2022 Annual Meeting

May 17, 2022 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm Boston Convention & Exhibition Center

Event Details

Thank you for joining us for our Annual Meeting held on May 17th 2022, which was Greater Boston’s top business convening of the year.

Our Annual Meeting attracted 2000 business and civic leaders who came together to induct new members into the Academy of Distinguished Bostonians and connect with each other.

Tickets

Individual Ticket: $500
Silver Sponsorship: $5,000
Gold Sponsorship: $10,000
Platinum Sponsorship: $25,000
Presenting Sponsorship: $50,000

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2022 Annual Meeting

On May 17th, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce hosted our first back in-person meeting in two years with the theme Essential Business Leadership, Now! The Boston business community, as always stepped up when it was time for leadership.

With our collective voice and united action, now is the time for Boston business leaders to define the future, driving bold and essential innovation in every community. Undeterred by challenges, the business community effectively sets the rhythm – seizing today to lead us forward tomorrow. A dynamic and modern approach to business leadership encompasses an urgency that is uniquely Boston. We are committed and called to lead the Commonwealth forward. Essential business leadership, Now.

Thank you for joining us as we welcomed our leaders in business and government, a keynote speaker, musical performances, and also our newest award winners who were inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Bostonians. Thank you for being part of this esteemed business event.

For more information on sponsorship, please contact: Celia Richa, Vice President of Programs, (617) 557-7346.

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Danielle Dorey

Senior Director, Programs

Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce

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Keynote Conversation Speakers

Abigail P. Johnson

CEO and Chairman, Fidelity Investments

Abigail P. Johnson is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Investments, a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance,…Read more

Abigail P. Johnson is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Investments, a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing, and other financial products and services. Fidelity helps more than ~40 million individual investors with their most important financial goals, manages employee benefit programs for more than 23,000 businesses, and supports more than 3,600 advisory firms* with innovative investment and technology solutions to grow their businesses.

Ms. Johnson is responsible for executive management of the firm’s corporate operations and administration functions, as well as all of the company’s diversified business units, which include asset management, retail and institutional brokerage, and workplace retirement and benefits services. She was named to the role of President in September 2013; assumed Chief Executive Officer duties in October 2014; and became Chairman in December 2016.

Since joining the firm full-time in 1988, Ms. Johnson has worked in numerous businesses at Fidelity. Before assuming the role of President, Fidelity Investments in 2013, Ms. Johnson served as President of Fidelity’s retail, workplace and institutional businesses. Prior to that, she ran Fidelity’s Workplace Investing business, and before that, Ms. Johnson spent a number of years in the company’s Asset Management division.

During her tenure in Asset Management, she managed a number of Fidelity mutual funds before being named an associate director for the firm’s equity division. Ms. Johnson also managed the company’s equity investment systems, overseeing the design and implementation of technology initiatives essential to Fidelity’s trading, portfolio construction, management, and research capabilities.

Born in 1961, Ms. Johnson received a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 1984 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1988. She is a member of the board of directors of the Associates at the Harvard Business School and the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Srikant M. Datar

Dean, Harvard Business School (Moderator)

George F. Baker Professor of Administration Dean of the Faculty Srikant M. Datar became the eleventh dean of Harvard Business School on 1 January 2021. During…Read more

George F. Baker Professor of Administration Dean of the Faculty Srikant M. Datar became the eleventh dean of Harvard Business School on 1 January 2021. During his tenure at the School, he has served as Senior Associate Dean for University Affairs (including Faculty Chair of the Harvard Innovation Lab), for Research, for Executive Education, for Faculty Development, and for Faculty Recruiting.

A graduate with distinction from the University of Bombay, Datar received gold medals upon graduation from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. A Chartered Accountant, he holds two masters degrees and a Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Datar’s research and course development have been in the areas of cost management and management control, strategy implementation, governance, and, more recently, management education, design thinking and innovative problem solving, and machine learning and artificial intelligence. He has published his work on activity-based management, quality, productivity, time-based competition, new product development, bottleneck management, incentives, and performance evaluation in journals such as The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, and Management Science. He is a co-author of the leading cost accounting textbook, Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (Prentice-Hall) and of Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads (Harvard Business Press). He has authored more than 30 cases on topics ranging from Data Science at Target to Nippon Steel.

