Robert Chambers, George Hardiman and David Mahoney succeed Gregory Hanley, Thomas Fitzgerald, MD, and Carolyn O’Toole, RN, whose terms as Governors expired in September.
Chambers, a Quincy resident, serves as Vice President for Strategic Engagement and Chief of Staff at the Mass. College of Art and Design in Boston. He has extensive professional experience in higher education including leadership roles at Berklee College of Music, Cambridge College and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts and is also a former Legislative Director for the Mass. House of Representatives’ Committee on Ways and Means. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Southeast Missouri State University.
Hardiman, an Easton resident, is the Chief Executive Officer of Tremont Credit Union, a cooperatively owned not-for-profit financial institution serving more than 250 select employer groups throughout Greater Boston. He is also a practicing attorney who focuses on securities as well as criminal law. He formerly served as a trial attorney in the Securities Division of the Mass. Secretary of State’s Office and, previously, as a prosecutor in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. He is a member of the Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Plymouth County and Quincy Bar Associations and received the Quincy association’s Man of the Year Award in 2019. He also served eight years as a member of the Massachusetts Judicial Nominating Commission. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts, his law degree from the University of Illiniois Chicago Law School and his Master’s degree from Boston College’s Carroll School of Management.
Mahoney, a lifelong Quincy resident, is a local attorney whose practice specializes in real estate and zoning issues. He previously served as the First Assistant Clerk Magistrate of Norfolk Superior Court. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Suffolk University and his law degree from the New England School of Law.
The 13 members of the Quincy College Board of Governors each serve up to 12-year terms, act as advocates for the institution, have certain statutory governance and oversight responsibilities and demonstrate an overall commitment to the mission and purpose of the institution.