Outstanding Alumni - 2011
Michael Roberge
Bemidji State University Graduate 1990
Since graduating from Bemidji State in 1990 with degrees in accounting and business administration, Michael Roberge has quickly risen through the ranks of the financial investing world. Today, he manages a global firm with assets worth more than $200 billion. He joined Moody's Investor Services in 1991 as a municipal bond analyst, holding that position for four years. He moved to Boston in 1995 to join Colonial Management Associates as a senior bond analyst and portfolio manager. A year later, he joined MFS as an analyst and has been with the company ever since. He started as a manager of fixed income portfolios and quickly rose through the company, becoming its U.S. chief investment officer in 2006. In 2010, he was named president and global investment officer and currently oversees a team that manages assets from more than 50 countries.
Roberge currently serves as the President of the Boston Security Analysts Society and is on the board of Horizons for Homeless Children, which serves children in family shelters across Massachusetts. He also participates in Boston-based non-profit organizations, City Year and Jumpstart.
Roberge, who earned an MBA from Hofstra University after leaving BSU, lives in Wayland, MA, with his wife Tracy. They have two daughters, Hannah and Emily.