Service in the public sector is a meaningful opportunity to serve the community as a whole. My hope is to gain knowledge and experience in the private sector that I can one day bring with me back to the public sector. After joining the Weld Administration as a volunteer in early 1991, Keel quickly rose through the ranks within the Administration's fiscal agencies. The Budget Bureau is the governor's budget drafting agency, which is responsible for the first fiscal blueprint each year. Keel, a South Shore native who now lives in Maynard, had been elevated to the position of director of finance within the Budget Bureau when she was chosen by then Secretary of Administration and Finance Baker, to serve as his undersecretary in October of 1997.
Members know of the vital importance of both agencies to public retirees.
To have volunteered without pay in the early days of the Weld Administration is viewed as a badge of honor in state government. Kristen is walking into a tough situation at Harvard Pilgrim that I can't say I'm envious of. A good number of our members, both state and local, are insured under the Harvard plans, so I wish her the best of luck.