About Us: Investment Committee

WILLIAM P. RICE

President and Treasurer


Education
  • Kenyon College, B.A. cum laude, English Literature, 1966
  • New York University, Selective Course Work





Professional Background
1977 - 1983 Fort Hill Investors Management Corp.
Vice President & Shareholder
Senior Portfolio Manager
Chief Marketing Officer
1969 - 1977   Endowment Management & Research Corp.
Asst. Vice President & Voting Stockholder
Portfolio Manager for tax exempt accounts
Senior Financial Analyst
1966 - 1967   Spencer Trask & Company
1960 - 1966   (PT) Financial Analyst

Other Associations

Boston Security Analysts Society
CFA Institute
Association of Investment Management Sales Executives
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Member Better Business Bureau
Trustee, Anchor Venture Trust, Anchor Venture Trust III & Anchor Venture Trust IV
Member of the Trustees of Donations and Trust Investment Committee - The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
President, Anchor/Russell Capital Advisors, Inc.
President, Albert O. Wilson Foundation
Trustee, U.S.S. Constitution Museum


MARK V. RICKABAUGH, CFA

Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, and Portfolio Manager


Education
  • Purdue University, B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1963
  • Wharton Graduate School of Business Administration, MBA 1969
  • Chartered Financial Analyst, 1975

Professional Background

1980 - 1984
Fort Hill Investors Management Corp.
Senior Vice President
Portfolio Manager for key tax-exempt and
taxable funds of approximately $130 million
1969 - 1980   Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co. Inc.
Vice President
Portfolio Manager for tax exempt funds and individual accounts
Member Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co.
Investment Policy Committee
Portfolio Manager of Smith Barney Equity
Fund
1965 - 1967   IBM Corporation
Marketing Representative, Data Processing Division
1962 - 1964   U.S. Navy
Engineer Officer, USS Robert K. Huntington
(DD 781)

Other Associations

Boston Security Analysts Society
CFA Institute
Institute of Certified Financial Planners
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans


CHARLES A. AUSTIN III

Senior Vice President & Portfolio Manager


Education
  • Lehigh University, B.S. Accounting, 1957







Professional Background

1994 - 2001
Appleton Partners, Inc.
Senior Vice President & Portfolio Manager
1991 - 1994   Seward Management Corporation
Managing Director
1966 - 1990   State Street Research & Management Company
Director, Executive Vice President, Treasurer,
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer
1960 - 1966   Price Waterhouse
Audit Manager, CPA
1957 - 1960   US Navy Line Officer

Other Associations

Trustee, Evergreen Family of Mutual Funds
Director, The Andover Companies
Trustee, Arthritis Foundation - Massachusetts Chapter
Director, Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund
Member, American Institute of CPA's
Member, Massachusetts Society of CPA's


STEPHEN MEAD, JR., CFA

Senior Financial Analyst
First Vice President


Education
  • Harvard College, B.A., cum laude, Economics, 1975
  • Wharton Graduate School of Business Administration, MBA 1983
  • Chartered Financial Analyst, 1986

Professional Background

1983 - 1985 Wellington Management Company
Security Analyst
1975 - 1981   Citibank North American Banking Group
Assistant Vice President
Commercial Lending Officer
Correspondent Banking

Other Associations

Boston Security Analysts Society
CFA Institute
Board of Overseers & Investment Committee - Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston
Board of Corporators - Brookline Savings Bank
Chair Investment Committee - Church of the Redeemer
Investment Committee - Boston Episcopal Charitable Society


CHARLES G. POHL

Senior Vice President & Portfolio Manager


Education
  • Bowdoin College, B.A. History, 1983







Professional Background

1983-2001 Putnam Investments, Boston
Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager
Global Value Equities Group (1992-2001)
Manager, $1.5bn Putnam Convertible Income-Growth Trust (1992-2001)
Co-Manager, $700mm Putnam Balanced Retirement Fund (1996-2000)
Lead Manager, Putnam High Income Convertible and Bond Fund (1992-2001)
Lead Manager, Putnam Convertible Opportunities Fund (1998-2001)
Co-Manager, Putnam Asset Allocation Fund (1999-2001)
Portfolio Manager of $300mm of Institutional Accounts (1994-2001)
Senior Analyst and Portfolio Manager, High Yield Bond Group (1983-1991)
1983  

Allen and Company, New York
Research Analyst



Other Associations

Boston Security Analysts Society
CFA Institute
Bowdoin College: Alumni Council; 1997 Capital Campaign
Finance Committee, Town of Weston, MA (2001-2006)
Weston Educational Enrichment Funding Committee (2006)
Vice President and Trustee, Ocean Point Colony Trust, East Boothbay, ME



WILLIAM J. HICKEY

Vice President
Financial Analyst


Education
  • Holy Cross, B.A. History, 1986
  • Pepperdine University, M.B.A. Finance, 1991





Professional Background

1993 - 1995 Banque Paribas
Institutional Equity Sales
1991 - 1993   Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
Research Associate
1987 - 1989   The Boston Company
Account Specialist


DAVID J. WATSON

Vice President
Financial Analyst


Education
  • Lehigh University, B.S. Industrial Engineering, 1985
  • University of California, M.B.A. Finance, 2000





Professional Background

1996 - 2000 AMA Consulting, Inc.
Vice President
1993 - 1996   CIMCO Medical, Inc.
Sales/Technology Manager
1988 - 1993   Allied Industries
Chief Operating Officer
1985 - 1988   Singer Company - Aerospace Division, Inc.
Senior Research Engineer


WILLIAM P. RICE, JR.

Vice President
Financial Analyst


Education
  • Georgetown University, B.S., International Finance, 1998
  • Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, M.B.A., 2005




Professional Background

2000 - 2003   J.P. Morgan
Associate Analyst, Equity Research
1998 - 2000   Robertson Stephens
Financial Analyst, Investment Banking

Other Associations

Georgetown University Alumni Admissions Interviewer
Tuck Annual Giving Chair, Class of 2005
Trustee, Albert O. Wilson Foundation
Overseer, USS Constitution Museum