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."