Boston, MA,-September 12th, 2023--The directors of Rice, Heard & Bigelow (“RHB”) are pleased to announce that fellow director, Zachary Bourque, has been named to a second 5-year term on the Board of Trustees of Middlebury College. Zach joined RHB in 2001 and became a shareholder and director in 2010.
Zach is a CFA charterholder, and he has served as chair of the Investment sub-committee of the Middlebury College board for the past several years. He now serves as the Chair of the Schools Board of Advisors, which oversees Middlebury’s renowned language schools and the Bread Loaf School of English. In addition to these chairman roles, Zach is also a member of the Resources Committee and the Prudential Committee of the board.
Zach received his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Middlebury College in 2001. While at Middlebury, he was a member of the varsity basketball team. Zach also attended the Middlebury Spanish Language Summer program in preparation for a study abroad semester in Madrid during his junior year. Since graduating, Zach has been an active volunteer for the school, including serving on the Middlebury Alumni Association Board for a number of years.
Ted Truscott, chair of the Middlebury Board of Trustees, stated “We are very pleased that Zach will be serving a second term on the Middlebury Board of Trustees. His leadership is first rate, and he has contributed significantly to Middlebury through his exemplary service on the board and its various committees.”
Rice, Heard & Bigelow is a firm of private trustees that traces its history to 1782, when it was founded by the financier and historian George Richards Minot. Among the firm’s early accounts was Benjamin Franklin’s legacy to the City of Boston, of which George Minot’s son William served as trustee for 64 years. This tradition of fiduciary duty, prudent investment management, and relationships built on trust and discretion has served generations of families in Massachusetts and beyond for almost 250 years.
