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Ed Augustus Exits as Housing Secretary to Lead UniBank - Boston ...
Ed Augustus will leave his Massachusetts housing secretary role after nearly three years to lead UniBank, the largest Central Massachusetts bank serving over 22,600 households.
- On Thursday, Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus announced he will step down on Friday, Feb. 27, to become CEO of UniBank.
- As the first secretary, Augustus led the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, building a staff of about 600 and implementing the MBTA Communities Act across 177 cities and towns.
- Matias, a former HUD regional administrator, brings federal and nonprofit experience managing an $8.47 billion budget and overseeing 183,370 voucher households and 59,004 public housing units, having also served as COO of MassINC.
- Deputy Secretary Jennifer Maddox will step in as interim for a month after Augustus leaves next week to replace retiring Michael Welch as UniBank CEO, serving over 22,600 households.
- With an election year approaching, Augustus is expected to start at UniBank on March 2, as the cabinet sees continued turnover, leaving just five original members remaining.
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Ed Augustus becomes eighth member of Healey’s Cabinet to depart
YET ANOTHER EXIT from Gov. Maura Healey’s cabinet is looming, with the announcement that Housing Secretary Ed Augustus plans to step down at the end of next week to take a job leading a major Central Massachusetts bank. A former Worcester city official and state senator, Augustus’s three-year tenure has been marked by a sustained effort to enforce mandatory zoning reforms in many communities as he oversaw the administration’s attempts to spur si…
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