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About MMA Staff Geoff Beckwith bio
Geoff Beckwith is the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Municipal Association. In this post, Beckwith is the MMA’s CEO as well as the President/CEO of the Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association (MIIA), the MMA’s municipal insurance program.
Prior to assuming his position as Executive Director of the MMA in February 1992, Beckwith held a number of posts: Director of Work Environment, Environment, and Technology Policy at UMassLowell (1991-1992); Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1985-1991), where he served as Vice Chair of the Government Regulations Committee, and as a member of the Committees on Taxation, Natural Resources & Agriculture, and Housing & Urban Development; Campaign Manager of the Campaign for Massachusetts’ Future (1990); Lecturer in Political Science at Emmanuel College (1990); Assistant to the Massachusetts Commissioner of Commerce and Development (1983-1984); Administrative Assistant to the Reading Board of Selectmen (1982-1983); and Legislative Assistant in the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1979-1982).
Beckwith served a three-year term as a member of the Advisory Council of the National League of Cities. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the NLC, having been elected to a two-year term for 1996 and 1997, was Vice Chair of the State Municipal League Directors Steering Committee, and is a past Board Member and Chair of NLC-RISC, the NLC-sponsored consortium of municipal insurance programs in over 30 states.
Beckwith is a magna cum laude graduate of Boston College, and a former Visiting Scholar at the Harvard School of Public Health. He lives in Reading with his wife, Drucilla Wood-Beckwith, and their children, Calley and Sam.
About MMA Staff Geoff Beckwith bio
Geoff Beckwith bio
Geoff Beckwith is the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Municipal Association. In this post, Beckwith is the MMA’s CEO as well as the President/CEO of the Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association (MIIA), the MMA’s municipal insurance program.
Prior to assuming his position as Executive Director of the MMA in February 1992, Beckwith held a number of posts: Director of Work Environment, Environment, and Technology Policy at UMassLowell (1991-1992); Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1985-1991), where he served as Vice Chair of the Government Regulations Committee, and as a member of the Committees on Taxation, Natural Resources & Agriculture, and Housing & Urban Development; Campaign Manager of the Campaign for Massachusetts’ Future (1990); Lecturer in Political Science at Emmanuel College (1990); Assistant to the Massachusetts Commissioner of Commerce and Development (1983-1984); Administrative Assistant to the Reading Board of Selectmen (1982-1983); and Legislative Assistant in the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1979-1982).
Beckwith served a three-year term as a member of the Advisory Council of the National League of Cities. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the NLC, having been elected to a two-year term for 1996 and 1997, was Vice Chair of the State Municipal League Directors Steering Committee, and is a past Board Member and Chair of NLC-RISC, the NLC-sponsored consortium of municipal insurance programs in over 30 states.
Beckwith is a magna cum laude graduate of Boston College, and a former Visiting Scholar at the Harvard School of Public Health. He lives in Reading with his wife, Drucilla Wood-Beckwith, and their children, Calley and Sam.
