Public Officials
Michael Dukakis
Former Governor of Massachusetts (D), Chair, NSRL Working Group
Bill Weld
Former Governor of Massachusetts (R)
Edward Markey
US Senator, (D) Massachusetts
Mike Capuano
US Representative, MA 7th Congressional District (D)
Katherine Clark
US Representative, MA 5th Congressional District (D)
Jim McGovern
US Representative, MA 2nd Congressional District (D)
Seth Moulton
US Representative, MA 6th Congressional District (D)
Richard Neal
US Representative, MA 1st Congressional District (D)
Niki Tsongas
US Representative, MA 3rd Congressional District (D)
Bruce Tarr
MA State Senator, Minority Leader (R) Gloucester
Mike Barrett
MA State Senator, (D) Lexington
Martha Fuller Clark
NH State Senator, (D) Portsmouth
Cindy Creem
MA State Senator, (D) Newton
Sal DiDomenico
MA State Senator, (D) Everett
Eileen Donoghue
MA State Senator, (D) Lowell
Jamie Eldridge
MA State Senator, (D) Acton
Cindy Friedman
MA State Senator, (D) Arlington
Pat Jehlen
MA State Senator, (D) Somerville
Patrick O'Connor
MA State Senator, (R) Weymouth
Marc Pacheco
MA State Senator, (D) Taunton
Eric Lesser
MA State Senator, (D) Longmeadow
Jason Lewis
MA State Senator, (D) Winchester
Joan Lovely
MA State Senator, (D) Salem
Tom McGee
MA State Senator, (D) Lynn; Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Transportation
Robert DeLeo
Speaker, MA House of Representatives, (D) Winthrop
Christine Barber
MA State Representative, (D) Somerville
John Businger
Former MA State Representative, Founder, NSRL Legislative Caucus, Vice Chair, NSRL Working Group
Antonio Cabral
MA State Representative, (D) New Bedford, House Chair, Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures…
Nick Collins
MA State Representative, (D) Boston
Mike Connolly
MA State Representative, (D) Cambridge
Brian Dempsey
Former MA State Representative, (D) Haverhill, Chair, House Ways and Mean
Sean Garballey
MA State Representative, (D) Arlington
Carmine Gentile
MA State Representative, (D) Sudbury
Jonathan Hecht
MA State Representative, (D) Watertown
Jay Kaufman
MA State Representative, (D) Lexington, Chair, Joint Committee on Revenue
Jack Lewis
MA State Representative, (D) Framingham
Jay Livingstone
MA State Representative, (D) Boston
Paul Mark
MA State Representative, (D) Peru
Joan Meschino
MA State Representative, (D) Hull
Harold "Hank" Naughton
MA State Representative, (D) Clinton
Jerry Parisella
MA State Representative, (D) Beverly
Denise Provost
MA State Representative, (D) Somerville
Jeffrey Roy
MA State Representative, (D) Franklin
Byron Rushing
MA State Representative, (D) Boston
Frank Smizik
MA State Representative, (D) Brookline; Chair, House Committee on Global Warming
Todd Smola
MA State Representative, (R) Hampden
Ted Speliotis
MA State Representative, (D) Danvers
Paul Tucker
MA State Representative, (D) Salem
Steve Ultrino
MA State Representative, (D) Malden
Chris Walsh
MA State Representative, (D) Framingham
Thomas Walsh
MA State Representative, (D) Peabody
Eileen Duff
Governor's Councilor
Parwez Wahid
MA Democratic State Committee
Thomas Ambrosino
City Manager of Chelsea, MA
Brian Arrigo
Mayor of Revere, MA
Keith Bergman
Town Administrator of Littleton, MA
Ted Bettencourt
Mayor of Peabody, MA
Stephanie Muccini Burke
Mayor of Medford, MA
Karen Cadieux
Mayor of Easthampton, MA
Michael Cahill
Mayor of Beverly, MA
Joe Curtatone
Mayor of Somerville, MA
Stephen DiNatale
Mayor of Fitchburg, MA
Carlo DeMaria
Mayor of Everett, MA
Robert Dolan
Mayor of Melrose, MA
Kim Driscoll
Mayor of Salem, MA
Kevin Dumas
Mayor of Attleboro, MA
James Fiorentini
Mayor of Haverhill, MA
Scott Galvin
Mayor of Woburn, MA
Bob Hedlund
Mayor of Weymouth, MA
Donna Holaday
Mayor of Newburyport, MA
Thomas Hoye
Mayor of Taunton, MA
Tom Koch
Mayor of Quincy, MA
Edward Kennedy
Mayor of Lowell, MA
Judith Flanagan Kennedy
Mayor of Lynn, MA
Kevin Murphy
City Manager of Lowell, MA
Alex Morse
Mayor of Holyoke, MA
Joe Petty
Mayor of Worcester, MA
Dan Rivera
Mayor of Lawrence, MA
Dominic Sarno
Mayor of Springfield, MA
Denise Simmons
Mayor of Cambridge, MA
Joseph Sullivan
Mayor of Braintree, MA
Sefatia Romeo Theken
Mayor of Gloucester, MA
Setti Warren
Mayor of Newton, MA
Richard Haggerty
City Council President of Woburn, MA
Michelle Wu
Boston City Council President
Frank Baker
Boston City Councilor
Andrea Campbell
Boston City Councilor
Mark Ciommo
Boston City Councilor
Annissa Essaibi-George
Boston City Councilor
Michael Flaherty
Boston City Councilor
Tito Jackson
Boston City Councilor
Sal LaMattina
Boston City Councilor
Timothy McCarthy
Boston City Councilor
Matt O'Malley
Boston City Councilor
Ayanna Pressley
Boston City Councilor
Josh Zakim
Boston City Councilor
Timothy Toomey
Cambridge City Council and Former MA State Representative (D), Cambridge
