Find the Board of Directors Meeting Calendar and Documents HERE.
MWRA is governed by an 11-member Board of Directors who are appointed by the Governor or directly or indirectly by elected officials in MWRA customer communities.
Statutory Make-up of the Board
The make-up of the MWRA Board of Directors was established in the MWRA Enabling Act, (Chapter 372 of the Acts of 1984), and amended in August, 2010 (link to PDF here).
Gubernatorial Appointees Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Resident of the Merrimack River Basin Resident of Connecticut River Basin |
Rebecca Tepper, Chair Brian Peña Jennifer L. Wolowicz |
Appointed by the Mayor of the City of Quincy | John J. Walsh |
Appointed by the Council President of the Town of Winthrop | Paul E. Flanagan |
Three representatives of Boston, appointed by the Mayor. Terms: Co-terminus with Mayor | Henry F. Vitale Patrick J. Walsh Brian Swett |
Three representatives appointed by the MWRA Advisory Board | Joseph C. Foti Andrew M. Pappastergion Louis M. Taverna, P.E. |
Biographies

Rebecca Tepper, Chair
Appointed January 2023

Andrew M. Pappastergion, Vice Chair
Appointed June 1997

Brian Peña, Secretary
Appointed June 2015

Brian Swett
Appointed May 2024

Henry F. Vitale
Appointed January 2013

Jennifer L. Wolowicz
Appointed March 2013

John J. Walsh
Appointed June 2009

Joseph C. Foti
Appointed April 2001

Louis M. Taverna, P.E.
Appointed April 2023

Patrick J. Walsh
Appointed April 2021

Paul E. Flanagan
Appointed September 2012
Excerpted from the Enabling Act, Chapter 372, Acts of 1984:
"Each member of the board of directors shall serve until his successor is appointed and qualified and each appointed member of the board of directors shall be eligible for reappointment. Each member of the board of directors appointed to fill a vacancy on the board shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the vacant position."
"Six members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of six members shall be necessary and shall suffice for any action taken by the board of directors." ... "No vacancy in the membership of the board of directors shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise the powers of the board of directors. The members of the board of directors shall serve without compensation but each member shall be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of his duties."