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Robert C. “Bob” Pozen—a former investment company executive, best-selling author and educator—will be the featured speaker when Northern Essex Community College conducts its 63rd annual Commencement Ceremony in May.
Pozen, of Boston, is currently a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former executive chairman of MFS Investment Management and vice chairman of Fidelity Investments.
“Beyond his distinguished roles in both the public and private sectors, Bob has demonstrated a generous, steadfast commitment to helping community college students to succeed,” said Northern Essex President Lane A. Glenn. “He has inspired and led practical research focused on enhancing student retention and degree completion by addressing student basic needs, with an eye toward the future and influencing national public policy and investment.”
The 63rd annual Commencement Ceremony takes place Saturday, May 17, beginning at 11 a.m., at Northern Essex Community College’s Haverhill campus, 100 Elliott St.
In late 2001 and 2002, Pozen served on President Bush’s Commission to Strengthen Social Security and, in 2003, served as secretary of economic affairs for Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. In 2007, he served as chairman of the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission’s Committee to Improve Financial Reporting. He published his book “Extreme Productivity: Boost Your Results, Reduce Your Hours” in 2012, which he developed into a course for corporations around the globe as well as for the MIT Executive Education program.
The Commencement Ceremony will also feature a student speaker who will be selected by faculty and staff and the presentation of awards, including the Social Justice Award and Emeritus.