Metropolitan Beaches Commission
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
Margaret Laforest
City of Quincy
Mercy Robinson
South Boston En Acción
Robert Tucker
Friends of Lynn and Nahant Beach
Representative Donald Wong
Ninth Essex