Marc C. McGovern | |
|---|---|
 McGovern in 2018 | |
| Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| In office January 2013 –January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | E. Denise Simmons |
| Succeeded by | Sumbul Siddiqui |
| Member of the Cambridge City Council | |
| Assumed office January 2014 | |
Marc C. McGovern is a Cambridge (Massachusetts) City Council member and was the 78th mayor from 2018 until 2020. [1] [2] [3]
McGovern grew up in Central Square,Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. [4] He earned a BA from UMass Boston and a LCSW degree from the Simmons Graduate School of Social Work. Before his life in politics,He was a full-time social worker,and he continues to work part-time as a counselor at Farr Academy. [5]
In 2003,he began his political career on the Cambridge School Committee. After serving four terms on the Committee,he was elected to the Cambridge City Council in 2013. [2] [6] He was named mayor by the Cambridge City Council and sworn in on January 1,2018,succeeding E. Denise Simmons. [4] In January 2020,he announced that he would not seek re-election as mayor and endorsed fellow councilmember Sumbul Siddiqui as his successor. [2] Siddiqui was sworn in as mayor on January 6,2020. [7] In 2024,McGovern was selected as vice mayor,under mayor E. Denise Simmons. [8]
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