Gary Spiess

Gary Spiess

Gary Spiess is Retired Executive Vice President and General Counsel of FleetBoston Financial and Bank of Boston. At FleetBoston, Gary was a recognized leader in diversity efforts. He was instrumental in creating a formal diversity plan for all outside counsel hired by Fleet, and was responsible for Fleet becoming the first corporate law office to join the Boston Lawyers Group. He also served on Fleet’s Corporate Diversity Council.

Gary is a former Board Chair of the Boston Bar Foundation and the New England Legal Foundation. He was a former Chair of the Holderness School and North Shore Medical Center, and currently serves as a Director of both organizations. Gary is a former Vice Chair and current Board member of the Chewonki Foundation, an organization that teaches children appreciation and stewardship of the natural world. He is also a former Chair and current Board member of Discovering Justice, a civic and justice education nonprofit organization that connects classrooms to courtrooms.

Gary is a former Board member and Audit Committee Chair of Partners Healthcare, a not-for-profit health care system committed to community service, and currently serves as a member of the Audit Committee. He also serves as a Board member of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Town Moderator of the Town of Marblehead.

As an Access to Justice Fellow, Gary will continue advising the Board of Discovering Justice and working with the Boards of the Holderness School and the Chewonki Foundation.