Who is a member?
Our members are the local governments of Massachusetts and their elected and appointed leadership.
The 2016 MMA Board of Directors was installed during the association’s Annual Business Meeting on Jan. 23.
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 2016 are:
Appointed directors
MMA President: Lisa Blackmer*
Councillor, North Adams
MMA Vice President: Mel Kleckner*
Town Administrator, Brookline
MMA Executive Director: Geoff Beckwith*
(ex-officio, non-voting)
MMaA President: Mark Hawke*
Mayor, Gardner
MMaA First Vice President: Donna Holaday*
Mayor, Newburyport
MMaA Second Vice President: Martin Walsh
Mayor, Boston
MMCA President: Claire Freda*
Councillor, Leominster
MMCA First Vice President: Robert Logan*
Councillor, Waltham
MMCA Second Vice President: Monica Medeiros
Alderman, Melrose
MMMA President: Donna VanderClock*
Town Manager, Weston
MMMA First Vice President: Rocco Longo*
Town Administrator, Marshfield
MMMA Second Vice President: Adam Chapdelaine
Town Manager, Arlington
MSA President: Ellen Allen*
Selectman, Norwell
MSA First Vice President: Michelle Ciccolo*
Selectman, Lexington
MSA Second Vice President: David Dunford
Selectman, Orleans
ATFC President: Mary McBride*
Finance Committee, Billerica
ATFC Vice President: Ira Miller*
Finance Committee, Sharon
MMA Immediate Past President: David Dunford*
Selectman, Orleans
Elected directors
Jeffrey Bean, Councillor, Fitchburg
James Boudreau, Town Administrator, Lynnfield
Paul DeRensis, Selectman, Sherborn
Robert Dolan, Mayor, Melrose
Kim Driscoll, Mayor, Salem
Kevin Dumas, Mayor, Attleboro
George “Bud” Dunham, Town Manager, Sandwich
Julie Jacobson, Town Manager, Auburn
Charles Kennedy, Selectman, Wrentham
Christopher Ketchen, Town Manager, Lenox
Jim Lovejoy, Selectman, Mount Washington
William Martin, Mayor, Greenfield
Kim Roy, Selectman, Halifax
Setti Warren, Mayor, Newton
* Denotes Executive Committee member