Trustees and Advisors
Trustees
Marc J. Bloostein is a partner of Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP where his practice includes estate planning, trust and estate administration and serving as a trustee. He was a legal advisor to Mr. and Mrs. Adams.
Edward P. Lawrence is a retired partner of Ropes & Gray LLP and served as Mr. Adams’ attorney. He is the former Chairman of the Board of Partners Healthcare System and Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also an Honorary Trustee, McLean Hospital.
Janet C. Taylor is the Trust’s Managing Trustee and an independent Philanthropic Advisor. After serving as President of Associated Grant Makers, she directed Raytheon’s corporate giving program while Mr. Adams was a member of the Raytheon board of directors. For twenty years, she was affiliated with Ropes & Gray LLP as a Philanthropic Advisor and assisted Beatrice Adams with her charitable interests.
Beatrice Dabney Adams (1932–2022) In Memorium
Advisors
The Advisors provide professional guidance to the trustees.
Karen Darcy is a pediatric nurse practitioner who retired from Boston Children’s Hospital where she was director of their Child Behavioral Health Policy and Advocacy Program and co-leader of the successful Children’s Mental Health Campaign.
Janet Henry is a trustee of the Maine-based Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust and is the retired President of the Maine Philanthropy Center. She previously served as Vice President of the Maine Community Foundation.