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BOSTON
- Thursday, December 3, 2020 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced new
leadership at several key City of Boston departments, including the Mayor's
Offices of Women's Advancement, Intergovernmental Relations, Neighborhood
Services, and the Inspectional Services Department.
"Each
of these individuals are dedicated public servants that have gone above and
beyond to serve their city, especially during difficult times like these,"
said Mayor Walsh. "The work of all City departments is crucial to our
overall mission of serving the residents of Boston in the best way we can.
I am incredibly proud and excited to welcome Alex, Katilin, Eddie and
Jessica into their new roles and look forward to what we can accomplish
together."
Mayor
Walsh tapped Alexandra Valdez to serve as executive director of the Mayor's Office
of Women's Advancement, following Tania Del Rio's transition to the
nonprofit sector. The Office of Women's Advancement creates specific
programming and opportunities that support economic equity, safety, and
empowerment, and representation. Some of the office's most recent work
includes: research on paid parental leave and childcare affordability; a
multi-pronged approach to closing the gender pay gaps; reducing the demand
for commercial sexual exploitation; and creating specific programming for
women entrepreneurs.
Valdez
is currently serving as director of engagement for the City's Economic
Mobility Lab, a team of social entrepreneurs centrally located in the
Mayor's Office of Policy that researches and tests ideas with the potential
to dramatically increase upward economic mobility for low- and
moderate-income Bostonians. Prior to that role, Valdez served as Mayor
Walsh's neighborhood liaison for Jamaica Plain and the Latino community in
the Office of Neighborhood Services since 2016. She holds a bachelor's
degree from Fitchburg State University and is finalizing a master's degree
from Suffolk University. She was born in the Dominican Republic and
lives in Egleston Square.
Alexandra Valdez
Kaitlin
Passafaro has been named director of the office of Intergovernmental
Relations (IGR), which coordinates interactions between municipal,
state and federal governments, assists City departments with advocacy and
prospecting for public and private grants, and determines the Mayor's
legislative agenda. Passafaro most recently served as director of policy in
the Mayor's Office of Economic Development, advancing the goals of reducing
barriers relative to conducting business in Boston and promoting the
economic upward mobility of all Bostonians.
Passafaro
first joined the City of Boston in 2010 serving as a correspondence and
advance assistant in the Office of the Mayor before becoming the Mayor's
liaison to the Boston City Council. She then became deputy director of
State Relations in 2013 and director of State Relations in 2016. A lifelong
resident of Dorchester, she is a graduate of Boston Latin School and holds
a bachelor's degree from Boston College and a master's degree from Suffolk
University.
Kaitlin Passafaro
Current
chief of staff for the Civic Engagement Cabinet, Edward M. McGuire III,
will assume the role of director of the Office of
Neighborhood Services (ONS). McGuire will serve under the
leadership of Aisha
Miller as the Chief of Civic Engagement and alongside Faisa
Shariff as the Deputy Director of ONS. McGuire started working at
City Hall in 2014 as a project manager at the then Boston Redevelopment
Authority before transitioning to the Civic Engagement Cabinet in 2016.
McGuire holds a bachelor's degree from the Catholic University of America.
He's a lifelong resident of South Boston.
In
addition to McGuire and Shariff, ONS is composed of 18 public servants who
serve as liaisons between Mayor Walsh and the City's neighborhoods and
communities. The staff attends community meetings, assists residents with
city services, shares important information directly with neighborhoods,
and helps the City respond to emergencies.
Edward M. McGuire III
Following
Aisha Miller's transition from ISD to
the Civic Engagement Cabinet, Jessica Thomas, the Mayor's current liaison
to Roxbury will assume the role of Assistant Commissioner of Constituent
Services at ISD, which aims to improve the quality of life for all
residents by protecting the health, safety, and environmental stability of
Boston's business and residential communities.
Thomas
was born and raised in Boston, attended John D. O'Bryant School of
Mathematics and Science in Roxbury, and holds a Construction Management
degree from Wentworth Institute of Technology and a Real Estate Paralegal
Certificate from the University of Miami. Prior to working for the City of
Boston, she worked in consumer banking and real estate for 15 years. Thomas
lives in Roxbury.
Jessica Thomas
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