Boston College Law School

Business Advisory Council Membership

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HenryJohn E. Henry
Special Counsel, State Street Corporation

John has been Special Counsel to State Street Corporation since July 2007, and is primarily responsible for assisting the General Counsel with transition issues related to State Street’s acquisition in July 2007 of Investors Financial Services Corp.

From 1996 to July 2007, John was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Investors Financial Services Corp. and its primary operating subsidiary, Investors Bank & Trust Company.  John was responsible for all legal, regulatory and compliance matters at Investors and was a member of the company’s Executive and Management Committees.

Prior to joining Investors Financial, John was an associate at the Boston law firm of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP.  During his tenure at Testa, Hurwitz, John represented underwriters, venture capital funds and growth-oriented technology and financial services companies in corporate, securities and intellectual property matters.

Before attending law school, John was a software systems analyst at GTE and acted as Assistant General Manager of the South Shore Music Circus and the Cape Cod Melody Tent.  During the 1980’s and 1990’s, John performed as a free-lance classical and jazz musician, coached instrumental groups at Boston College and taught private lessons.  John holds Bachelor of Music Degrees in Trumpet and Music Management from the Hartt School of Music and a Juris Doctor from Boston College.  John remains active in the arts and is currently Chairman of the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston.



HestnesHarold Hestnes

Partner (retired), Wilmer Hale

For over forty years, Harold Hestnes practiced general litigation with an emphasis on public law issues, particularly antitrust and regulatory matters affecting the oil, gas and electric power industries. He retired from active practice in 2007.

Mr. Hestnes is a prior chairman of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, director and secretary of the Massachusetts Business Roundtable, and is past chairman and a member of the Boston Coordinating Committee. He has served as chairman of the Board of Selectmen for the Town of Weston, and as director and chairman of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of CareGroup, MassINC and the Vermont Historical Society.

From 1961-62, Mr. Hestnes served as counsel to Governor John A. Volpe.

Education:
- J.D., Boston College Law School, 1961
- LL.M., Harvard University, 1962
- M.P.A., Harvard University, 1962
- A.B., Harvard University, 1958


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