波士頓新市長公佈六人事任命

波士頓新市長馬丁華殊（Martin J. Walsh）第一天正式上班，一口氣宣佈六項人事任命，其中有四人是他的競選功臣。

繼五日宣布幕僚長高丹尼（Daniel Arrigg Koh），六日宣佈人民服務及健康長小阿若約（Felix G. Arroyo）之後，馬丁華殊昨（七）日再宣布，他的交接團隊共同主席，Ash Media 的創辦人 Joyce Linehan 將出任政策長（chief of policy）。

其他的人事任命包括Joseph Rull 任營運長，麻州眾議員Eugene O'Flaherty 擔任企業法律顧問，原任波士頓房屋局幕僚長，越南裔的Trinh Nguyen出任就業及社區服務辦公室（Jobs and Community Service）代理主任，Aljandra St. Guillen 出任新波士頓人辦公室代理主任，Keith Williams出任地方及小企業辦公室代理主任。

這些新人事任命將從二月三日起生效，其中的代理職位為期約六個月，再做調整。

提及新波士頓人辦公室時，馬丁華殊表示，該辦公室應可更充分利用市府的各項資源來為新移民提供服務。該辦公室現任主任為陳清音。拉丁裔，現為非牟利機構Oiste?行政主任的Aljandra St. Guillen獲指派為該辦公室代理主任，意味著華裔社區在波士頓市政府內失去一名高層主管。

談及波士頓重建局時，馬丁華殊表示，波士頓重建局比較複雜一些，他必須和該局的董事會商量，預計下週會指派一名代理主任。就業及社區服務辦公室這棣屬於波士頓重建局下的一個單位，也將待波士頓重建局的整頓明朗後，再確認Trinh Nguyen是否扶正。

            馬丁華殊表示，昨日第一天上班，他和一些部門首長晤談，處理重新指派，簽署文件等事務，以期波士頓市政府能一如平常的順利運作。

            在回應出席記者的詢問時，馬丁華殊坦白表示，昨日的六項人事任命中，有四人曾在他的競選陣營工作，但強調這些人各自在獲指派的職務領域中，有豐富經驗。

            波士頓環球報昨日指出，馬丁華殊告訴該報，市長辦公室若有任何整修，裝飾，他將個人掏腰包付費，包括給他自己買一個記事簿，幾樣書桌用品。或許他會調整辦公桌的位置，但不會裝新窗簾，新地毯。如果會裝新地毯的話，會是馬丁華殊開支票付款。

            波士頓環球報指出，馬丁華殊昨日是由一名女司機載他上班。這在歷屆波士頓市長中還是首例。

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            波士頓市長馬丁華殊（中）昨日宣佈六項人事任命。左起為Trinh Nguyen，Aljandra St. Guillen，Joyce Linehan。右一為麻州眾議員Eugene O'Flaherty 。（菊子攝）

Mayor Walsh Announces Several Key Staff Appointments

Mayor Martin J. Walsh today appointed several key staff members as the Administration begins work on the priorities outlined by Mayor Walsh in his inaugural address. Joyce Linehan will serve as Chief of Policy, Joseph Rull will serve as Chief of Operations, and Eugene O’Flaherty will serve as the City’s Corporation Counsel. Mayor Walsh has also appointed Trinh Nguyen Interim Director of Jobs and Community Service; Alejandra St. Guillen Interim Director of the Office of New Bostonians; and Keith Williams Interim Director of the Office for Small & Local Business Enterprise.

“This is a team of talented, dedicated people who are committed to public service and to Boston,” said Mayor Walsh. “Each individual brings practical experience and fresh, innovative ideas to this Administration, and I know we are all eager to get started.”

Joyce Linehan, Chief of Policy

Joyce Linehan served as Policy Director on Mayor Walsh’s mayoral campaign and as a co-chair on his Transition Team. Linehan is Chair of the Boston Ward 17 Democratic Committee, and has held leadership roles in the grassroots campaigns of Senator Elizabeth Warren, Governor Deval Patrick and Congressman Mike Capuano, as well as the campaign for Equal Marriage in the Commonwealth. Linehan is also the director of Ashmont Media, a public relations company that serves Boston arts organizations, including ArtsEmerson, Boston Book Festival, the Institute of Contemporary Art and others. She is the founder of the Dorchester Arts Collaborative and serves on the board of Interim House, a residential substance abuse treatment center.

