts with responsibility for oversight of client service coordination and delivery. In this role, she is responsible for the planning and execution of the mutual fund audit process, as well as all related internal control engagements and compliance with industry regulation. In addition to her client service responsibilities, Susan is the leader for Deloitte's Women's Initiative Network ("WIN") in the New England practice. Established in 1993, this national initiative focuses on the development of its talented women professionals and identifies opportunities for them as future leaders within the Firm. The Initiative supports the Firm in its goal to train, develop and mentor professionals at all levels, regardless of gender, and create an environment where career success can be achieved.
Taylor S. Bodman, Vice Chair
Taylor Bodman, a Partner in the banking and investment firm, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., serves as his company's Chief Administrative Officer, supervising the Operations, Information Technology, and Human Resources divisions. Taylor has enjoyed many assignments over a 26 year career at BBH starting in international commercial banking and extending through leadership roles in Treasury Services, Operations, Client Solutions, and BBH Infomediary.
Few professional experiences have been more fulfilling for Taylor than his work with the United Way. A career-long contributor, both in New York and in Boston, Taylor had had little direct experience with the organization when he was tapped to lead BBH's annual Campaign in 2001. BBH's total giving and participation rates had sagged during the tech boom and the outlook for fundraising going into the 2001 recession was dim. Looking more closely into the mission and impact of the United Way inspired Taylor to refresh his company's appreciation for the organization and to revive an institutional relationship that went back to the founding of the United Way many decades ago. Since 2001, BBH participation rates in Boston have climbed over 70% and total giving has trebled. In recent years, in addition to serving as BBH's Campaign Chair, Taylor has participated on the UWMBMV Development Committee. Taylor is a graduate of Princeton University, and a resident of Cambridge, MA.
Wendy A. Foster
Wendy Foster is the President and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay (BBBSMB). Wendy brings more than two decades of executive leadership and a deep passion for youth development to BBBSMB. Wendy has the energy, skill and experience needed to lead the organization through the immediate and longer term challenges we face in the midst of this time of economic uncertainty. Wendy joined the agency three years ago and has been promoted twice during her tenure here, where she began as Vice President for Program Services and most recently served as Chief Operating Officer. She brought to the agency top-level human resources management experience as well as project, systems and technology development skills. Wendy's dedication to Big Brothers Big Sisters motivates everyone who is committed to serving the agency's mission.
Prior to her move to the Boston area and a consulting role to PBS, Wendy served as a long-time senior executive with AOL, most recently serving as Vice President for Advertising Business Development. Additionally, she was a senior director with Time-Life Kids publishing.
As a volunteer, she helped found the steering committee of the Washington D.C. chapter of Girls, Inc. and volunteered with the Girls Coalition of Greater Boston. She served on the Brookline Community Taskforce on Teen Behavior as a parent representative. Prior to moving to Boston she was involved for many years in the adult/child literacy pen pal program In2Books and volunteered for Meals on Wheels.
Wendy holds an undergraduate degree from Cornell University with a concentration in psychology and sociology and an M.B.A from The George Washington University. She resides in Brookline with her spouse and daughter.
Peter Biagetti
Peter Biagetti is a Member at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, P.C. A trial and appellate lawyer in the Boston office, Peter concentrates on the prosecution, defense and appeal of cases involving unfair business practices, trade secret theft, breach of duty by business owners and officers, and business fraud. He just completed a term as co-chair of the Business Litigation Committee of The Boston Bar Association, and currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Civil RICO Report. In 2004, Peter was recognized as one of the top 100 Super Lawyers in Massachusetts, and has been named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer each year since. Peter has served as one of the firm's Managing Directors, and as a member of its Policy Committee. He has chaired, and continues to serve as a member of, the Board of Directors of the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center, a national grantmaking organization dedicated to strengthening the relationship between patients and caregivers.
Robert A. Aurilio
Robert A. Aurilio is the Chief Executive Officer of the Northeast Health Care Quality Foundation (NHCQF). NHCQF is currently the federally designated Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for the States of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. NHCQF also contracts with the State of New Hampshire for Medicaid review. Mr. Aurilio has been with NHCQF since 1976. He previously worked with the Social Security Administration and in various clinical settings in Boston.
Mr. Aurilio received his Masters of Science Degree in Management from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and his Bachelors degree in Medical Science from Boston University. He has done additional graduate work at Boston University's Schools of Medicine and Management. He has also done post-graduate certificate program work at Harvard University.
Mr. Aurilio has received various awards including Citations for service to the health care industry from President Bill Clinton, United State Senator Ted Kennedy, New Hampshire Governor Stephen Merrill, Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland and the American Health Quality Association.
Mr. Aurilio is a member of the: American College of Healthcare Executives, American Health Quality Association, American Society for Quality, American Public Health Association, American Management Association International, Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy, National Quality Forum
Mr. Aurilio is currently a resident of Newburyport, MA where he was appointed by the Mayor to the City's Commission for Diversity and Tolerance. Prior to his recent relocation to Newburyport, Mr. Aurilio resided in New Hampshire where he was an active member and Past President of the Somersworth NH/ Berwick ME Rotary Club. He also served as a Club Advisor for the Somersworth High School (SHS) Interact (Community Service) Club and was the chair for various SHS scholarship committees. Mr. Aurilio also served on the Board of Directors of AIDS Response -Seacoast (ARS) and volunteered at various local charities.
Paul M. Connolly
Paul M. Connolly is First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. As the Bank's second-in-command he has responsibility for the Bank's financial services, information technology, finance, and support and administrative activities.
Mr. Connolly's Federal Reserve System assignments have included four years as national Retail Payments Product Director, a position with responsibility for the retail payments activities at all Reserve Banks. From 1998 through the early part of 2000 he had responsibility for preparing the Federal Reserve's financial services and other systems for the "Y2K" event. Currently he serves on the Federal Reserve Financial Services Policy Committee, and has national leadership responsibility for financial management operations.
In his 34 years with the Federal Reserve Bank, Mr. Connolly has served in a number of positions in the information technology, planning, and economic research functions.
Mr. Connolly received a bachelor's degree from Boston College and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.
David Puth
Mr. Puth is executive vice president and head of State Street's investment research, securities finance and trading activities worldwide. State Street provides specialized investment research and trading to institutional investors across foreign exchange, equities and fixed income. State Street is also a market leader in securities finance, with approximately $3 trillion in lendable assets and nearly $650 billion in assets on-loan. The firm has been providing securities lending services since 1974, and currently lends securities in more than 45 markets around the world through a global network of trading locations. Mr. Puth is also a member of the company's Operating Group, State Street's senior-most strategy and policymaking team.
Prior to joining State Street in August 2008, Mr. Puth held senior management positions at capital markets and trading businesses within global financial firms in Europe and the United States including Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase heritage corporations. In 2006, Mr. Puth founded the Eriska Group, an investment advisory and risk management consulting firm. Mr. Puth is also a member of the boards of the Robin Hood Foundation, an organization dedicated to fighting poverty in New York City, and the Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University.
He is also a trustee of the Berkshire School, a preparatory school in Sheffield, Mass. Mr. Puth holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University.
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