Datar has taught MBA and executive education classes in design thinking, innovation, big data, and strategy implementation. Before joining the HBS faculty he held appointments at both Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford University, where he received the George Leland Bach Award for Excellence in the Classroom and the Distinguished Teaching Award, respectively.

Datar serves on the Board of Directors of ICF International, Stryker Corporation, and T-Mobile US, and has worked with many corporations on consulting and field-based projects. He was honored by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) as the Public Company Director for 2020. He is a member of the American Accounting Association and the Institute of Management Accountants. He has served on the editorial board of several journals and presented his research to academic and executive audiences in North America, South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe.

He was awarded the Padma Shri Award from the Government of India and the American Accounting Association Outstanding Educator Award in 2021.

Host Committee Co-Chairs

Gary Coombe

Chief Executive Officer – Grooming, P&G Gillette

Gary Coombe leads P&G’s global grooming business, including the biggest shaving brands in the world—Gillette, Venus, Braun, King C Gillette, joy, and The…Read more

Yvonne Garcia

Chief of Staff to Chairman & CEO, Global Head of Communications & Head of Global CEO Experience Program, State Street

Yvonne Garcia serves as Chief of Staff to State Street’s Chairman and CEO, Ron O’Hanley, as Global Head of Internal Communications, and as Global Head of the…Read more

Yvonne Garcia serves as Chief of Staff to State Street’s Chairman and CEO, Ron O’Hanley, as Global Head of Internal Communications, and as Global Head of the CEO Experience Program. In these roles, Yvonne is responsible for the setting and execution of the Chairman and CEO’s firmwide strategic priorities, the internal communications strategy for State Street, including for over 40,000 employees and executive leadership platforms, and the engagement of our most strategic clients representing over $6B in revenue as part of a program intended to gain insights into how State Street can help clients achieve better investment outcomes for those they serve. Before these roles, Yvonne led State Street’s Global Client Solutions and Implementation team within Investment Management Services (IMS) for close to ten years. Prior to State Street, Yvonne served as Director of Marketing and Distribution Strategy for Liberty Mutual and as Vice President for Bank of America’s China Construction Bank Strategic Assistance Program. In that role, Yvonne and her team created and implemented over five new Wealth Management Centers throughout China which resulted in over 80 centers currently throughout the country. Yvonne is a fully certified Six Sigma Black Belt, and applies that discipline, rigor, and process to every project on which she deploys. As an active leader of local and national communities, Yvonne served as the Chairwoman for the largest Latino Professional Organization in the country, ALPFA. Yvonne is also the co-founding Chair of Milagros para Niños, a board at Children’s Hospital in Boston, which has raised more than $14 million in funds for Hispanic children who can’t afford medical care. In addition, Yvonne was appointed by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker to serve on the state’s Latino Advisory Commission Board and was also appointed as the Chairwoman for the Greater Boston Chamber’s Women’s Network. Yvonne has been featured in Fortune magazine (2018) in partnership with ALPFA as one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Latinas in the United States four years in a row and just last year was named Boston Business Journal’s Power 50. This year, Yvonne was recognized by the Boston Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business and by Yahoo Finance on their top 10 HERoes list nationally showcasing leaders who are championing women in business and driving change for gender diversity in the workplace. Yvonne holds an MBA from Boston University in Finance and Marketing and a BA from SUNY Albany and is a Six Sigma Black Belt. Yvonne was also awarded an honorary degree in Doctor of Humane Letters from Cambridge College in Boston, Massachusetts and most recently an honorary degree in Doctor of Commerce from New England School of Business.

