2026 MMA Board of Directors installed

The 2026 MMA Board of Directors was installed during the association’s Annual Business Meeting on Jan. 24.

The voting directors are elected by the following MMA organizations: the Massachusetts Mayors’ Association, Massachusetts Municipal Councillors’ Association, Massachusetts Municipal Management Association, Massachusetts Select Board Association, and Association of Town Finance Committees.

The immediate past president of the MMA is an ex-officio member.

The board members for 2026 are:

Appointed directors

MMA President: Kassandra Gove*
Mayor, Amesbury

MMA Vice President: Kiana Baskin*
Select Board Member, Sharon

Mayors’ Association President: Joshua Garcia*
Mayor, Holyoke

Mayors’ Association First Vice President: Ted Bettencourt*
Mayor, Peabody

Mayors’ Association Second Vice President: Michelle Wu
Mayor, Boston

Councillors’ Association President: Lisa Feltner*
Councillor, Watertown

Councillors’ Association First Vice President: Michael Ossing*
Councillor, Marlborough

Councillors’ Association Second Vice President: John McLaughlin
Councillor, Waltham

Management Association President: Denise Casey*
Town Administrator, Wakefield

Management Association First Vice President: Kevin Mizikar*
Town Manager, Shrewsbury

Management Association Second Vice President: Liz Sullivan
Town Administrator, Dennis

Select Board Association President: Debra Roberts*
Select Board, Stoughton

Select Board Association First Vice President: Jennifer Glass*
Select Board, Lincoln

Select Board Association Second Vice President: Jill Hai
Select Board, Lexington

Finance Committees President: Kevin Sullivan*
Finance Committee, Hanson

Finance Committees First Vice President: James Walters*
Finance Committee, Halifax

MMA Immediate Past President and MMMA District 2 Representative: Jamie Hellen*
Town Administrator, Franklin

MMA Executive Director: Adam Chapdelaine*
(ex-officio, non-voting)

Elected directors
Colleen Bradley-McArthur, Councillor, Waltham
Peter Cusolito, Select Board Member, Leicester
Denise Dembkoski, Town Administrator, Stow
Claire Freda, Councillor, Leominster
Melissa Goff, Deputy Town Administrator, Brookline
Yolanda Greaves, Select Board Member, Ashland
Heather Harper, Assistant Town Manager, Sandwich
Christine Hoyt, Select Board Member, Adams
Carole Julius, Select Board Member, East Bridgewater
Afroz Khan, Councillor, Newburyport
Andrea Llamas, Town Administrator, Northfield
Breanna Lungo-Koehn, Mayor, Medford
Mike McCabe, Mayor, Westfield
Shaunna O’Connell, Mayor, Taunton
Ryan Pereria, Councillor, New Bedford
Israel Rivera, Councillor, Holyoke
Sam Squailia, Mayor, Fitchburg

* Denotes Executive Committee member