Damian W. Wilmot is the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBIO) – a global biotechnology company committed to the discovery, development and delivery of various medicines for genetic diseases.  At Bridge, Mr. Wilmot is responsible for the company’s legal affairs, corporate secretarial and governance functions, ethics and compliance, and risk management.

Immediately prior, Mr. Wilmot was the Senior Vice President, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX).  There, he was responsible for leading the company’s Global Compliance, Business Continuity & Resilience, Privacy, Records Information Management, Global Litigation and Global Employment Law organizations, as well as the company’s Enterprise Risk Management, Incident Response & Crisis Management, and Information Governance programs.  Mr. Wilmot’s professional experience also includes serving as the chief litigation counsel for another global pharmaceutical company and as a Litigation Partner with Goodwin Procter LLP.  He was an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Massachusetts and worked as a judicial law clerk on the State of Connecticut Supreme Court.

For over 20 years, Mr. Wilmot has served as a director, trustee or advisor of numerous nonprofit, civic, and for-profit organizations.  Currently, he is a director and member of the Nomination and Governance Committee of PBF Energy, Inc. (NYSE: PBF), and is a director and member of the Executive and Audit Committees of HarborOne Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: HONE).  He is a trustee and member of the Audit and Investment Committees of Fidelity Charitable—a 501(c)(3) public charity with over $50 billion in assets under management.  He is also the chair of the board of the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund and a trustee and chair of the Audit Committee of his alma mater Trinity College.  Mr. Wilmot formerly served on the boards of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and the Boys and Girls Club of Boston, and was a member of the Massachusetts Judicial Nominating Commission (by gubernatorial appointment).

In 2022, the Boston Bar Foundation honored Mr. Wilmot with its annual Public Service Award for his dedication to advancing inclusion, diversity and equity within Boston’s business community; his leadership across various nonprofit, civic and for-profit organizations; and his passion for bettering our communities.  In 2021 and 2022, Boston Magazine recognized him as one of Boston’s 100 most influential Bostonians. In 2020, the Boston Business Journal listed him on its annual “Power 50” list.  He has also been recognized repeatedly as one of the most influential leaders in healthcare and life sciences.

Mr. Wilmot is a graduate of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts.

Myechia Minter-Jordan is President and CEO for CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. She leads a diverse group of health improvement experts in original research, data analysis, grantmaking, health improvement initiatives, oral health innovation, education, and advocacy in the pursuit of achieving oral health of all. In 2019, she joined DentaQuest after 12 years at Roxbury-based Dimock Center, the second-largest health center in the Boston area. As CEO, she formed partnerships with world-class institutions, including Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Partners HealthCare to advance person-centered care. She serves on several boards and committees, including the Blue Shield of California, Yawkey Foundation, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, The Boston Foundation, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

She was an attending physician and instructor at Johns Hopkins Medicine and graduated from Brown University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins University Carey School of Business.

As Head of Strategic Planning and Delivery at MassMutual, Dominic Blue directs strategic initiatives designed to achieve long-term growth and profitability. Prior to joining MassMutual, Dominic practiced corporate law for nearly a decade at some of Boston’s top firms. Dominic’s other roles include President of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association and board member of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s Audit and Finance committee. In 2016, he received the 2016 Founders’ Award from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice.

Dominic holds a B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross and a J.D. and M.B.A. from Boston College.

Juan Alexander Concepción is an experienced litigator, counselor, and trainer in workplace compliance, risk assessment, and strategic workforce management. He currently serves as Legal Counsel for Boston Scientific Corporation. Concepción previously served in-house at MassDOT/MBTA, directing employment policy and compliance, employee relations, and strategic business initiatives. He also served as in-house counsel and business advisor for a publicly traded, high-tech firm based in CA, supporting HR professionals and managers. As outside counsel at Nixon Peabody and Burns & Levinson, he represented numerous public and private employers in the healthcare, energy, education, financial markets, technology, manufacturing, and transportation industries.

Juan is a long-serving director of Lawyers for Civil Rights. In 2017, he was awarded the Massachusetts Association of Hispanic Attorney’s Leadership Award for outstanding leadership and excellence in the legal community.