Franny Osman
Board of Selectmen Member of Acton, MA
Candy Mero Carlson
Worcester City Councilor
Jim DiTullio
Counsel & Chief Policy Advisor, MA Senate President Stanley Rosenberg
Louis Elisa
Former Executive Secretary/Director, Port Development to the Seaport Advisory Council
Clay Schofield
Former Deputy Director of Planning MBTA, Former NSRL Project Manager
Andrea Burns
Director, Age Friendly Boston
Cathy Douglas Stone
Former Chief of Environmental Services, City of Boston
Walter Bonin
Chair, Marlborough Mayor's Transportation Committee
Business
Lynn Ahlgren
Consultant
Robert Beal
Senior Officer & Former President, Related Beal
David Begelfer
CEO, NAIOP (Commercial Real Estate Development Organization) MA
Brad Bellows
Architect; Member, Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC)
Robert Bradford
President, North Shore Chamber of Commerce
Joe Caiazzo
Principal, Knox Cannon Strategies LLC
Brendan Carroll
Director of Intelligence, Perry Brokerage Associates
Ralph Coluntino
Volunteer
Robert Coughlin
President & CEO, Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio)
Don Cox
Co-Founder & CEO, Cape Cod Military Support Foundation Inc.
Robert Culver
Managing Director, Sasaki
Frank DeMasi
Former President, Association for Public Transportation (APT)
John DeVillars
Managing Principal, BlueWave Capital
John Fish
Chairman & CEO, Suffolk Construction Company
Norm Gorin
President & CEO, Screening for Mental Health; Former Chair, NSRL Steering Committee
Brian Gregory
Designer, Gamble Associates
Sam Liao National
Director, Transit and Rail WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff
Herb Lipson
Chair, Metrocorp Publishing
Edward Mueller
Principal, Mueller Coggins Group
Tom O'Brien
Founding Partner & Managing Director, The HYM Investment Group, LLC
Thomas Palmer
Principal, Tom Palmer Communications
Tracie Rankin
Public Relations Consultant at Rankinfile
Cranston Rogers
Engineer
Tod Salmonson
Senior Community Manager, Avalon North Station
David Sarlitto
Executive Director, Ocean State Job Lot
Jim Stone
Founder/Chairman/CEO, Plymouth Rock Group of Companies
Karen Cord Taylor
Journalist & Writer; Former Newspaper Publisher, The Beacon Hill Times
Michael Vaughan
Founder & President, Nauset Strategies
Peter Zuk
London Underground Limited (LU), Chief Programmes Officer and Board Member
Labor
Lou Antonellis
Business Manager, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 103
Daniel Cadogan
Local Chairman/Legislative Rep., Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE)
Frank Calabro
Business Manager, Tunnel Workers Local 88
Frank Callahan
President, Massachusetts Building Trades Council, AFL-CIO
John Dumas
Dem. State Committee; Former Business Manager, IBEW Local 103
Paul Feeney
Legislative Director, IBEW Local 2222
Tony Pini
Legislative & Political Director, Massachusetts Laborers District Council
Chris Roy
Assistant Legislative Representative, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE)
Steven Tolman
President, Massachusetts AFL-CIO
Academic & Non-Profit
Joe Aiello
National Association of Railroad Passengers Council of Representatives, MA
Steven Anderson
Director of Operations, Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
Rick Arena
Board, U.S. High Speed Rail; Former President, Association for Public Transportation (APT)
Barry Bluestone
Professor, Northeastern University
Fred Breimyer
Regional Economist, FDIC; Past President & Current Board Member, New England Economic Project
Marc Ebuna
President/Co-Founder, TransitMatters
Peter Griffin
President, NH Rail Revitalization Association
John Kyper
Transportation Chair, MA Sierra Club
Michael Lake
President & CEO, Leading Cities
Lois Levin
League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, Transportation Specialist
Rosina-Maria Lucibello
Former Executive Assistant to Governor Dukakis; NSRL Media Coordinator
Molly McKay
Transportation Chair, Sierra Club (CT)
Martin Meehan
President, University of Massachusetts
Pat Moscaritolo
President & CEO, Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau
Stephen Michon
Partner, FutureWorks LLC; Advisory Board Member, NH Rail Transit Authority
Bob O'Brien
Former Chair, NSRL Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC)
Steve Olanoff
Former Chair, Regional Transportation Advocacy Council (RTAC)
Jim Repass
President, National Corridors Initiative (NCI)
Jim Tarr
Former NSRL Administrative Assistant
Peter Ubertaccio
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences at Stonehill College
David Westerling
Professor Emeritus, School of Engineering at Merrimack College
Letters of Support
Letter of support for the North South Rail Link, signed by 175 Massachusetts legislators