John F. Fish to be honored at Wall Street Council event
Boston College Board of Trustees Chair John F. Fish, a respected voice and thought leader in business and construction communities, will be honored at the 36th annual Boston College Wall Street Business Leadership Council Tribute Dinner on April 23. The event will take place at the newly renovated and restored Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.
Organized by the Wall Street Business Leadership Council—a network of more than 2,000 BC alumni, parents, and friends who work in and represent the New York financial community—the dinner provides financial aid for BC’s Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program, a four-year honors program that combines rigorous coursework, community service, international experience, and internships. Over the past 35 years, the event has raised more than $60 million in scholarship funds.
During the program, University President William P. Leahy, S.J., will present Fish with the President’s Medal for Excellence in recognition of his life's work and contributions to society.
Currently serving his second nonconsecutive term as chair of the Boston College Board of Trustees, Fish is the first non-alumnus in the history of BC to serve in that role. He has been active on the BC board since 2006, and has also served as chair of the University's Board of Regents. He is co-chair of the Soaring Higher capital campaign for Boston College, and has spearheaded the dramatic increase in revenue generated from BC's annual Pops on the Heights Barbara and Jim Cleary Scholarship Gala, which raises money for financial aid.
Under his leadership as chairman and CEO of Suffolk, a national contractor that builds, innovates, and invests, the company has become one of the nation’s leading privately held builders, generating more than $9 billion in annual revenue and ranking #23 on Engineering News Record’s “Top 400 Contractors.”
He is former chair of the Real Estate Roundtable, a national public policy advocate for the U.S. commercial real estate industry, a founding member and director of the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership, and a former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. He also serves on the Real Estate Board of New York, the Partnership for New York City, and the National Business Roundtable. He chairs Brigham and Women’s Hospital, serves as vice chair of the Mass General Brigham executive committee, and is on the board of the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research.
A graduate of Bowdoin College, he holds a bachelor’s degree in political science. He received an honorary doctorate of engineering technology from Wentworth Institute of Technology, and has received honorary degrees from Regis College and Curry College.
He and his wife, Cyndy, have three daughters, Christina J.D. '13, Jennifer M.B.A. '18, and Caroline M.S. '23.
Find more about the Wall Street Business Leadership Council Tribute Dinner, and ticket information, here.