Chapdelaine named to NLC Board of Directors

MMA Executive Director and CEO Adam Chapdelaine has been appointed to the National League of Cities Board of Directors, the NLC announced on Nov. 22.

Chapdelaine is one of four state municipal league executive directors appointed to serve two-year terms on the board.

His appointment took effect during the NLC’s 2025 City Summit, which was held Nov. 20-22 in Salt Lake City. The NLC also elected its new president, Kevin Kramer, a member of the Louisville Metro Council in Kentucky.

Chapdelaine has been leading the MMA since September 2023, and served as the MMA president in 2021. He has an extensive background in municipal management and public service, including 12 years as town manager in Arlington and two years in various roles in the city of Fall River.

He has also served as deputy director of the Boston Blue Ribbon Commission, taught courses on public policy and finance at UMass Boston and at Boston University’s Metropolitan College, worked as a youth council director in a New Bedford-based organization, and served as a legislative aide at the State House.

He has a bachelor’s degree in political science from UMass Dartmouth and a master’s degree in business administration from Suffolk University.