2022 Distinguished Bostonians

Governor Charlie Baker

Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Governor Charlie Baker was sworn in for a second term as the 72nd Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on January 3, 2019, after a first term focused on…Read more

Governor Charlie Baker was sworn in for a second term as the 72nd Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on January 3, 2019, after a first term focused on moving Massachusetts forward through bipartisan, results-driven leadership. Governor Baker has used public private partnerships to spur economic development, reformed the state’s regulatory environment, and delivered critical tax relief by doubling the Earned Income Tax Credit. Ensuring Massachusetts continues to be a national leader in education, Governor Baker has made historic investments in K-12 education, increased support for vocational and technical schools, and expanded early college opportunities for high school students. Governor Baker has put Massachusetts at the forefront of fighting the opioid and heroin epidemic, doubling spending on prevention, education, treatment, and recovery and signing two major bills that have served as models for other states. Confronted with the challenges of rising energy costs and a changing climate, Governor Baker has taken nation-leading steps to diversify the Commonwealth’s energy portfolio, safeguard residents, municipalities and businesses from the impacts of climate change, and secure progress toward greenhouse gas reduction targets. Governor Baker has spearheaded long overdue reforms at the MBTA that have led to significant improvements to operations and finances and put the T on track to spend more than $8 billion on infrastructure over the next five years to improve riders’ experience. Prior to his election, Governor Baker was a highly successful leader of complex business and government organizations, serving as a cabinet secretary to both Governor William Weld and Paul Cellucci, and leading Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, as CEO, from the brink of bankruptcy to one of the nation’s highest ranked health care providers. Raised in Needham, Governor Baker and his wife Lauren reside in Swampscott, and are the proud parents of their three children, Charlie, AJ, and Caroline.

Dr. Paula A. Johnson

President, Wellesley College

Dr. Paula A. Johnson is the 14th president of Wellesley College. Throughout a groundbreaking career in academic medicine, public health, and higher education,…Read more

Dr. Paula A. Johnson is the 14th president of Wellesley College. Throughout a groundbreaking career in academic medicine, public health, and higher education, President Paula Johnson has focused on creating the conditions that allow women to thrive. Since joining Wellesley in 2016, she has put the College at the forefront of STEM education for women and has led the creation of its bold new strategic plan, which places inclusive excellence at the heart of the Wellesley experience. As a physician-scientist, President Johnson has improved health outcomes for women around the globe by revealing and addressing gender biases in both clinical care and medical research. The founder of the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, she shifted paradigms by recognizing that disease presentation is often influenced by sex, a biological factor, intersecting with the social determinants of health, including race. In 2018, President Johnson co-chaired the landmark report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, titled Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. A cardiologist, President Johnson was the Grayce A. Young Family Professor of Medicine in Women’s Health at Harvard Medical School prior to coming to Wellesley, as well as professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She earned international acclaim for her 2013 TED Talk, “His and hers…healthcare,” which continues to raise awareness of the crucial need to understand sex differences in treating disease. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her honors include the Alma Dea Morani Renaissance Woman Award from the Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation and the Stephen Smith Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Public Health from the New York Academy of Medicine. She holds A.B., M.D., and M.P.H. degrees from Harvard University.

Thomas P. Glynn, PhD

Adjunct Lecturer of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School | Former CEO, MassPort

Thomas P. Glynn, PhD is an Adjunct Lecturer of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Previously from 2018 to 2021 Glynn was Chief Executive…Read more

Dr. Vanessa Calderón-Rosado

CEO, Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA)

Vanessa Calderón-Rosado, Ph.D., is Chief Executive Officer of Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA), a community development corporation dedicated to empowering…Read more

What to Expect

Attire:

Semi-formal / Business attire.

4:30pm | Annual Meeting Registration and Reception Begins!

Grab a cocktail and network with Boston’s best and brightest members of the business community.

6:00pm | Program Begins

We have many surprises up our sleeves, but prepare to be inspired! We will induct Governor Charlie Baker, Dr. Paula Johnson, Tom Glynn, PhD, and Dr. Vanessa Calderón-Rosado to the Academy of Distinguished Bostonians.

6:40pm | Dinner

Attendees will enjoy a seated dinner.

7:25pm | Keynote fireside chat

Our Keynote Speaker, Abigail Johnson of Fidelity Investments, will address the audience.

7:55pm | Honoree Awards

We will honor our four Distinguished Bostonians, and they will each take the stage to receive their award.

