Adam Portnoy, Pioneer InstituteAdam Portnoy is President and CEO of The RMR Group (Nasdaq: RMR), which is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.  RMR is an alternative asset management company that that was founded in 1986 to invest in commercial real estate and related operating businesses.  RMR currently has $32 billion of assets under management, including more than 2,100 commercial properties located throughout North America and the companies managed by RMR collectively have nearly 45,000 employees in locations throughout the United States, including approximately 850 employees located in Massachusetts, as of September 30, 2020.  In addition to serving on the boards of several publicly traded and privately owned companies managed by RMR, Mr. Portnoy is currently the honorary consul general of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mr. Portnoy earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy from Occidental College in 1993. Mr. Portnoy has spent most of his life living in Massachusetts and he and his wife Elika currently live in Boston with their two children.