Who is a member?
Our members are the local governments of Massachusetts and their elected and appointed leadership.
Retired town manager James Malloy, right, is joining retired manager Keith Bergman in the Senior Advisor Program in Massachusetts.
Retired town manager James Malloy is now available as a senior advisor to other managers and administrators through a partnership between the Massachusetts Municipal Management Association and the International City/County Management Association.
Malloy joins retired manager Keith Bergman in the Senior Advisor Program in Massachusetts, which launched in 2020.
The advisors offer confidential advice and support to professional town and city managers, administrators and their assistants, as they encounter challenges in their careers.
Malloy retired as town manager in Lexington last September after six years there. He previously served for eight years as a town manager in Westborough and for 14 years as town administrator in Sturbridge, among other roles. In 2020, he became the first town manager from Massachusetts to serve as ICMA president.
Bergman has been involved in the Senior Advisor Program since its inception. He retired in 2018 after almost four decades of municipal service, which included 11 years as the town administrator in Littleton, and 17 years as the town manager in Provincetown.
Retired managers Robin Crosbie and Rick Reed previously served as senior advisors.
The ICMA’s Senior Advisor Program, launched in 1974 as the Range Rider Program, allows members to benefit from the knowledge and experience of retired managers. More than 100 senior advisors serve in the program, providing coverage for about 90% of ICMA’s membership.
The program is open to all Massachusetts professional town and city managers and administrators and their assistants, regardless of their membership in the ICMA or the MMA, as well as to department directors who are ICMA members. The senior advisors are volunteers selected from retired ICMA members in good standing, and who have a breadth of experience in municipal government.
Senior advisors can help managers with issues including relations with elected officials, general management questions, relations with the ICMA, local issues such as proposed council-manager plans, and career development. Senior advisors can also help communities interested in creating a professional local government management position, including adoption of a council-manager form of government.
For more information or to participate in the program, contact Bergman at [email protected] or 774-353-8706, or Malloy at [email protected] or 774-230-5986.