Lottery Commission Leadership
To provide an operating structure for the Lottery, the Legislature established a five-member commission that includes the state treasurer as chairperson, the secretary of public safety, the state comptroller, and two gubernatorial appointees. The Commissioners set overall policy for the Lottery that reflects its statutory mission and vision. They advise and make recommendations to the Executive Director of the Lottery regarding its operation and administration.
Deborah B. Goldberg is the Massachusetts State Treasurer and Receiver General. In that role she is responsible for the state’s cash and debt management, unclaimed property, and chairs state boards and commissions, including the Massachusetts School Building Authority, the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board, the State Board of Retirement, Massachusetts State Lottery Commission, and the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust. In 2015, she established the new Office of Economic Empowerment, the first of its kind in the country, and chairs its Economic Empowerment Trust Fund. Treasurer Goldberg is the former President of the National Association of State Treasurers and is the Co-Chair of the National Institute of Public Finance.
As a former businesswoman and local elected leader, Treasurer Goldberg brings innovative leadership, disciplined fiscal management and an unwavering commitment to uphold economic stability and create opportunity for every Massachusetts resident. Treasurer Goldberg served for six years on the Brookline Board of Selectmen, including two as its Chair. Prior to her career in public service, she worked in retail operations, buying, and consumer affairs at The Stop & Shop Companies, Inc.
Treasurer Goldberg is the President Emeritus of Adoptions with Love and serves on the Advisory Board of the Greater Boston Food Bank. She was one of the founders of Berkshire Hills Music Academy, a school for individuals with intellectual disabilities, is a trustee emeritus at Beth Israel Lahey Health, and a former Director at Affiliated Physicians Group / Beth Israel Deaconess HealthCare. Treasurer Goldberg has been actively involved with numerous philanthropic activities, including The Grow Clinic, the 100 Club, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, and the Combined Jewish Philanthropies.
A graduate of Boston University, Boston College Law School and Harvard Business School, Treasurer Goldberg lives in Brookline with her husband Michael Winter. She has a son, Evan, and daughter, Meredith.
Mark William Bracken was named Executive Director of the Massachusetts State Lottery in June of 2023 after having performed the role on an interim basis since March of 2022. He is tasked with leading the strategic business operations of the Lottery and its five regional offices.
Mark William has served as an Assistant Treasurer and Director of the Unclaimed Property Division since 2011. In the Unclaimed Property Division, he has overseen the investment and disbursement of over $3 billion in assets being held in custodial arrangements for the citizens and businesses of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Before joining the Treasury, Mark William served a term as the Executive Secretary of the Board of Appeals on Motor Vehicle Liability, Bonds and Policies in former Governor Deval Patrick’s administration. Before working for Governor Patrick, he spent six years as a Policy Analyst for the Joint Committee on Financial Services for the Massachusetts General Court. He has also served as the President of the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators.
Mark William earned his Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in Politics from Saint Anselm College. He is a lifelong resident of Quincy, Massachusetts.
Bill J. McNamara was appointed Comptroller of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in February of 2020. A native of Norwood and graduate of Norwood High School, he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and English at Williams College, and a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in finance at Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business.
His post-M.B.A. career began at Norton Company in Worcester, where he was the senior business analyst in the office of the CFO and Controller. Transitioning to the investment industry in 1992, McNamara spent sixteen years at Fidelity Investments. He rose through the finance function to become CFO of a major division with a budget of over $500 million.
Moving to investment management and distribution, he applied new analytic and data techniques to product management and strategic marketing for a multibillion dollar mutual product line. After leaving Fidelity, he spent time as an investment industry consultant and at an investment firm before joining the Department of Revenue (DOR) as Deputy Commissioner in 2016.
McNamara had a broad range of responsibilities at DOR including managing legislative and external affairs, communications, and policy. Working with DOR’s team of economists, he implemented new approaches to taxpayer data in order to better understand the impact of economic conditions and federal law changes on taxpayers. As Assistant Secretary in the Executive Office for Administration and Finance, McNamara oversaw budgeting and spending across several key agencies and in the information technology function.
Terrence M. Reidy has served as Undersecretary for Law Enforcement within the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security since 2019, where he has provided strategic leadership to the Massachusetts State Police, the Municipal Police Training Committee, and the Office of Grants and Research. In addition, Reidy served as a member of the Governor’s Task Force on Hate Crimes. Drawing on his prosecutorial experience collaborating with community leaders, he oversaw the creation of a hate crime resource guide for Massachusetts schools and partnered with police to ensure that every department in the Commonwealth has a trained, dedicated civil rights officer.
Prior to his work at EOPSS, Reidy was an Assistant Attorney General in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office and Assistant District Attorney in Worcester and Suffolk Counties. His experience included supervising the Attorney General’s Enterprise, Major Crimes, and Cyber Crime Unit and the Worcester District Attorney’s Gang Unit. In Suffolk County, Reidy was promoted from District Court Prosecutor to Superior Court where he served in the Gang and Safe Neighborhood Initiative Units. In these roles, he developed collaborative relationships with federal, state, and local law enforcement as well as residents and community groups.
Beyond his work in government, Reidy dedicates time to volunteering as a coach for several youth sports organizations. He completed his undergraduate studies at Colby College and earned his juris doctor from New England School of Law.
Nina Liang is the first and only Chinese-American City Councilor elected in her hometown of Quincy, and served as the first minority City Council President. Born in Quincy to immigrant parents, Nina has experienced firsthand the challenges that minority children and families face, which has informed her approach to governance and community-led change.
As an elected official, small business owner, and community organizer, Nina has had the opportunity to be a part of organizations that work to expand services to everyone in the city as well as those dedicated to addressing the needs of people new to both the language and customs of American culture. On the Quincy City Council, Nina has worked to open the doors of government to every resident to ensure that everyone feels they are heard and have the opportunity to participate in decision making.
Since 2018, Nina has served as the Executive Director for Emerge, Massachusetts, a nonprofit organization that trains Democratic self-identifying women to run for political office across all levels of government. Drawing inspiration from her own work in local government, Nina has helped to promote and support women across the Commonwealth who want to effect change as elected officials or campaign organizers. Her civic engagement and political experiences have taught her the importance of collaborative efforts between local organizations, businesses, and public agencies to better address the needs of a diverse population in which each voice has a chance to be heard to ensure equitable dialogue and representation.
With over 20 years of commercial banking experience, Liddy advises clients, underwrites deals and matches them with the best bank or other sources of debt to align capital structure with strategy and maximize ROI.
Liddy previously served as Senior Vice President, Investment Real Estate at Middlesex Savings Bank where she focused on investment commercial real estate and financing. While at Middlesex, she led the growth of the portfolio from approximately $250 million to $750 million across multiple product types, including office, industrial, hotel, self-storage, mixed-use and multi-family properties. Before that, she was at Fidelity Bank, Banknorth, and Eastern Bank in credit lending and management and was responsible for business development, relationship management, leadership, and credit and portfolio management.
Liddy currently serves as a board member of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce.
Liddy holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Hotel, Restaurant, and Travel Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and an MBA, Business Administration, from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell (Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society).