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Deval Patrick was reelected to a second term as Governor of the Commonwealth of in November 2010, renewing his commitment to expanding opportunity and prosperity in Massachusetts. Governor Patrick’s life has charted a path from the South Side of to the U.S. Justice Department, Fortune 500 boardrooms, and now the Massachusetts State House. In each of these capacities, Governor Patrick has been guided by the advice of his grandmother: hope for the best and work for it

Match Community Day School First elected in 2006 on a platform of hope and change, Governor Patrick entered office propelled by an unprecedented grassroots campaign. Despite a challenging economic environment, the Patrick administration maintained or expanded the state’s investment in critical growth sectors while delivering timely budgets and cutting state spending. Governor Patrick funded public education at the highest levels in the history of the Commonwealth and its school reform initiatives earned Massachusetts the top spot in the national Race to the Top competition. And through targeted initiatives that play to the Commonwealth’s unique strengths, like his landmark 10-year, $1 billion program to promote the state’s life sciences industry, the Governor has positioned the state as a global leader in biotech, bio pharmaceuticals and IT, and as a national leader in clean energy, including making Massachusetts home to the country’s first offshore wind farm.

Governor Patrick committed the state to renewing its aging and neglected infrastructure and oversaw the expansion of affordable health care insurance to over 98% of Massachusetts residents. The Patrick administration also accomplished major reforms that had eluded decades of other elected leadership, reforming the state’s pension systems, ethics laws, and transportation bureaucracy.

Patrick came to Massachusetts in 1970 at the age of 14. A motivated student despite the difficult circumstances of poor and sometimes violent Chicago schools, he was awarded a scholarship to through A Better Chance, a -based organization. From that time forward, it has been Massachusetts people, schools, and institutions that have given Governor Patrick the opportunity to excel. He sees his service as governor as pay-back for the opportunities the Commonwealth has given him.

Governor Patrick is a graduate of , the first in his family to attend college, and of . After clerking for a federal judge, he led a successful career in the private sector as an attorney and business executive, rising to senior executive positions at and Coca-Cola. In 1994, President Clinton appointed Patrick as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, the nation's top civil rights post.

Diane and Deval Patrick have been married for more than twenty-five years and have two adult daughters. Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray

Timothy P. Murray was reelected in 2010 to a second term as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. Working closely with Governor Deval Patrick, Tim works tirelessly to promote the entire Commonwealth, create jobs, improve public education, and making state government more responsive to every citizen.

As Lieutenant Governor, Tim works with Governor Patrick to push for progress on the important issues facing our Commonwealth. Tim leads the administration's initiatives to expand and improve commuter rail and freight service; to transform housing programs to achieve the Commonwealth's goal of ending homelessness; and to enhance services for veterans. He also works closely on policies addressing municipalities, substance abuse prevention, and sexual and domestic violence prevention as well as improving the state's maritime ports and infrastructure as chair of the Seaport Advisory Council, and leading a STEM education initiative as chair of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Advisory Council.

In total Tim chairs ten councils and is the co-chair of one other that oversees various public programs and investments. They include: Governor's Advisory Council on Veterans' Service; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Advisory Council (STEM); Interagency Council on Housing and Homelessness; Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse Prevention; Regionalization Advisory Commission; Interagency Council on Substance Abuse and Prevention; Seaport Advisory Council; Governor's Council (Co-Chair).

Prior to his election as Lieutenant Governor, Tim served three terms as mayor of Worcester, the Commonwealth's second largest city. Under his leadership, Worcester experienced unprecedented economic progress including $1 billion of new economic development projects to support Worcester's ongoing evolution from an older industrial city to a leader in the life sciences, higher education, financial services, advanced manufacturing and other 21st century industries.

As mayor, Tim served as chair of the Worcester School Committee, and fostered community partnerships to lower drop-out rates, launched school-based health initiatives and expanded after-school programs to support working families. Over time, with Tim's leadership, the city's public school system greatly improved, leading Worcester to become a national leader in urban education.

Tim was first elected to public office in 1997, winning a seat on the Worcester City Council. He was elected mayor of Worcester in 2001. Prior to serving in public office, Tim was active for many years in a wide range of community initiatives. He served on the boards of the Worcester Public Library, Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester Community Action Council, the Worcester Working Coalition for Latino Students and Preservation Worcester.

Tim is a member of the National Lieutenant Governor's Association (NLGA) and in 2012 will assume the position of Chairman.

Greg Bialecki Secretary of Housing and Economic Development

Greg Bialecki has served as the Secretary of Housing and Economic Development since his appointment in 2009. As the Governor’s chief advisor, he oversees 14 agencies and focuses on the Governor’s top priorities in business development, housing & community development, consumer affairs, and business regulations agencies.

As the Governor’s chief economic development and housing advisor and cabinet member, Secretary Bialecki is responsible for helping achieve the Governor’s top priorities, including strengthening and accelerating our economic recovery by supporting job creation in every region of the state.

Throughout the Governor’s second term, Secretary Bialecki’s agenda will focus on supporting and expanding the Commonwealth’s nation-leading innovation economy; helping small businesses grow by improving their access to capital and advice and by addressing their rising health care costs; and providing the housing opportunities that help build thriving, sustainable communities.

Before joining the Patrick-Murray Administration, Secretary Bialecki enjoyed a twenty-year career as a real estate development and environmental lawyer at the law firms of Hill & Barlow and DLA Piper Rudnick, where his work focused on the major urban redevelopment projects in the Greater Boston area.