With four Boston College degrees (B.A., M.Ed., M.B.A., J.D.), Concepción serves with distinction on the University’s Board of Trustees and holds an adjunct faculty appointment. He is also a trustee for St. Columbkille Partnership School and for his alma mater—Cardinal Hayes—in the Bronx. Hayes recently awarded Juan its Cardinal Spellman Award for outstanding community service and excellence in the legal profession.

Jerry Cox is an experienced, results-oriented Executive Coach and DEI and Organization Development Consultant, with over thirty years of experience. He was a senior consultant in the Department of Leadership and Organization Development at the McBer/Hay Group, where he remained for five years before establishing his own consulting practice.

Jerry studied organizational behavior at the Harvard Business School and the Sloan School of Management at MIT. He also received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Organizational Behavior from Harvard University.

Linda Dorcena Forry is a former Massachusetts State Senator and State Representative. She held elected office for 13 years while working in the public sector for over two decades in both state and local government. At Suffolk Construction, Linda directs Suffolk’s national strategy to strengthen their diversity and inclusion platform and develop long-term strategies that support the company’s vision. As a leader and strategist, Linda helps reinforce a wide array of Suffolk’s community engagement initiatives. She also works closely with the Trade Partner Diversity program which promotes businesses owned by people of color, women, and veterans.

Linda is a graduate of Boston College Carroll School of Management, and holds a Masters in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Pamela Everhart oversees Fidelity’s state and local government relationships, public affairs, and community relations activities at its Boston headquarters and across the U.S. Previously, Pamela led the firm’s advocacy strategy and engagement with government officials in Washington, D.C. on federal regulatory policy. Pamela also led Fidelity’s Personal Investing and Workplace Solutions business units’ external retirement and benefit policy development efforts. Prior to joining the firm, Pamela was an associate at global law firm Ropes & Gray LLP.

Pamela received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School. She is admitted to practice law in MA and before the Supreme Court. Recently honored by the Boston Business Journal as one of Boston’s “50 Power 2021 Movement Makers,” Pamela is a leader in the community, active across several service organizations, and a member of many nonprofit boards.

Rachel Felix has spent her career as a brand strategist across various roles in healthcare, media and CPG. Rachel currently serves as the first Chief Marketing & Growth Officer at Boston Medical Center Health System, where she is focused on growth across all audiences from patients to community partners to donors, which all intersect at BMC’s equity mission. Rachel works to more holistically understand and communicate with these audiences, build deeper relationships, and deliver greater impact, to strategically drive future growth. She brings expertise from her previous role as the Vice President and Head of Brand Management at Mass General Brigham, leading integration, rebrand, and awareness efforts across the largest healthcare system in New England.

Prior to healthcare, Rachel was Senior Vice President of Partner Marketing at ViacomCBS (now Paramount), where she served in various marketing leadership roles spanning fifteen years, and spent her early career in brand management at Kraft Foods. Throughout her experiences, Rachel has proven to be an agent of change, leading visionary transformation at large scale. She takes a consumer-first approach and is passionate about serving diverse audiences in particular.

Rachel holds a B.B.A. from the University of Michigan and her M.B.A. from Columbia University. An NYC transplant, Rachel is on the Board of Directors at The New Commonwealth Fund, PRX, and Women’s Lunch Place, and she co-founded Boston’s most diverse, and Dorchester’s first porch music festival, Dorchfest. She resides in Dorchester, Boston, with her husband, two children, and father.

Paul Francisco serves as Chief Diversity Officer and Head of Workforce Development Programs at State Street Corporation. In this role, he develops and implements inclusion, equity, and diversity programs that impact 40,000 employees, their clients, and their communities. Prior to joining State Street, Paul was Managing Director and Co-founder of Foster & Francisco, LLC, an executive search and diversity consulting firm. He also held recruiting and relationship management positions at both Bank of America and Fidelity Investments.

Throughout his career, Paul has received numerous awards, including a Certificate of Achievement from Governor Deval Patrick for his work with the Hispanic community. He was a member of Boston Business Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40” and El Planeta Newspaper Powermeter’s “100 Most Influential Latinos in Massachusetts” in 2007, 2013, and 2014. Paul was also recently appointed by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker to serve on the state’s Black Advisory Board Commission.

Paul is a graduate of Boston University and UMass Boston. He also completed The Partnership Inc. Associates, Fellows, and Next Generation Executive programs.

