Today, Governor Maura Healey announced that she has appointed Charles (Charlie) Sisitsky, the Mayor of Framingham, to the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). The seat that was formed by the budget for Fiscal Year 2024 that was signed off on by Governor Healey will be filled by Mayor Sisitsky. This seat is designated to be filled by a municipal official representing a city or town that is located within the MBTA service region. Since January 2022, Mayor Sisitsky has been in charge of Framingham, and he brings with him more than four decades of expertise in senior positions within public administration.
“We are excited about the perspective that Mayor Sisitsky will bring to the MBTA Board of Directors,” said Governor Healey. “Mayor Sisitsky has been a strong leader in his community for decades, and we are grateful for his service.” “I was proud to sign a budget that created this seat as well as a designated seat for the city of Boston in order to better ensure that the communities that are served by the MBTA have a seat at the table. ” We are certain that the team we have put in place, which includes Acting Transportation Secretary Tibbits-Nutt and General Manager Eng, will produce an MBTA that is more dependable, safe, and accessible for everyone.
According to Lieutenant Governor Driscoll, “The MBTA Board of Directors is composed of leaders in a variety of industries that believe in our mission of ensuring safe, reliable, and accessible public transportation for Massachusetts.” We look forward to seeing Mayor Sisitsky’s leadership at the MBTA as he is a respected member of the community he serves.
“It is an honour to be appointed to the MBTA Board of Directors by Governor Healey,” Mayor Sisitsky stated after receiving the appointment from Governor Healey. “I know what it’s like to live in a community that relies on the MBTA, and I hope to use that perspective to better support the future of public transportation in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.” I am looking forward to working on improving the accessibility and dependability of the MBTA with the other members of the Board and the Healey-Driscoll Administration.
Thomas P. Glynn, Thomas M. McGee, and Eric L. Goodwine were named to the MBTA Board of Directors by Governor Healey in April. Glynn was selected to serve as Chair of the Board. Additional board members include Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch, Acting Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt, Chanda Smart, Robert Butler, and Mary Skelton Roberts, who was just appointed by Mayor Wu.
About the Mayor, Charles Sisitsky Charles Sisitsky
A veteran and experienced municipal executive, Charlie Sisitsky will take the oath of office as Mayor of the City of Framingham on January 1, 2022. Sisitsky has over four decades of experience serving in senior roles within public administration. Charlie has a significant record of public service in our town and has lived in Framingham since 1971 when he purchased his first house here.
Charlie served as a member of the Town Meeting from Precinct Two while he was also active in the Potter Road PTO, as a youth basketball coach, on the Town’s Finance Committee, and while he was raising his four children, all of whom graduated from public schools in the Framingham area. Charlie served as an elected member of the Framingham Board of Selectmen from 1998 until 2018. During that time, he presided over the board for multiple terms and was also the head of the Utility Abatement Committee and the Traffic and Roadway Safety Committee. During his time on these committees, he helped establish the town-wide policy for traffic calming and contributed to its writing. Charlie was elected to serve on the City Council of Framingham, representing District One, after the city of Framingham adopted its City Charter. He also held the position of Chairman of the Planning and Zoning subcommittee of the City Council.
WPI awarded Mayor Sisitsky a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, while the University of Rhode Island conferred a Master of Science degree in Community Planning and Area Development onto him. After finishing his education, he went on to become the youngest City Planner in the state of Massachusetts and worked for ten years as the Planning Director for the city of Medford. After that, he became the Planning Director for the Town of Natick, where he later also became the Director of Public Works for the Town. He remained in that capacity for more than twenty years. During his time as mayor of Natick, he oversaw a number of significant projects, including the revitalization of the town’s downtown, the design and construction of “Flutie Pass,” which is a connector road between Natick and Framingham’s major shopping areas and helps alleviate traffic on Route 9, and the introduction of an innovative town-wide curbside recycling programme. All of these projects were completed during his tenure.
