Current Service

• Chairman, Needham Board of Selectmen, member for 9 years
• Downtown Study Committee
• Needham Opportunities, Inc. Board of Directors
• Suicide Prevention Task Force
• Needham Exchange Club
• Green Needham
• Needham Historical Society
• Governor's Local Government Advisory Committee
• President, Massachusetts Selectmen's Association
• Massachusetts Municipal Association Board of Directors
• Suburban Coalition Steering Committee, served as Chair for 8 years

Previous Service

• Needham School Committee for 9 years
• Senior Property Tax Relief Committeee
• Needham Education Foundation for 6 years
• New High School Task force
• Downtown Revitalization Committee
• Town Government Restructuring Committee
• Co-chair Needham Public Schools Strategic Planning Committee
• Needham Council on Aging Accreditation Committee
• Historical Society Relocation to Newman Committee
• Newman School Renovation Health and Safety Committee
• Hillside School Health and Safety Committee
• Various coaching and assistant coaching assignments when my son was young

Professional Experience

• Management Consultant in Organizational Development and Strategic Planning
• Clients have included municipalities, schools, non-profits and small business
• Taught college courses part-time for twenty years, most recently as an Associate Professor in Management at Berklee college of Music
• Previously was a health care administrator
• MBA from Columbia University School of Business

Family

• Married for 27 years to Joan who is a business analyst with Thompson Corporation
• We have a son, Michael, 24, who graduated from Needham Public Schools and Brown University.  Mike is the Director of Development for a non-profit called The Bottom Line which helps inner city students get accepted in college and works with them to ensure graduation.