Damon Hart serves as Liberty Mutual Group’s Executive Vice President and Deputy Chief Legal Officer. Damon is responsible for the management of litigation brought against Liberty Mutual Group member companies. Previously, Damon served as Senior VP and Deputy General Counsel for Employment, Compensation, and Benefits. In these positions, he operated as the company’s Chief Employment, Compensation, and Benefits Counsel for 45,000 employees, across 30 countries.
Prior to joining Liberty, Damon was a partner at three national law firms: Littler Mendelson, Ogletree Deakins, and Holland & Knight. While in private practice, Damon focused on litigation and employment matters. Damon has extensive experience in complex business disputes with federal, state, and local administrative agencies, in arbitration and before state and federal courts. Damon has also worked on a variety of class action matters and has provided business advice on contracts, benefits, and real estate development matters. He also serves on the Board of Directors for The Home For Little Wanderers.
Damon is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, where he was a starting forward on the basketball team, which appeared in the 1993 NCAA tournament. He also graduated from Boston College Law School.

Keon Holmes is a Managing Director for the Endowment & Foundation Practice at Cambridge Associates.

Keon invests on behalf of universities, foundations, hospitals, cultural institutions, independent schools, and private clients across the world, ranging in size from $40 million to over $9 billion.

Keon is a board member at the CFA Society Boston and Council Co-Chair at UNCF NE Leadership Council. He is a trustee and immediate past Board Chair at Lasell University and a former member of the Harvard University Advisory Committee on shareholder responsibility.

Prior to joining Cambridge Associates in 2005, Keon worked in equity risk management products with UBS AG in Hong Kong while attending business school. Previously, he worked as an Investment Manager for private clients at JP Morgan Private Bank. Prior to this, he was an Associate in the equity derivatives group at JPMorgan & Co. in New York.

Keon received his MBA from Harvard Business School and his BS in Electrical Engineering from Howard University. He is a CFA® charterholder.

Since 2021, Manny Lopes has served as Executive Vice president for public markets and government relations for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the largest private health plan in Massachusetts and one of the largest independent, not-for-profit Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in the country. The company serves nearly 3 million members and more than 20,000 employers and is consistently rated among the nation’s best health plans for overall member satisfaction.

Previously, Manny Lopes served as president and chief executive officer of East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, the largest community health center in Massachusetts and one of the largest in the United States. Under his leadership, the health center significantly increased its number of patients served, was award Top Place to Work by the Boston Globe and Forbes Magazine, and was recognized by NCQA, Joint Commission and HRSA for high quality care.

Manny has a long history of developing innovative programs that improve health care quality, access, and equity. He is the co-founder and founding chair of the Community Care Cooperative, the largest Medicaid ACO in Massachusetts which was created and governed by health centers and exclusively focused on advancing community-based care for MassHealth members. Manny also co-founded Advocates for Community Health, a national advocacy organization for innovative health centers focused on equity and impact.

Manny has served on multiple transition committees for Governor Charles Baker, Mayor Marty Walsh, Mayor Michelle Wu, and Governor-elect Maura Healey. He previously served multiple years as Chair of the Boston Public Health Commission where he helped lead Boston’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For his efforts, Manny was recognized at Governor Baker’s final State of the Commonwealth address and was Senator Warren’s special guest for President Biden’s first joint Address to Congress.

Manny has been recognized by the following: Boston Magazine’s List of 100 Most Influential Bostonians, Boston Business Journal’s Power 50: Boston’s 50 Most Influential People, and “Get Konnected,” Boston’s 50 Most Influential People in Healthcare.

Manny currently serves on the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Health Equity Compact, New Commonwealth Foundation, and the Institute of Contemporary Art’s board of directors. Manny was awarded an Honorary Doctoral Degree from Suffolk University and served as their 2022 commencement speaker. He received his MBA from Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business.

Fred Lowery is Senior Vice President and President for Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Customer Channels business, which includes overseeing Fisher Scientific, the company’s industry-leading channel business for laboratory supplies used in academic, pharma and biotech markets.

In January of 2022, Fred also assumed responsibility for Thermo Fisher’s business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Since joining Thermo Fisher in 2005, Fred has held a number of senior leadership positions across the company, including previously serving as President, Life Sciences Solutions and Laboratory Products.

Fred serves on the Board of Trustees for Boston Medical Center and on the Board of Directors for DuPont. He is also on the Board of Directors for the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund, in addition to the Board of Trustees for both Tennessee Tech and its Foundation.

