Who is a member?
Our members are the local governments of Massachusetts and their elected and appointed leadership.
The 2017 MMA Board of Directors was installed during the association’s Annual Business Meeting on Jan. 21.
The voting directors are selected by the following MMA organizations: the Massachusetts Mayors’ Association (MMaA), the Massachusetts Municipal Councillors’ Association (MMCA), the Massachusetts Municipal Management Association (MMMA), the Massachusetts Selectmen’s Association (MSA), and the Massachusetts Association of Town Finance Committees (ATFC).
The immediate past president of the MMA is an ex-officio member.
The board members for 2017 are:
Appointed directors
MMA President: Mel Kleckner*
Town Administrator, Brookline
MMA Vice President: Robert Dolan*
Mayor, Melrose
MMA Executive Director: Geoff Beckwith*
(ex-officio, non-voting)
MMaA President: Donna Holaday*
Mayor, Newburyport
MMaA First Vice President: Kevin Dumas*
Mayor, Attleboro
MMaA Second Vice President: Martin Walsh
Mayor, Boston
MMCA President: Monica Medeiros*
Alderman, Melrose
MMCA First Vice President: Robert Logan*
Councillor, Waltham
MMMA President: Rocco Longo*
Town Administrator, Marshfield
MMMA First Vice President: Adam Chapdelaine*
Town Manager, Arlington
MMMA Second Vice President: James Boudreau
Town Administrator, Lynnfield
MSA President: Jim Lovejoy*
Selectman, Mount Washington
MSA First Vice President: Michelle Ciccolo*
Selectman, Lexington
MSA Second Vice President: Ellen Allen
Selectman, Norwell
ATFC President: Ira Miller*
Finance Committee, Sharon
ATFC Vice President: Mary McBride*
Finance Committee, Billerica
MMA Immediate Past President and MMCA Second Vice President: Lisa Blackmer*
Councillor, North Adams
Elected directors
Cecilia Calabrese, Councillor, Agawam
Paul DeRensis, Selectman, Sherborn
Kim Driscoll, Mayor, Salem
George “Bud” Dunham, Town Manager, Sandwich
Claire Freda, Councillor, Leominster
Arthur Goldstein, Councillor, Randolph
Mark Hawke, Mayor, Gardner
Julie Jacobson, Town Manager, Auburn
Charles Kennedy, Selectman, Wrentham
Christopher Ketchen, Town Manager, Lenox
Mary Krumsiek, Selectman, Millbury
Anne Manning-Martin, Councillor, Peabody
William Martin, Mayor, Greenfield
Jon Mitchell, Mayor, New Bedford
John O’Rourke, Selectman, Conway
Alan Slavin, Selectman, Wareham
Kristi Williams, Assistant Town Manager, Westborough
Mike Zwirko, Alderman, Melrose
* Denotes Executive Committee member