Joan Bok

Joan Bok was the first woman to be named the chairman of a major US utility when she was named chairman of New England Electric System in 1984. She held that position, and related positions, until her retirement in 1998. Bok also served for many years as a director of Avery Dennison Corporation, Monsanto Corporation, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company and other for-profit and non-profit entities including Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University (service included one year as the President of the Harvard University Board of Overseers). She is a graduate of Radcliffe College and the Harvard Law School. She has homes in Boston and Greensboro.