Metropolitan Beaches Commission

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The Metropolitan Beaches Commission (MBC) was created in 2006 by the Massachusetts Legislature to take an in-depth look at the Boston metropolitan region's 15 public beaches in Nahant, Lynn, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy, and Hull which are managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).

The MBC is comprised of elected officials and community leaders from Boston and the metropolitan region's waterfront neighborhoods and beachfront communities. Its work is facilitated by Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, which has served as lead consultant to the Commission since its inception.

The MBC is charged with making findings and recommendations to the Legislature and DCR on ways to improve the metropolitan region's public beaches. Senator Brendan Crighton of Lynn and Representative Adrian Madaro of East Boston are the MBC’s Co-Chairs.

Metropolitan Beaches Commissioners joined by community members at a 2021 public hearing

2024 Metropolitan Beaches Commissioners

Senator Brendan Crighton
Co-Chair
Third Essex

Representative Adrian Madaro 
Co-Chair
First Suffolk

Senator Lydia Edwards
Senate Vice Chair
First Suffolk and Middlesex

Representative Joan Meschino
House Vice Chair
Third Plymouth

Christopher Byner
Community Vice Chair
Boston Police Activities League

Antonio Barletta
Nahant Town Administrator

Ghizlane Benzerdjeb
Revere Resident

Representative David Biele
Fourth Suffolk

Barbara Bishop
Winthrop Resident

Professor Bob Chen, PhD
UMass Boston, School for the Environment

Representative Tackey Chan
Second Norfolk

Representative Jessica Giannino
Sixteenth Suffolk

Susan Hamilton
Department of Conservation & Recreation

Representative Daniel Hunt
Thirteenth Suffolk

Senator John Keenan 
Norfolk and Plymouth

Daniel Kenary
Harpoon Brewery

Christian Krahforst
Climate Adaptation & Conservation, Town of Hull

Keith Mahoney
The Boston Foundation

Chris Marchi
East Boston Resident

Nicole McClain
Northshore Juneteenth Association

Senator Patrick O'Connor
Plymouth and Norfolk

Kerin O’Toole
City of Quincy

Mercy Robinson
South Boston En Acción

Robert Tucker
Friends of Lynn and Nahant Beach

Representative  Donald Wong
Ninth Essex