Mike Festa

Mike Festa is state director of AARP Massachusetts, based in Boston, which serves 800,000 members age 50+ in the commonwealth.

He has had a longstanding law practice in his hometown of Melrose. He is the former President of the Carroll Center for the Blind, located in Newton, Massachusetts. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Suffolk University, Graduate School of Public Management. Festa formerly served as the Secretary of Elder Affairs for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. His resignation as Secretary of Elder Affairs was announced by the Governor's Office on January 31, 2009. He was formerly the state representative for Melrose, Massachusetts and parts of Wakefield, Massachusetts. Festa ran for Middlesex County District Attorney in 2007 but dropped out of the race.

Early career

He attended Melrose High School, 1972; Tufts University, B.A. 1976; Suffolk University Law School, J.D. 1979

From 1979 to 1981 he held office as the assistant district attorney, Middlesex County. Festa has also been an attorney in private practice since 1981.

Elected office

Other activities:

Personal life

Festa is married to Sandra Festa (since 1980), with two children: Michael, age 29, a computer engineer at IonSense, Saugus, Massachusetts, who graduated from George Washington University in 2006, and Danielle, age 27, a painter, graphic artist and web-designer, who graduated from UMASS Amherst.

External links

AARP Names Mike Festa As Massachusetts State Director