Colonel Daniel Marr Boys and Girls Club Honors Five for Dedication to Community
BOSTON, May 13, 2004 — Goodwin Procter LLP today announced that Chairman and Managing Partner Regina M. Pisa will be honored by the Colonel Daniel Marr Boys and Girls Club with the prestigious New England Women’s Leadership (NEWLA) Pioneer Award.
This award is given annually to a select group of women in positions of respect and influence who have found ways to give back to their communities. Since its inception in 1992, the NEWLA award has recognized 55 outstanding women in the fields of business, law, education, health care and human services.
In 1988, Pisa became the first woman in the United States to be named both chairman and managing partner of an American Lawyer 100 law firm. Regina’s leadership is demonstrated in many areas – in her role at Goodwin Procter, as a leading attorney in financial services merger and acquisition work, in the business community via her professional organization involvement and in the nonprofit sector with her positions on multiple boards of directors.