MMA Board of Directors

The MMA Board of Directors is installed during the association’s Annual Business Meeting, held each January. The 2010 Board was installed on January 23, 2010.

The 35 voting directors are selected by the following MMA organizations:
• Massachusetts Selectmen’s Association (MSA)
• Massachusetts Mayors’ Association (MMaA)
• Massachusetts Municipal Management Association (MMMA)
• Massachusetts Municipal Councillors’ Association (MMCA)
• Massachusetts Association of Town Finance Committees (ATFC)

The most immediate MMA past president still holding local office is an ex-officio member of the board. The MMA executive director is a non-voting, ex-officio member of the board.

The MMA Board of Directors holds eight regular meetings per year in Boston, followed by a regular meeting of the Local Government Advisory Commission with the governor. The board also holds an annual retreat meeting. For information on the board’s activities, contact the executive director’s office at the MMA.

MMA Board of Directors for 2010

Appointed directors

MMA President William Scanlon* Mayor, Beverly
MMA Vice President Joshua Ostroff* Selectman, Natick

MMA Executive Director
Geoff Beckwith*
(ex-officio, non-voting)

MMaA President
Robert Dolan*
Mayor, Melrose

MMaA First Vice President
Scott Lang*
New Bedford

MMaA Second Vice President
Thomas Menino
Mayor, Boston

MMCA President
Robert Logan*
Councillor, Waltham

MMCA First Vice President
Bruce Tobey*
Councillor, Gloucester

MMCA Second Vice President
Claire Freda
Councillor, Leominster

MMMA President
James Malloy*
Town manager, Westborough

MMMA First Vice President
Leon Gaumond*
Town administrator, West Boylston

MMMA Second Vice President
Thomas Younger
Town administrator, Belmont

MSA President
Colleen Corona*
Selectman, Easton

MSA First Vice President
Paul DeRensis*
Selectman, Sherborn

MSA Second Vice President
Joshua Ostroff
Selectman, Natick

ATFC President
Pat Brusch*
Finance Committee, Belmont

ATFC Vice President
Kimberly Roy*
Finance Committee, Halifax

MMA Immediate Past President
Jeffery Nutting*
Town Administrator, Franklin

Elected directors

District 1
David Kielson, Select Board member, Chesterfield
David Nixon, town administrator, Hadley
James Ruberto, mayor, Pittsfield
William Zaskey, councillor, Chicopee

District 2
Mark Hawke, mayor, Gardner
Wayne Nickel, councillor, Leominster
Anita Schiepers, assistant town administrator, Lincoln

District 3
Patricia Grimes, councillor, Beverly
Peter Heckenbleikner, town manager, Reading
William Scanlon, mayor, Beverly
Gerald Wasserman, selectman, Needham

District 4
Douglas Gutro, councillor, Quincy
Michael McGlynn, mayor, Medford
Frederic Turkington, town administrator, Wayland
Robin Wilkins, selectman, Harwich

District 5
Fred Goodrich, selectman, Paxton
Scott Lang, mayor, New Bedford
Robert Penta, councillor, Medford
John Sanguinet, assistant to the town administrator, Wareham

Non-voting

MSA Secretary Carolyn Shores Ness, Selectman, Deerfield
MMMA Secretary/Treasurer Michael Hale, assistant town manager, Shrewsbury
MMMA at-large representatives:
Mark Purple, assistant town manager, Ashland
Selina Shaw, town administrator, Boxborough
Kevin O’Donnell, town manager, Great Barrington
Christopher Coleman, assistant town manager, Needham

* Denotes Executive Committee member

• Past Presidents of the MMA