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When the Boston College Board of Trustees convenes its first meeting of the academic year on Sept. 30, it will mark the first time in the University’s history that a woman will preside as chair.
Kathleen M. McGillycuddy, retired executive vice president of FleetBoston Financial and a 1971 graduate of Newton College of the Sacred Heart (which merged with Boston College in 1975), was elected chairwoman of the Board of Trustees by her fellow board members.
McGillycuddy became a BC trustee in 2002 and has served as vice-chairwoman since 2008. She is also co-chairwoman of the ongoing “Light the World” capital campaign, and founding co-chairwoman and current chairwoman of the Council for Women of Boston College, whose mission is to support women as leaders and influential participants in the University community.
A longtime BC benefactor, McGillycuddy and her husband, Ron Logue, established the McGillycuddy-Logue Center for Undergraduate Global Studies in 2008 to promote innovative international learning for undergraduates at Boston College.
“I am thrilled to have the opportunity to lead this distinguished board and to work directly with so many talented and dedicated faculty, staff and students at Boston College,” said McGillycuddy. “I am committed to doing all that I can to support the continued success of Boston College.”
McGillycuddy’s career in financial services spanned more than three decades and reached the highest levels of the region’s financial institutions. After 18 years at Bank of New England, she joined BankBoston in 1992, leading its Global Markets Division and chairing its Asset/Liability and Capital Committee. Until her retirement in 2002, McGillycuddy served as executive vice president at FleetBoston Financial and head of its Private Clients Group, overseeing more than $50 billion in assets.
In a second historic first, John F. Fish, president and CEO of Suffolk Construction Company, will serve as vice-chair of the BC board. He is the first non-alumnus to serve in that capacity.