Rice, Heard & Bigelow, Inc. | Our Management Team

Robert G. Bannish

Bob Bannish is the president of Rice, Heard & Bigelow and has been a shareholder and director of the firm since January 2001. Prior to joining RHB, Bob spent his entire legal career at the Boston law firm of Hutchins & Wheeler. He was a partner in that firm and chairman of its trusts & estates practice. He brought to RHB his expertise in estate planning and administration, trust management, the settlement...

Gregory Gullickson

Greg Gullickson joined Rice, Heard & Bigelow in 1986, following his graduation from the London School of Economics with a Master of Science degree in Economics in 1985 and employment at Fidelity Management & Research. Greg received his Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1990, and is a member of the CFA Institute and the Boston Security Analysts Society. He became a shareholder and director...

Zachary Bourque

Zach Bourque joined Rice, Heard & Bigelow in 2001, and in 2010 he became a shareholder and director of the firm. He was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2004 and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Boston. Zach received his Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude from Middlebury College where majored in Economics.
Zach is a member of the firm's Investment Strategy Committee...

Kevin T. McQuaid

Kevin McQuaid joined Rice, Heard & Bigelow in August of 2010, and in 2011 he became a shareholder and director. He also became the firm’s tax manager at that time. Prior to joining RHB, Kevin was the tax manager for the law firm of Nixon Peabody LLP, and its predecessor, Hutchins & Wheeler, and served as the Tax Systems Manager for Nixon Peabody Fiduciary Services. Kevin has more than 35 years of...

Sarah M. Allen

Sarah Allen became a shareholder and Director of Rice, Heard & Bigelow, Inc. in 2014. Prior to joining the firm, she was a partner in the Boston law firm of Pabian & Russell, LLC. At Pabian & Russell, Sarah served as co-manager of the firm’s trust and estates department. Her legal practice was concentrated in the areas of estate planning, trust and estate administration and probate litigation. Sarah...

Adam C. Rutledge

Adam Rutledge is a shareholder and Director of Rice, Heard & Bigelow, which he joined in 2010. Adam holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Boston. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Wake Forest University in North Carolina, earned a master’s degree summa cum laude at Yale University under Professor Harold Bloom,...

Gregory J. Murphy

Greg Murphy became a shareholder and director of Rice, Heard & Bigelow in 2022, after joining the firm in September of 2021. Greg is an attorney and CPA who uses his background and skills to advise the firm's clients in their tax matters. Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner in the Boston law firm of Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford, LLP, where he focused his practice on estate planning,...