Background
Pitts, James Atwater was born on April 8, 1940 in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. Son of Jeremiah Patrick and Mary Louise (McGregor) Pitts.
Pitts, James Atwater was born on April 8, 1940 in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. Son of Jeremiah Patrick and Mary Louise (McGregor) Pitts.
Bachelor of Business Administration with honors, Niagara University, 1962. Master of Business Administration, University Connecticut, 1971. Student in Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1985.
Staff accountant Price Waterhouse, Stamford, Connecticut, 1962. Tax specialist Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Rochester, New York, 1965-1968. Division controller Xerox Corporation, Stamford, 1968-1976.
Assistant corporation controller Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts, 1976-1981. Vice president, corporation controller Data General Corporation, Westboro, 1981-1986. Executive vice president finance administration and strategic planning Cullinet Software, Inc., Westwood, 1986-1988.
Vice president, chief finance officer Bain & Company Inc., Boston, 1988-1991. Senior vice president finance and administration, treasurer, Chief Financial Officer Clean Harbors Inc., 1992-1996. Vice president for finance and administration The Boston Foundation, 1996—2004, chief investment officer, 2004, treasurer, 2004.
Retired, 2004
Board directors Wainright Bank & Trust Company, since 2005, member audit committee, since 2005, chairman audit committee, since 2008, member executive committee, since 2005. Board directors Macquarie Asset Mavacement Inc., since 2009, Boston Coach Inc., since 2009.
Chairman Sudbury Town Finance Committee, Massachusetts, 1984. Vice president, member executive committee Children's Museum Boston, 1984-1996. Board directors Museum Wharf Inc., 1988-1996, Lake Winniepesaukee Association, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.
Chairman Sudbury Long Range Capital Expenditures Committee, 1981. Trustee Lake Regional Conservation Trust, Meridith, New Hampshire. President Springfield Point Association, since 2000.
With United States Army, 1963-1964, United States Army Reserve, 1965-1996, Desert Storm, 1991. member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Connecticut Certified Public Accountant Society, New York Society of Certified Public Accountants, Financial Executives Institute, Harvard Business School Association Boston (board governors 1992-1996, alumni treasurer 2005-2008, audit committee), National Association Corporation Directors (board directors New England chapter since 2005, chair audit committee New England chapter, 2005-2008), Reserve Officers Association (life), Society Military Compts., Bald Peak Colony Club, Officers Club.
Married Noreen Mary Kiggins, July 20, 1963. Children: Paul, Andrew, Sarah.