General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> March 2, 1998
Grace Keeney Fey is an Executive Vice President and Director of
Frontier Capital Management Company, a $4 billion investment
management firm located in Boston, Massachusetts. She began her
career at Alliance Capital Management in 1970, working as an
Assistant to two Senior Oil Analysts. After leaving Alliance, she
worked as an Analyst and writer for Babson United, publisher of
the United Business Review. In 1978 she joined Keystone
Investment Management Corporation as a Portfolio Manager, working
with both institutional and individual clients. From 1980 through
1988, Ms. Fey helped build two small, independent investment
management firms in the Boston area. Her activities included
portfolio management, equity and fixed income analysis, and
marketing. In 1988 she joined Frontier Capital to spearhead the
firm's efforts in the wealthy individual and endowment and
foundation areas. She currently manages this division for
Frontier. Ms. Fey is a chartered Financial Analyst and she is a
member of the Association for Investment Management and Research
(AIMR) and the Boston Security Analysts Society. She is a member
of the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA), and
a member of the Social Investment Forum. Ms. Fey has been
featured in BusinessWeek, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal,
Forbes, The Wall Street Transcript, Financial Planning on Wall
Street, and she is a frequent guest on CNBC and CNN/FN. She
currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the
University of Massachusetts, and serves on the Investment
Committee of the University of Massachusetts Foundation. She is
the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Zoo New England
(Franklin Park and Stone Zoos). She is an Overseer of the
Huntington Theatre, having Chaired the Development Committee for
several years and currently chairs the Investment Committee, and
is Director of The Commonwealth Institute and an Overseer of the
Boston Center for Adult Education and a Director of the Eric
Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. Her public Board experience
includes Tucker Anthony where she served on the Finance
Committee, and Bioject Medical Technologies, where she serves on
the Audit Committee. Profile
of the firm itself?
Ms. Fey: Sure. Frontier Capital Management is a $3.3 billion
investment management firm, and we
