STATE STREET RESEARCH HEAD OF INVESTMENT SERVICES NAMED TO LEAD BOSTON CLASS OF 2002
BOSTON, MA, September 6, 2001-State Street Research is pleased to announce
that Kevin Wilkins, Executive Vice President, Head of Investment Services,
has been offered admission to the National Conference for Community and
Justice (NCCJ) LeadBoston Class of 2002.
LeadBoston is a ten-month leadership development program that trains
leaders from every professional sector in understanding and managing
business priorities as they relate to civic leadership. Each year, 35 to 40
men and women from a broad range of professions and backgrounds in the
Greater Boston area are selected to participate.
The selection committee-civic leaders, LeadBoston alumni and NCCJ board
members-looks for candidates who have proven leadership in a civic or work
environment, a
desire to better understand diversity issues and the complex socio-economic
fabric of Boston and have high standards of professional and personal
integrity.
"LeadBoston offers the best opportunity for emerging civic leaders
to get involved with a variety of contemporary issues and to make a
difference in the Greater Boston area," said Jeannette DeJesus, Deputy
Executive Director, and Director, NCCJ's LeadBoston Program. "Whether it's
housing, education, criminal justice or economic development, Lead Boston is
the premier multi-cultural, cross industry group taking on the tough
issues."
The NCCJ, founded in 1927, is one of the nation's leading nonprofit,
non-sectarian human relations organizations. The Greater Boston Region of
NCCJ, founded in 1943, is one of 65 local chapters nationwide. NCCJ's
LeadBoston is the city's premier civic leadership development program.
Since 1991, the program has bridged racial, religious, ethnic, gender and
class lines to foster a more diverse, inclusive and informed civic
leadership. Over 400 corporate and civic leaders have benefited from NCCJ's
LeadBoston's training experience.
State Street Research & Management Company, with a money management history
dating back to 1924, is one of the nation's first investment management
organizations. The Boston-based firm is a subsidiary of MetLife, one of the
world's largest financial services companies. As of July 31, 2001, State
Street Research managed $50 billion in assets, of which over $31 billion
represented institutional clients and $19 billion represented mutual fund
and variable annuity portfolios. The firm manages money for 10 of the 15
largest U.S. corporate pension plans (as reported in the 2001 Money
Management Directory), union programs, public employee pension plans, mutual
funds for over 576,000 shareholder accounts, as well as individually managed
accounts for affluent investors. The firm's corporate Web site address is
www.ssrfunds.com.
