Jim Kennedy served as CEO and president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. from January 2007 through December 2015.  He was a member of its Board of Directors and Chair of the firm's Management Committee and Management Compensation Committee. Mr. Kennedy served as director of Equities from 1997 to 2006. He also served as director of Equity Research of T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., from 1987 to 1999 and as an investment analyst from 1978 to 1987.