Treasurer's Biography
Bruce L. Poliquin
Mr. Poliquin is a third generation Waterville native. He completed high school as a scholarship student at Phillips Academy, Andover. Bruce then worked his way through Harvard University, also as a financial aid student, studying economics and graduating in 1976.
Mr. Poliquin has been a private sector business owner and manager during the past 35 years. He started his career in the financial services industry in 1976 at the Harris Trust and Savings Bank in Chicago, working in the employee benefits area. Two years later, he joined Evaluation Associates, Inc. in Westport, CT, a nationally recognized pension fund consulting firm. In 1981, Mr. Poliquin became a principal of Avatar Investors Associates Corporation in New York, an independent investment management firm. When Bruce left Avatar Associates in 1996, the company managed nearly $5 billion of pension, endowment, and foundation assets.
Mr. Poliquin lives in Georgetown, Maine with his son, Sam, now a college student in the Boston area. His parents live in Oakland, just outside their hometown of Waterville.
