EDWARD JOHNSON IV
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orn and raised in Boston, Edward grew up on Beacon Hill, riding the Dexter School bus through the sixth grade. He transferred to Fay School in Southborough, where he was a boarding student. Edward was then drawn to Proctor Academy’s nurturing learning environment and outdoor setting. He graduated from Northeastern University with a degree in business. For many years, Edward served on the Boards of Proctor and the New England Aquarium. Since its inception in 1997, Edward has been with Pembroke Real Estate. Pembroke invests the private capital of Fidelity Investments and Fidelity International Limited into properties in key international markets including Boston, Hamburg, London, Munich, Paris, Stockholm, Sydney, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C. The firm acquires, develops, and manages more than 6.7 million square feet in the office, residential and mixed-use sectors. Edward and his wife, Allison, live downtown on the waterfront with their two children, Nate ’19 and Clara ’21, but this family of
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skiers travels to Stowe, Vermont almost every winter weekend. “We spend as much time outdoors as possible,” he explains. The Johnsons’ children attend Park with their Ketterson and McKown cousins, who are the children of Edward’s sisters Beth and Abby. “Park is a great organization that has been a good fit for our family,” Edward says. “I’ve enjoyed getting to know the School through my nieces and nephew, and Allison and I are excited to have our own kids be a part of it.”
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hen Anne and Jeff Mitchell were applying to schools a few years ago for their daughter, Lauren ’19, they didn’t focus too much on the Kindergarten classes. “The kids are all cute at that age,” Anne explains. “Instead, we paid attention to the middle school and saw adolescents on the edge of their seats in classrooms filled with infectious energy. Park has cracked the code on zest for learning.” The Mitchells were also struck by how Park makes a community of 560 students seem cozy. “Mr. Segar greets every Lower Division student in the morning just as Ms. Allen knows every child’s name. Diversity and individualism are alive at Park,” Anne says. After studying the customs and traditions of her Park School classmates, Lauren announced that her favorite holiday is the Hindu celebration of Devali. Having grown up in New York City, where she attended the Spence School through the eighth grade and graduated from Trinity School, Anne was also attracted to Park’s beautiful campus. She majored in history and literature at Harvard, where she and Jeff were classmates, but they didn’t meet until after graduation when they both started working for Fidelity
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Investments. Jeff is now a senior vice president and the director of research at Fidelity Investments’ Asset Allocation, and serves on Park’s Investment Committee, as well. Away from Park, Anne is a venture partner at the private equity firm Volition Capital. Since her first position as an equity analyst at Fidelity Investments in 1994, she has focused on the technology sector. “After spending some time working with public companies, I discovered that my professional passion was investing in emerging, entrepreneurial technology startups.” From 1997 through 2009, she invested in private companies for Fidelity Ventures. Currently, she focuses on portfolio management as a board member for Xoom Corporation and as an advisor to Asset Control. Anne is named for her grandmother, “Nose Dive Annie,” an alternate on the 1940 Olympic Ski Team, and a legend of Stowe, Vermont. “Skiing is a requirement in my family,” Anne admits. “You learn when you’re two.” On winter weekends, the Mitchells head to Stowe to keep up the family tradition. Anne, Jeff, Lauren, and Grant (age 4) spend all day on the slopes. Just give Alec (age 1) a year to catch up!