Fred received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Tennessee Tech and a Master of Science degree in manufacturing management from Kettering University.

Devin McCourty spent his entire NFL career as a member of the New England Patriots, playing 13 seasons as a defensive back and helping the team win Super Bowls XLIX, LI and LIII. McCourty earned All-Pro honors three times and was a two-time Pro Bowler. He owns the NFL record for most career playoff games started by a defensive player (24). New England selected McCourty with the 27th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft out of Rutgers University after earning First-Team All-Big East honors his senior year. 

McCourty broke into the broadcasting world with “Double Coverage,” a podcast he co-hosted with twin brother Jason McCourty from 2018 to 2020 when they were both members of the Patriots. He also has contributed to NFL Draft and pre-game coverage for CBS Sports and was a guest host on NFL Network’s Good Morning Football earlier this year. 

In 2019, McCourty and his brother delivered a joint commencement address and received honorary doctorates from Rutgers for their achievements in sport, philanthropy, and social justice advocacy. Since 2013, the McCourty twins’ “Tackle Sickle Cell” initiative, in partnership with the Embrace Kids Foundation, has raised over two million dollars to support families battling sickle cell disease.

Quincy Miller is Vice Chair and President of Eastern Bank. Eastern is the largest Community bank in Boston with $22.0 billion in assets delivering full service commercial and retail services.  Quincy spends his time focused on helping lead the overall strategic direction of Eastern, which has served its customers, colleagues and communities for over 200 years.

Quincy is committed to supporting the communities where he lives and works.  He serves on the boards of The Boys and Girls Club of Boston, Mill Cities CDFI, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA, Board Emeritus of The Bottom Line, Urban League of Eastern MA.  He is a proud founding member of The New Commonwealth Fund.

He has been recognized by the BBJ as a “Power 50 Most Influential and Impactful Leaders in Boston”, as “The 100 Most Influential People in Boston” by Boston Magazine and GK100 “Most Influential People of Color in Boston” by Get Konnected.  A special honor was the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast’s “MLK 50^th Anniversary Award” for his commitment to Diversity & Inclusion that expresses Dr. King’s commitment to justice and equity.

LVMH North America is proud to announce that Rodney C. Pratt has joined the company’s leadership team as Chief Legal Officer. Rodney will oversee the North American business and lead the LVMH Inc. legal team. He will partner with the LVMH Maisons, providing proactive and pragmatic legal counsel regarding worldwide regulatory, corporate, litigation and commercial matters.

With over 20 years of global legal experience, Rodney joins LVMH from Nike, where he has spent the last eleven years. Rodney has worked at the corporate level, as well as at the brand level as General Counsel for Converse for over six years. Most recently he was VP, Office of the General Counsel Operations, Innovation and Strategic Initiatives at Nike. Rodney is an Adjunct Professor at Howard University School of Law where he co-teaches a course on Sports & Social Justice. Rodney is a Co-Founder and Board member of the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund, which is based in Boston, MA. Rodney also serves on the Board of Directors of Massachusetts Eye & Ear, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. Rodney is Co-Chair of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s Advisory Board. Rodney is a graduate of the College of William & Mary and received his law degree from the George Washington University Law School While in law school, Rodney served as a White House Intern in the Office of the Chief of Staff under the Clinton Administration. Rodney proudly serves as a mentor and advisor to attorneys of all practice areas and backgrounds.

Greg Shell joined Bain Capital Double Impact as a managing director in 2016. Prior to joining, Greg served as a Lead Portfolio Manager of a concentrated Global Equity product at GMO. Previously, Greg was a Senior Equity Analyst at Columbia Management Group and a Consultant at Bain & Company in its Strategy and Private Equity practice areas.

Greg earned his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and received a Bachelor of Science from MIT.

BJ Trach, a Partner in Latham’s Litigation & Trial Department and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, represents companies and individuals facing a variety of complex commercial matters, as well as white-collar defense and government investigations. BJ has successfully defended organizations in healthcare, life sciences, technology, retail, and other industries against high-stakes claims brought by shareholders, customers, and community stakeholders. He also represents companies and individuals in criminal and civil investigations, brought by various government entities, such as the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and state attorneys general.

BJ is a graduate of Harvard University, where he earned a B.A. in Economics and Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.