Robert Hale, Donor

•       Rob currently serves on Copley’s investment committee and as an entrepreneur in residence assisting the development of Copley’s portfolio companies. Rob founded Granite Telecommunications in 2002 and has grown the company into one of the largest privately held telecommunications services companies in the U.S., with revenues exceeding $1.5 billion.
•       Rob is the founder and board chair of Fox Rock Capital, a single-family office based in Boston, founding owner of FoxRock Properties, a commercial real estate firm, and is co-owner of the NBA’s Boston Celtics and Boston Cannons of the Premier Lacrosse League.
•       Rob lives in the Boston area with his wife and three children. He serves on the Board of Trustees for Boston Children’s Hospital, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, the South Shore YMCA, and the Massachusetts Soldiers Legacy Fund.
•       Robert Hale Sr., Rob Jr.'s father, was a patient at Dana-Farber and died in 2008 from pancreatic cancer.
•       Rob and his family are philanthropic leaders in the Boston area. Rob’s mother, Judy Hale, is a Dana-Farber Trustee. In November 2023, the Hale Family were awarded the Sidney Farber Medical Research Award in recognition of the Hale Family’s outstanding contributions and service to the Insititute for many decades.