Rivers Welcomes New Trustees
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on Michael Baker, Jr. ’85 is president of the International Planning Group, where he has more than 20 years of experience designing complex total wealth planning solutions for families and their family-owned businesses worldwide. He also assists international corporations in structuring and funding executive compensation and benefits for both their domestic and international executives. Jon began his career with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in the Boston Group Sales office in 1989, after graduating from Georgetown University School of Business with a degree in marketing. He joined IPG in 1993. Jon was a member of Rivers’ Faculty Enrichment Committee for several years before joining the Finance Committee in 2008. He also serves on the boards of the Boys and Girls Club of Boston, Jordan Boys and Girls Club, and Oyster Harbors Club. Jon and his wife Hillary live in Winchester with their three children. Sarah is in Rivers’ Class of 2016, Jack is in the Class of 2018, and William attends the Winchester Public Schools. Peter Saperstone is a portfolio manager for Fidelity Asset Management, managing $6 billion of consumer assets of the VIP Contra Fund, Fidelity Balanced Fund, and Fidelity Series All-Sector Equity Fund. He joined Fidelity in 1995 as an equity research analyst, and subsequently managed various sector funds as well as the Fidelity Advisor Stock Selector Mid Cap Fund and the Fidelity Fifty Fund. Prior to joining Fidelity, Peter earned a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering from Union College in 1989 and an MBA from Columbia Business School in 1995. Peter is currently on the investment committee at Rivers and has been an Annual Fund volunteer. He is also a trustee at Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, a member of the President’s Council for Union College in Schenectady, NY, and a former board member of the Friends of the Children Boston charity. Peter lives in Wellesley with his wife Nancy, daughter Emily who is in Rivers’ Class of 2016, and sons Jack, at Beaver Country Day, Class of 2018, and Jason in Rivers’ Class of 2021.
Jon Baker
Peter Saperstone
Board of Trustees 2014–2015 President: Robert J. Davis
Term Trustees Jon Michael Baker, Jr. ’85 Dennis Baldwin Benjamin R. Bloomstone Robert E. Buonato ’81 James F. Carlin ’81 Louise Cummings ’98 Todd A. Dagres Howard G. Davis ’70 Ben D. Fischman Mark R. Florence Clinton P. Harris
Stephen M. Jennings Daniel A. Kraft Hongmei Li Barbara V. Ligon Deborah H. McAneny Daniel R. Revers Alan D. Rose ’87 Solomon B. Roth Peter Saperstone Laurie Schoen Mark S. Schuster ’72 Andrew P. Slifka
Laurie Slifka Richard L. Smith Steven J. Snider Michael P. Stansky Eric M. Wolf Life Trustees David M. Berwind Charles C. Carswell Stephen R. Delinsky Peter A. Gaines G. Arnold Haynes
Honorary Trustees of the Corporation Harriet R. Lewis Joan T. Allison Thomas L. Lyons Thomas P. Beal Roy S. MacDowell, Jr. Marie Fitzpatrick Joel B. Sherman Louis J. Grossman ’67 Frances B. Shifman Joshua M. Kraft ’85 William B. Tyler ’43 Warren M. Little ’51 Joan A. Vaccarino Virginia S. MacDowell Cai von Rumohr Deborah S. Petri Joan C. Walter Frederick G. Frank S. Waterman III ’41 Pfannenstiehl Dudley H. Willis Spring 2015 • Riparian’59• 7 A. Tozzer Spalding ’62