J.B. Kittredge, retired, was from 2005-2018 General Counsel for Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, an asset management firm that provides investment advice to institutional clients. Previously he was a partner at Ropes & Gray, where he practiced from 1979 through 2005. Other board memberships include the ACLU of Massachusetts, where he is President, and The Center for Reproductive Rights, where he is treasurer.  He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School where he was a member of the Harvard Law Review.