8:00pm | Event concludes

COVID-19 POLICY

-You are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, as defined by the CDC.
-You have not had a fever, cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, chills, muscle pain, sore throat, or new loss of taste or smell that cannot be attributed to another health condition.
-You have not had contact with a person known to be infected, potentially infected, or exposed to someone infected with COVID-19 within the previous 14 days. (Prior to the event date)

Presenting Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS

Media Sponsor

Gold Sponsors

Amazon

Analog Devices, Inc.

AT&T

Bain Capital

Beth Israel Lahey Health

Boston Children’s Hospital

CBT

Citizens

Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Deloitte

Eastern Bank

Gilbane Building Company

Goodwin Procter LLP

Hexagon Properties/The `Quin House

JPMorgan Chase

KPMG LLP

MilliporeSigma

New England Development

People’s United Bank

Sanofi

Seyfarth

Simmons University

TD Bank

TD Garden

The Boston Foundation

The RMR Group

University of Massachusetts

Wayfair

Weber Shandwick

Wellington Management Company

Wells Fargo

Host Committee

Paul Ayoub, Nutter

Elaine Herrmann Blais, Goodwin Procter LLP

Carrie Campbell, Boston Red Sox

John Capone, KPMG LLP

Miceal Chamberlain, Bank of America

Aimee Christian, Sanofi

Kevin Churchwell, Boston Children’s Hospital

Meaghan St. Marc & Clyde Simms, Rev’d Indoor Cycling

Renee Connolly, MilliporeSigma

Roxann Cooke, JPMorgan Chase

Scott Couto, Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Roger Crandall, MassMutual

Geri Denterlein, Denterlein

Jessica DeVlieger, C Space

Linda Dorcena Forry, Suffolk

John Drew, The Drew Co

Sandy Edgerley, Hexagon Properties/The `Quin House

Susan Esper, Deloitte

Sarah Fay, Glasswing Ventures

John Fish, Suffolk

Christina Fisher, Amazon

David Foss, PwC

Andrew Graff, Allen & Gerritsen

Kyle Grimes, WCVB-TV

Lionel Harris, Fidelity Investments

Cain Hayes, Point32Health

Peter Healy, Beth Israel Lahey Health

Jenny Holaday, Encore Boston Harbor

Patricia Jacobs, AT&T

Stephen Karp, New England Development

Marisa Kelly, Suffolk University

Ed Kenealy, Liberty Mutual Insurance

Anne Klibanski, Mass General Brigham

Paul Kraft, Deloitte

Amy Latimer, TD Garden

Stephanie Lee, Verizon

Susan Loconto Penta, MIDIOR Consulting

Chris MacKenzie, RSM US LLP

Joe Marconi, Bain Capital

Al Mayers, Bloomberg

Jay McQuaide, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Marty Meehan, University of Massachusetts

Dana Mendenhall, Takeda

Greg O’Brien, Wells Fargo

Michael O’Brien, Gilbane Building Company

Lee Pelton, The Boston Foundation

Katherine Perrelli, Seyfarth

Lynn Perry Wooten, Simmons University

Adam Portnoy, The RMR Group

Mark Reilly, Comcast

Robert Reynolds, Putnam Investments

Bob Rivers, Eastern Bank

David Rosenblatt, Burns & Levinson LLP

Jerry Sargent, Citizens

Michael Schneider, Analog Devices

Niraj Shah, Wayfair

Andrea Silbert, Eos Foundation

Nav Singh, McKinsey & Co.

Micho Spring, Weber Shandwick

Vikki Spruill, The New England Aquarium

Edward Steinborn, Wellington Management Company

Patrick Sullivan, People’s United Bank

Tamar Thompson, Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease

Madeleine Timin, Boston Properties

Kishore Varanasi, CBT

Pallavi Verma, Accenture

Steven Webb, TD Bank

Steven Woerner, National Grid

Jane Steinmetz

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Cancellation Policy: All individual ticket cancellations and refund requests must be received by Wednesday, May 4, 2022 to avoid being charged or to receive a refund. There are no cancellations permitted for any table sponsorships. There are no exceptions.

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