Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced he has made 39 appointments to 12 City of Boston and Massachusetts boards and commissions in the first quarter of 2015. The appointees bring diverse expertise and backgrounds to their positions. The Mayor has appointing authority to more than 60 boards and commissions, which advise on policy and the administration of funding and services across a number of areas.
“We rely on boards and commissions to review policy and guide decision making on initiatives that move the City of Boston forward,” said Mayor Walsh. “I have the utmost confidence in all of these appointees, and want to thank them for their service.”
Appointments from January 1, 2015 – March 31, 2015:
Animal Control Commission: Agnes Chang, Brighton; Alexandra Lopez-Cuadra, Brighton; Carrie Marie Marsh, Roxbury; Chayla White, South End; Gino Provenzano, South Boston; Jean Weber, Roslindale; Jennifer Evans, South End; Kit Lilly, Cambridge; Maryann Regan, Kingston; Ryan Hawkins, Dorchester; Skott Wade, Dorchester; Laura Gretch, Back Bay; Felix Arroyo, Jamaica Plain
Boston Cultural Council, Daniel McCole, South Boston; Matt McArthur, Roxbury
Boston School Committee, Miren Uriarte, Jamaica Plain
Boston Water and Sewer, Michael Woodall, West Roxbury
City of Boston Scholarship Fund Committee, Craig Galvin, Dorchester
Commission for Persons with Disabilities Advisory Board, Moses Mallard, Allston
Community Ombudsman Oversight Panel, Larry Mayes, Hyde Park; The Honorable Regina Quinlan, Charlestown
Living Wage Advisory Committee, Darlene Lombos, Jamaica Plain; Father James A. Flavin Jr., South Boston; Katherine Belgard, Dorchester
Massachusetts Port Authority Community Advisory Committee, Darryl Pomicter, Beacon Hill; David Manning, South Boston; Erica Mattison, Dorchester; Karen Buttiglieri, East Boston; Mary Berninger, East Boston; Maura Zlody, Fenway
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Austin Blackmon, West End
Neighborhood Jobs Trust, Councilor Mark Ciommo, Brighton
Residency Policy Commission, Anise Vance, Jamaica Plain; Denise Williams-Harris, Dorchester; Eileen Boyle, Dorchester; Councilor Michael Flaherty, South Boston; Councilor Tito Jackson, Roxbury; Molly Maloney, Beacon Hill; Vivian Leonard, Hyde Park.
In February 2015 Mayor Walsh announced that Boston would begin taking applications from the general public for open seats on Boards and Commissions, to give everyone in Boston an opportunity to serve, or at least, inquire to serve the City in this capacity. Those in search of more information will be able to find vacancies at http://www.cityofboston.gov/boardsandcommissions/. Most of these are volunteer positions, and most require monthly meetings.
