Jim McGovern learned well from his mentor, the late congressman, Joe Moakley. Like the one-time powerful Democrat from South Boston, McGovern exercises power and influence quietly, but with tenacity. And he brings home the bacon of federal funding while advocating for social justice and fundamental human rights both here and abroad.
Currently serving his ninth term, McGovern is the second-ranking Democrat on the powerful House Rules Committee. He has used his considerable Capitol Hill clout to secure millions of dollars in federal grants and assistance for his district, helping fund projects in economic development, mass transit and airport-navigation, as well as small-business assistance, public safety and affordable housing.
McGovern has also authored important legislation to increase Pell Grant funding for college students, provide funds to preserve open space in urban and suburban communities, and give tax credits to employers who pay the salaries of workers who are called up to active duty in the National Guard and Reserves.
He’s been a regular at the table when important regional business and political issues are being sorted out. And, despite his liberal views, he has earned the respect of business leaders through his tireless work on a variety of economic development issues. When Massachusetts had to lose a House seat last year due to reapportionment, those who redrew the district lines thought enough of McGovern to give him a reasonably safe path to reelection by giving him the liberal bastions of Northampton and Amherst.
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Clifford J. Schorer III: Board of Directors, Worcester Art Museum
Joseph Salois: CEO, Atlas Distributing Inc., Auburn
John Prosser: Chairman, Seven Hills Foundation, Worcester
James Paulhus: President and CEO, UniBank for Savings, Whitinsville
Michael O’Brien: City Manager, City of Worcester (Until Jan. 5, 2014)
Tim Murray: President and CEO, Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce
Charles Monahan: President, MCPHS University, Worcester
David ‘Duddie’ Massad: Chairman, Commerce Bank & Trust, Worcester
William Manley: Founder and CEO, Calare Properties, Hudson
Gordon Lankton: Founder, Museum of Russian Icons and Gallery of African Art, Clinton
Warner Fletcher: Partner, Fletcher Tilton, Worcester
Gerald Fels: Trustee Emeritus, Nichols College, Dudley
Robert Antonucci: President, Fitchburg State University
Michael Angelini: Chairman, Bowditch & Dewey, Worcester
Clifford J. Schorer III: Board of Directors, Worcester Art Museum
John Prosser: Chairman, Seven Hills Foundation, Worcester
James Paulhus: President and CEO, UniBank for Savings, Whitinsville
Charles Monahan: President, MCPHS University, Worcester
David ‘Duddie’ Massad: Chairman, Commerce Bank & Trust, Worcester
Gordon Lankton: Founder, Museum of Russian Icons and Gallery of African Art, Clinton
Gerald Fels: Trustee Emeritus, Nichols College, Dudley
Fred Eppinger: President and CEO, The Hanover Insurance Group
Christopher Egan: President, Carruth Capital, Westborough
Dr. Eric Dickson: CEO, UMass Memorial Health Care Inc., Worcester
Anthony Consigli: President, Consigli Construction Inc., Milford
Dr. Michael Collins: Chancellor, UMass Medical School, Worcester
J. Christopher Collins: Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Unum Group, Worcester
Gail Carberry: President, Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester
