Kathleen C. Henry

Kathy is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Eastern Bankshares, Inc. and Eastern Bank (together, Eastern) and Eastern’s Chief Human Resources Officer. She oversees the various legal affairs of Eastern, including corporate governance, in-house legal advice, litigation risk, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including SEC compliance; she also leads the team responsible for talent acquisition, training and development, employee relations, and compensation and benefits.  She serves on Eastern’s executive management committee, is part of the executive team driving Eastern’s strategic efforts on enhanced diversity, equity and inclusion and was part of the leadership team that led the company through its highly successful IPO in 2019.  Prior to joining Eastern, Kathy served as the General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel at Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation; and before that was a litigator at Choate, Hall & Stewart, where she also served as the firm’s hiring and pro bono partner.  Kathy currently serves on the Boston Bar Foundation (BBF) Board of Trustees, Executive Committee and Grants Committee.  She has co-chaired the BBF Adams Ball and the Annual Meeting.  She is a member of the Boston Bar Association (BBA) and has served on or chaired various of its committees.  Kathy is an alumna of the BBA’s Public Interest Leadership Program. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Political Asylum/ Immigration Representation Project; serves on the Advisory Committee for the Women in the Law Conference of Northeastern University Law School and was recently nominated by Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey to serve as Vice Chair of the Massachusetts Judicial Nominating Committee.  Kathy is a graduate of Boston University (B.A. Journalism) and Northeastern University School of Law.  She is a ten-time Boston Marathoner and ran in honor of Martin Richard as part of Team MR8 in 2015. 

Register for the April 4 event and hear Kathy speak at the Regis College campus.