Welcome to Mass Highway Association

Mass Highway Association now boasts membership of more than 750 – accepting new members

President 2025 – 2026

MHA President – Roby Whitehouse

Happy New Year MHA membership!

Between staffing shortages, Mother Nature dropping a bit more weather on most communities desired, so far 2026 has been an experience.

Hope you enjoyed the MHA Winter Meeting, on February 5, 2026, where you experienced a packed and diverse agenda, led by C. N. Woods, Katherine Boshar, who kept the event on schedule.

Thanks to the speakers State Procurement Officer, Mark Fine, Assistant Secretary, for the Commonwealth of MA, Operations Services Division; Patricia Leavenworth, District 2 Highway Director, MA DOT; Colby Cousens, CIO and Angelica Medina, Business Manager, Danvers; Moderator: Chris Cronin APEX, Panel: Michael Hale Gloucester, John Borghesi North Andover, Kevin Cafferty Scituate, Sean Divoll Worcester

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MHA Workshop: From Hired to Higher: Public Works Recruitment, Retention, and Succession Planning

We thank you panelists who presented how they and their communities are finding new ways to recruit new employees. It was a pleasure meeting and working with Jen Breaker, Assistant Town Manager and Communications Direct in Danvers; Ricardo Moralas, Commissioner of Public Works in Pittsfield; and Andrew O’Malley, Deputy Chief of Police.

Have you heard that MHA now has a Membership Committee?

The Board of Director’s have voted for this new committee, so enable our membership to have an avenue to create surveys and encourage member engagement, the committee chair is Brenda Codella, who can be reached at bcodella@yahoo.com

Chapter 90 / Transportation Bond Bill Hearing The Joint Committee on Transportation will hold a hearing on the transportation bond bill, which includes Chapter 90 funding, on March 3. The MMA will testify in support of the legislation, and 2nd Vice President, Jeff Colby joined the MMA panel representing MHA.

Please mark your calendar for the upcoming MHA Annual Meeting on May 7th, the program committee has been busy building an action-packed program.

Thank You

Roby Whitehouse

President

President, Massachusetts Highway Association

MHA Winter Meeting

The MHA Winter Meeting was held on Thursday, February 5, 2026 at the College of the Holy Cross, Hogan Campus Center, 1 College Street, Worcester, MA.

Check out the photos:

You can view the presentations form the Winter Meeting:

MMA Updates

AI in the Workplace

Safety and Health

Attention in the Digital Age

Safety Updates for Municipal Workers

MHA Historical Calendar

The Massachusetts Highway Calendar is a look back of historical equipment. The calendar also includes the 2026 meeting dates of the seven counties that MHA represents.

The calendar is distributed to cities and towns in MA and through the county representatives.

We thank the sponsors who make this calendar possible and who support our organization.