Matt O'Malley

Matt O'Malley
O'Malley in 2019
President of the Boston City Council
Acting
In office
March 22, 2021 – November 16, 2021
Preceded byKim Janey
Succeeded byKim Janey
Member of the Boston City Council
from the 6th district
In office
November 16, 2010 – January 3, 2022
Preceded byJohn M. Tobin Jr.
Succeeded byKendra Lara
Personal details
Born (1979-09-20) September 20, 1979 (age 45)
Roslindale, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseKathryn Niforos
RelationsJen O'Malley Dillon (second cousin)
ResidenceWest Roxbury, Boston
Alma materGeorge Washington University (BA)
ProfessionBoston City Councilor
CommitteesFormer Chair of the Committee on Government Operations; Current Chair of the Committee on Environment & Sustainability
Website

Matthew Joseph O'Malley is an American politician and businessman who served six terms a member of the Boston City Council. He was elected as the District 6 representative in a special election on November 16, 2010, and was re-elected in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017. His district included the neighborhoods of West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain, parts of Roslindale and Roxbury, and the Back of the Hill. As the most senior member of the council, O'Malley succeeded Kim Janey as acting council president after Janey became acting mayor of Boston in March 2021. In late 2021, he became the chief sustainability officer of Vicinity Energy, a U.S. district energy subsidiary of Antin Infrastructure Partners.