Allan S. Bufferd

Overview

Mr. Bufferd retired in June 2006 after a thirty-four year career at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, most recently as Treasurer and the Founding President of the MIT Investment Management Company. During his tenure, Mr. Bufferd participated in the management of MIT's investment portfolio. Mr. Bufferd serves as a director of Massbank Corp., a NASDAQ listed company. Mr. Bufferd serves as a Trustee of the Whiting Foundation and a Trustee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He is also an investment advisor to the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, the Grayce B. Kerr Foundation, and an investment advisor to the National University of Singapore. In addition, he is the Chairman of the Harvard Cooperative Society and of the Controlled Risk Insurance Company/Risk Management Foundation (CRICO/RMF); and a Director of the Harvard Cooperative Society, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, CRICO/RMF, Adveq (Switzerland), Explorations, Inc. M Funds, and Morgan Stanley Prime Property Fund. Mr. Bufferd holds three MIT degrees in materials engineering: the S.B., S.M. and Sc.D., as well as a J.D. from Suffolk University.