Click here to read George Russell's letter about this year's ABCD Community Awards Dinner!

ABCD is pleased to welcome George A. Russell Jr. as the 2009 Community Awards Dinner Friends Committee Chair. Mr. Russell is executive vice president and director of Community Affairs for State Street Corporation.  He has more than 30 years of experience in banking and finance, beginning his career at State Street Bank & Trust Company in Boston. 

Mr. Russell served as Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the City of Boston, and President and CEO of Freedom National Bank of New York.  In addition to managing State Street’s community affairs division, Mr. Russell is the Chairman of the Board and President of the State Street Foundation and responsible for State Street’s philanthropic and community support programs globally. 

He is past chairman of the board for both the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts and the Financial Services Academy.  He currently serves on the board of directors of One United Bank, which is the second largest African American owned and operated commercial bank in the United States, Tufts Health Plan Foundation, and is on the board of trustees of the Massachusetts Math & Science Initiative. 

Mr. Russell is a graduate of Clark University and received his MBA in finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business.