Mayor Walsh Announces Formation of Ethics Committee
Mayor Walsh Keeps Promise; Working to increase Ethical Standards in the City of Boston
BOSTON – Mayor
Martin J. Walsh announced today the formation of an Ethics Committee,
which will be tasked with reviewing any relevant changes to the City’s
Ethics Policy, implementing a new Statement of Financial Interest for
all City employees, creating continuing education programs around ethics
issues, and analyzing existing practices and procedures.
"The
City of Boston is fortunate to have an experienced and talented,
diverse group of individuals to review and make recommendations about
our ethics policies," said Mayor Walsh. "They will work diligently to
reassess our internal policies and procedures. All through the campaign,
we talked about establishing an even stronger culture of ethical
behavior and transparency in City government. The citizens of Boston and
those who interact with our government should be absolutely confident
that their government is working for them, at the highest ethical
standards."
The Mayor has appointed the following individuals to the Ethics Committee:
Eugene L. O’Flaherty,
Corporation Counsel for the City of Boston, will Chair the Committee.
Prior to joining the City of Boston, Attorney O’Flaherty served in the
Massachusetts House of Representatives for seventeen years. He has been
practicing law for 20 years.
O’Flaherty served for 12 years
as Chair of the Judiciary Committee for the Massachusetts Legislature.
During his 12-year tenure at the helm of the Judiciary Committee,
O’Flaherty was responsible for the drafting, implementation, review and
strategy associated with the largest number of legislative proposals
before the Massachusetts Legislature. He was the chief architect of the
overhaul of impaired driving statutes, court reorganization legislation,
stronger sex offender statutes, tougher penalties for violent habitual
offenders, and CORI reform and human trafficking, while also repeatedly
defeating attempts to reinstate the death penalty in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
Elissa Flynn-Poppey is
a partner with Mintz Levin and Chair of the firm’s Government Law
Practice Group. Prior to joining Mintz Levin, Flynn-Poppey served as
Deputy Legal Counsel to the Governor of Massachusetts and was the
Executive Director of the Judicial Nominating Commission.
Flynn-Poppey
previously worked for Congressman J. Joseph Moakley and was clerk to
Judge Joseph Nolan of the Supreme Judicial Court. Flynn-Poppey has
lectured and written extensively on ethics, campaign finance, public
records law, lobbying, and open meeting law. She has also served as a
Special Assistant Attorney General representing and defending various
government entities.
Peter Sturges is a member of the Massachusetts Contributory Retirement Appeal Board and is the Chair of Common Cause Massachusetts.
Sturges
has been practicing law in the private and public sectors for over 35
years. His public service includes 10 years as General Counsel to the
Office of Campaign & Political Finance and seven years as Executive
Director of the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission. He also served as
legal counsel to the Department of Mental Health, Department of
Education and the Office for Children.
Chancellor J. Keith Motley
is the eighth chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston. He
oversees strategic planning initiatives to enhance the university’s
academic offerings and research enterprise, grow enrollment to meet the
increasing demand for a well-educated workforce, and build involvement
in community service. Prior to appointment as chancellor, Dr. Motley
served as vice president for business, marketing, and public affairs at
the University of Massachusetts’ President’s Office, and has served in
many other leadership capacities in his more than 20 years in higher
education.
Dr. Motley is a founder of the Roxbury Preparatory Charter School and chair emeritus
of the school’s Board of Trustees. He is also founder and education
chair of Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts, Inc., and the Paul
Robeson Institute for Positive Self-Development, an academic and social
enrichment program for school-aged children of color. Dr. Motley serves
on numerous boards of community organizations with local, regional, and
national reach, including Carney Hospital, Freedom House, the Boston
World Partnership, the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, the Boston
Sports Museum, the United Way of Massachusetts Bay, the Commonwealth
Corporation, and the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.
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