Regina M. Pisa, chairman and managing partner of Goodwin Procter LLP, a
national Am Law 50 law firm, has been selected by The Action Center for
Educational Services and Scholarships as a winner of the organization's
inaugural "First One" award for the private sector. The ACCESS First One
campaign highlights the transformative power of higher education to propel
individuals and families out of poverty and toward lives of opportunity and
choice. The First One Awards honor established leaders in Boston who are
first generation college graduates. For more information, visit www.accessedu.org.
"Our selection committee was inspired by Regina's story and accomplishments,
and I know that Regina's example will also inspire others to follow in her
footsteps," said Tom Birmingham, senior counsel, Edwards Angell Palmer &
Dodge LLP, who served as Chair of the awards committee.
ACCESS works to ensure that all young people in Massachusetts have the
financial information and resources necessary to find an affordable path to -
and through - a postsecondary education. To accomplish this, the organization
provides free financial aid advice and advocacy to all the students of Boston
and Springfield. ACCESS has helped students secure more than $150 million
in financial aid in the last three years alone and has awarded more than $5
million in need-based last dollar scholarships since its founding, with a 75
percent college graduation rate for the students it serves.
In addition to her work as chairman and managing partner of the 850-attorney
law firm, Pisa’s law practice focuses primarily on mergers, acquisitions and
restructurings in the financial services industry, representing both banks and
investment companies. In 2010, she was inducted into the Greater Boston Chamber
of Commerce’s Academy of Distinguished Bostonians.
Pisa is a graduate of Harvard University (Radcliffe College), University of
Oxford and Georgetown University Law Center. She serves on boards for
institutions including Jobs for Massachusetts, Inc.; the Greater Boston Chamber
of Commerce; Simmons College; Massachusetts Women's Forum; Boys & Girls
Clubs of America; and the Mass Mentoring Partnership.