MBTA Board of Directors

Thomas Glynn was previously the General Manager of the MBTA under Governor Michael Dukakis, where his priorities were customer service and employee morale. He was also CEO of Massport under Governor Deval Patrick, where his priorities were increasing international flights and increasing diversity in real estate development through the “Massport Model."

He is now an adjunct lecturer in public management at the Harvard Kennedy School. Previously, he served as Deputy Secretary of Labor in the Clinton Administration and Chief Operating Officer of Partners Healthcare (now called “Mass General Brigham | Integrated Health Care System"). Glynn has a PhD from Brandeis University and a BA from Tufts University. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.

In 2022, he was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Bostonians. He served as Co-Chair of the Public Transportation Committee for the Healey-Driscoll Transition Committee.

Monica Tibbits-Nutt was named MassDOT Secretary and CEO on November 13, 2023.

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Thomas Koch has been the Mayor of Quincy since January, 2008. He has served as Chairman of the MBTA Advisory Board since 2011.

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Robert serves as the President of the Northeast Regional Council of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART), a post he has held since May of this year, as well as serving as the Vice President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO. Previously, Butler served as the Business Manager of Sheet Metal Workers Local 17, where he was responsible for managing over 5,000 Union members and oversaw millions of dollars in investments and Union funds. Butler spent almost 20 years as a Journeyman in Local 17, giving him a strong understanding of the needs of trade employees that he uses to advocate for worker’s rights.

Eric Goodwine has worked in commercial banking for over nine years. He currently works as the Vice President Commercial Loan Officer for the Worcester Lending Center at Rockland Trust.

He previously worked with Business Capital Group at Citizens Bank, and JP Morgan Chase Bank. He is a board member of the Worcester Regional Strategic Opportunities Foundation, the Seven Hills Foundation and Quinsigamond Community College.

Goodwine will fill the board’s Public/Private Finance seat.

Tom served as Mayor of the City of Lynn from 2018 to 2022. Previously, he served as Massachusetts State Senator from the Third Essex district. He was a member of the Senate Joint Committee on Transportation starting in 2003 and served as Chair of the committee from 2011 to 2018.

Before his election to the Senate in 2002, McGee served four terms in the Massachusetts House of Representatives where he represented West Lynn and Nahant. Prior to holding office, McGee practiced law at Quinn and Morris (1990-1994) and served as an Assistant District Attorney for Essex County (1988-1990).

McGee is a life-long resident of Lynn where he lives with his wife Maria. He has 2 children, Thomas and Katherine. He is committed to improving the state's transportation system and strongly supports regional equity.

He currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees at the St Mary's School in Lynn. He is also a member of the Pickering Middle School Building Committee in Lynn

Charlie Sisitsky, sworn in as Mayor of the City of Framingham on January 1, 2022, is a seasoned and accomplished municipal executive with forty years of public administration leadership experience. A Framingham resident and homeowner since 1971, Charlie has an extensive record of public service in our community.

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In September 2023, Mary Skelton Roberts was appointed by Mayor Michelle Wu to represent the City of Boston on the MBTA Board of Directors.

Mary is currently the President of the Climate Beacon Conference and a Senior Advisor to the Climate Beacon Project, a non-profit committed to ensuring Massachusetts achieves an equitable energy transition. She serves on the Point32Health Foundation (formerly Tufts Health Plan Foundation), the Governor’s Latino Empowerment Council, Boston Girls and Boys Clubs of Boston Board of Directors, and Amplify Latinx Board of Directors.

Skelton Roberts previously served as Senior Vice President at the Energy Foundation where she oversaw the strategic implementation of a $140 million grant making budgets aimed at reducing carbon emissions throughout the United States. Prior to that, she spent over a decade as Co-director of Climate at the Barr Foundation, where she developed strategies focused on transportation, climate resilience, and land use—all critical levers for reducing emissions and protecting those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. She served on the Hispanics in Philanthropy Board of Directors and the Massachusetts Governor’s Latino Advisory Commission. 

Mary earned her B.A. from the University of Southern California, and her master’s degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She holds mediation and facilitation accreditations from Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation and from the Center for Dispute Resolution in London, England. She is a native Spanish speaker with Cuban roots. Mary lives in Jamaica Plain and regularly rides the Orange Line and Route 39 bus.

Chanda Smart is a long-time resident of Roxbury, Mass., after living in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. She studied pre-law at the University of Massachusetts and served as Executive Administrator to Lani Guinier and Yochai Benkler at the Harvard Law School. Her 20 years of corporate experience executing operational strategy and delivering results included employers such as Deloitte & Touche LLP, The Gillette Company, American Express, Andersen Consulting, and the Ritz Carlton (Atlanta, Ga.).

In 2021, Mrs. Smart co-founded The OnyxGroup Development LLC, a Boston-based black woman owned & operated brokerage for planning and development.

Mrs. Smart is serving on Boston Mayor Wu’s Rent Stabilization Advisory Board in addition to being a board member for the Children’s Advocacy Center (Boston, Mass.) and Madison Park Development Corporation (Roxbury, Mass.).