Meet Brendan

About Brendan

• At-Large City Councilor
• Assistant Town Administrator/Finance Director, Town of Boxford
• Four years in Mass. State budget office
• Suffolk University – MPA, Gordon College – BA
• Beverly Kiwanis Club President
• Mass. Municipal Association Board of Directors
• Economic and Community Development Council member

Firsthand Experience

First elected in 2021, Brendan has been serving Beverly as one of its three At-Large City Councilors since then During his time on the Council, Brendan has prioritized constituent communication, provided timely constituent services, and prioritized government accountability Brendan’s track record of constituent service is backed up by his voting record, having led the push to  double property tax exemptions for qualifying veterans and seniors approved by the City Council in 2024. Brendan is passionate about serving Beverly’s community. He’s the  President of Beverly’s Kiwanis club, which supports the children of Beverly, and also represents local businesses as the City Council’s liaison to the Economic and Community Development Council.

Brendan knows what it takes to run a city from firsthand experience. He works as the Assistant Town Administrator in Boxford, where he is a senior town leader in charge of creating the Town’s multi-million-dollar annual operating budget and five-year capital improvement plan. Brendan works closely with the town’s unions and vendors, recently having re-negotiated Boxford’s trash contract with a local carrier – providing over $2 million in savings to the town without any interruptions to service. Brendan also spent several years in the State’s budget office managing a $500 million COVID-19 grant program dedicated to local cities and towns. He’s excited to combine his passion for service here in Beverly with his career of professional experience managing cities and towns. 

Deep Roots in The North Shore

Born in Beverly, Brendan is a North Shore native who graduated from Ipswich High School and then earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Gordon College with dual majors in Political Science and Business Administration. Brendan started his career in Reading, Massachusetts, where he worked for the Town Manager. There he saw firsthand the positive impact that good government at the local level can have on residents and the important role that the essential services of local government play in their day-to-day lives. Committed to local service, Brendan completed his Master’s in Public Administration from Suffolk University while working full-time in state government.

Prepared to Lead

During the Baker Administration, Brendan worked at the state level in the State’s budget office. He began his tenure as a budget analyst, working to craft the education, economic development, and housing portions of the Commonwealth’s multi-billion-dollar annual operating budget, as well as its five-year capital improvement plan. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he was given the opportunity to serve in an emergency division dedicated to COVID-19 response and recovery efforts. Brendan led the division’s work with the Commonwealth’s 351 cities and towns, administering multi-million-dollar streams of federal COVID-19 relief funding which ensured that local officials had the resources that they needed to successfully implement COVID-19 response and recovery initiatives.

In 2022, Brendan returned to municipal government full-time and currently serves as the Town of Boxford’s Assistant Town Administrator/Finance Director. There, Brendan is responsible for developing the Town’s more than $40-million annual operating budget and multi-million-dollar five-year capital improvement plan. He also manages the Town’s accounting, treasury, and assessing departments. As a member of the Town’s senior management team, he participates in negotiations with all of the Town’s unions. He has conducted a number of high-profile procurements, such as the negotiation of a new trash and recycling curbside collection contract, which saved Boxford residents millions of dollars.

A Passion for Community Service