Dawn-Marie Driscoll—Long Bio

Currently:
Executive Fellow and Advisory Board Member, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College; President, Driscoll Associates, consulting firm

Publications:
Books:
ETHICS MATTERS: How to Implement Values-Driven Management (with W. Michael Hoffman), Center for Business Ethics at Bentley College (1999)
THE ETHICAL EDGE: Tales of Organizations That Have Faced Moral Crises (with W. Michael Hoffman and Edward Petry), MasterMedia Ltd. (1996)
GIMMIES, BOGEYS AND BUSINESS (co-author with Jane Blalock), MasterMedia Ltd. (1996)
MEMBERS OF THE CLUB: The Coming of Age of Executive Women (with Carol R. Goldberg), The Free Press (1993)
WOMEN AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, ed., University of Massachusetts Press (1990)

Professional Articles:
Complete list available upon request

Popular Articles:
Complete list available upon request

Awards, Appointments:
“1999" Fund Trustee of the Year, mutual fund industry award, 2000

“Women Who Make a Difference Award”, International Women’s Forum, New York, NY, 1994

United States Small Business Administration “Women in Business Advocate of the Year” Award, Boston, MA, 1989

Patrick F. Jones Memorial Award, Lena Park Community Development Corporation, Boston, MA, 1988

Abigail Adams Award, Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus, Boston, MA, 1988

Vanguard Award for Outstanding Leadership, Beverly, MA, 1988

Downtown Crossing Association, Distinguished Service Award, Boston, MA, 1988

Women Leaders Mission to Israel, Greater Boston Jewish Community Relations Council, 1986

Big Sister Association, Annual Achievement Award, Boston, MA, 1984

The College Club, Award for Achievement in Law and Business, 1982

Professional Appointments, Memberships and Associations:
Board of Editors, Business and Society Review

National Association of Corporate Directors

The Society for Business Ethics

Massachusetts Bar Association

The Boston Economic Club

The International Women’s Forum

Professional History:
Partner, Palmer and Dodge, 1988-1992, specializing in governmental relations and public policy issues for corporate clients

Vice President of Corporate Affairs and General Counsel of Filenes, (Federated Department Stores Division); responsible for all legal and ethical affairs, real estate, risk management, insurance, security, government and public affairs for an $800 million company; member of the management board, 1978-1988

Assistant Counsel to the Massachusetts Senate; legislative drafting, analysis and legal briefs on legislative and constitutional issues, 1973-1978

Directorships:
Independent Trustee, Scudder Kemper Investments mutual funds ($60 billion); audit, independent trustee committees, 1987-present; lead director, 1997-present
Advisory Board, Stratco, Inc. Leawood, KS (private chemical engineering company), 1995-1998
Advisory Board, Computer Rescue Squad (private computer consulting firm), 1995-present
Board of Governors, Investment Company Institute, Washington, DC, 1995-present
Director, First International Life Insurance Company, 1990-1993
Director, Premier Life Insurance Company of New York, 1991-1993
Advisory Board, Women’s Equity Fund of Colorado, 1992-1998

Civic and Business Appointments:
Member, Mutual Fund Directors Education Council, 1999-present
Chairman, Directors’ Services Committee, Investment Company Institute, 1968-present
Member, Advisory Group on Best Practices for Mutual Fund Directors, Investment Company Institute, 1999-present
Member, Knight-Ridder, Inc, Excellence Awards Jury, 1995, 1998
Director, Boston Municipal Research Bureau, 1979-1992
Director, Downtown Crossing Association, 1980-1991 (Chairman, 1980-1983)
Appointee, Business Advisory Committee, Mayor Raymond L. Flynn, 1985-1988
Deputy Member, Massachusetts Business Roundtable, 1983-1988
Director, Better Business Bureau, 1984-1988
Director, New England Legal Foundation, 1982-1985

Nonprofit Affiliations:
Overseer, WGBH-TV (public television), 1989-1995
Trustee, Wang Center for the Performing Arts, 1989-1992
Overseer, Children’s Hospital, 1991-1993
Advisory Board, Schlesinger Library on the History of Women, Radcliffe College, 1988-1994
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Massachusetts Bay United Way, 1990-1992
Director, Massachusetts Association of Mental Health, 1985-1991
Director, The Bostonian Society, 1988-1991
Overseer, The Supreme Judicial Court Historical Society, 1989-1991
Trustee, Regis College, 1984-1989
Trustee, Roxbury Community College Foundation
Director, Social Policy Research Group

Higher Education Teaching:
Complete list available upon request

Education:
Doctor of Commercial Science (honorary), Bentley (MA) Graduate School of Business, 1994

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Suffolk University (MA), 1989

The Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, Visitor-in-Residence, 1990-1991

Suffolk University Law School, JD, cum laude, 1973

Massachusetts Graduate Legislative Fellowship, 1969-1970

Regis College (MA), B.A., 1968

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