Linehan holds a B.A. and an M.A. in American Studies from the University of Massachusetts Boston. Linehan is a lifelong resident of Dorchester.

Joseph Rull, Chief of Operations

In his role as Chief of Operations, Joseph Rull will work closely with Mayor Walsh in overseeing personnel and labor functions, intergovernmental relations, and neighborhood services. 

Rull worked as a senior advisor on Mayor Walsh’s election campaign and in his transition. Prior to joining Mayor Walsh’s team, Rull served the Commonwealth in the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance and in the Executive Office of Labor and Workplace Development. From 2008-2010, Rull was a special adviser in the office of Mayor Thomas M. Menino. He served as a community representative for Massport from 2006 to 2008 and from 2002-2006 served as a neighborhood liaison to South Boston in the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services. 

Eugene L. O’Flaherty, Corporation Counsel

State Representative Eugene L. O’Flaherty, Democrat of Chelsea, represents the Second Suffolk Representative District of Massachusetts, consisting of Charlestown and most of the City of Chelsea. Currently in his ninth term in the House of Representatives, Representative O’Flaherty serves as the House Chairman of the Joint Committee on The Judiciary.  He has held this Chairmanship under three different Speakers of the House and has been a staunch advocate for the legal community since he was first appointed in 2002.

Representative O’Flaherty received a Bachelor of Science degree from Suffolk University.  He was awarded a Juris Doctorate from the Massachusetts School of Law and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar and the Federal bar in 1994. In addition to his legislative duties, Representative O’Flaherty is a practicing lawyer and is a Partner in the law firm of O’Donovan, Dwyer & O’Flaherty, P.C.

Trinh T. Nguyen, Interim Director, Office of Jobs and Community Service

The Office of Jobs and Community Service works to promote economic self-sufficiency to ensure the full participation of all Boston residents in the city’s economic vitality and future. In her role as interim director, Trin Nguyen will oversee the office’s work to advocate for lifelong learning, job training and placement, and support services to empower Bostonians to fulfill their educational and employment aspirations.

Nguyen most recently served as Chief of Staff at the Boston Housing Authority, where she is responsible for overseeing an annual $350 million budget structure and developing operational programs to achieve the BHA’s philosophy, mission, and annual strategic goals and objectives towards its housing programs. From 2007-2010, Nguyen previously served as Vice President of Development for the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts. Previous roles also include Director of Development & Public Relations at the Boston Women’s Fund and Resource Development Manager in the Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians.

Keith Williams, Interim Director, Office of Small & Local Business Enterprise

In his role as Interim Director of the Office of Small & Local Business Enterprise, Keith Williams will be responsible for promoting small and local participation in the City of Boston, connecting small and local business owners to City resources, and fulfilling the Boston Residents Jobs Policy.

Williams currently serves as Associate Director of the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services, where he is responsible for supervising a staff of 20 neighborhood coordinators, and oversees the office’s participation in all regulatory meetings and hearings. He is well versed in a variety of complex, neighborhood-specific issues, City emergency response. Prior to joining the Mayor’s office in 2001, Williams spent two years in the Office of Neighborhood Development and three years in the Boston City Council. Williams was born and raised in Boston’s Dorchester/Roxbury communities. 

Alejandra St.Guillen, Interim Director, Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians

The Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians seeks to strengthen the ability of diverse cultural and linguistic communities to play an active role in the economic, civic, social and cultural life in the City of Boston. As interim director, Alejandra St. Guillen will oversee the office’s work to provide opportunity, access and equality for immigrants, and highlight the contributions and essential role immigrants have played and continue to play in making Boston the world class city that it is. 

Alejandra St. Guillen currently serves as the Executive Director of Oiste, the Latino civic and political organization. As Executive Director, St. Guillen has collaborated with elected officials in the development and promotion of public policy initiatives that have directly impacted the Latino community in Massachusetts, including education reform, economic justice policy, and electoral reform. St. Guillen has been honored by a number of organizations for her work in the Latino community, including El Planeta, Somos Latinos, and the Hispanic Heritage Foundation. St. Guillen holds a B.A. in Economics and African-American Studies from Wesleyan University and a M.Ed. from the City College of New York.