Grace Lee

 In her role as EVP & MA Regional President at M&T Bank, Grace ensures collaboration across all lines of business, and directs community banking activities that advance the bank’s localized focus to provide more value for customers, businesses and communities across the region. Previously, Lee led government banking for People’s United in Massachusetts since 2014. 

Prior to joining People’s United, Lee was special counsel and vice chair of the Public Finance Group for law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC. Previously, she served as general counsel and first deputy treasurer of the State of Massachusetts Office of the State Treasurer and Receiver General, where she oversaw the operations of the Treasury and its various divisions. Lee’s public sector experience includes her work as a civil rights attorney for the United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, and as chief of the civil rights division for the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office. 

Committed to the community, Lee also currently serves as a board member of the Roxbury Community College Foundation, Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence, New England Council, New England Legal Foundation, and Women in Public Finance. She is also an executive member of the Massachusetts Business Roundtable. 

Lee received a Bachelor of Arts from California State University of Northridge, CA, and a Juris Doctor from New England Law in Boston, MA.