| Marc C. McGovern | |
| Office: | Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Term Start: | January 2018 |
| Term End: | January 2020 |
| Predecessor: | E. Denise Simmons |
| Successor: | Sumbul Siddiqui |
| Office1: | Member of the Cambridge City Council |
| Term Start1: | January 2014 |
| Termstart: | January 2013 |
Marc C. McGovern is a Cambridge (Massachusetts) City Council member and was the 78th mayor from 2018 until 2020.[1] [2] [3]
McGovern grew up in Central Square, Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.[4] He earned a BA from UMass Boston and a LCSW degree from the Simmons Graduate School of Social Work. Before his life in politics, He was a full-time social worker, and he continues to work part-time as a counselor at Farr Academy.[5]
In 2003, he began his political career on the Cambridge School Committee. After serving four terms on the Committee, he was elected to the Cambridge City Council in 2013.[6] He was named mayor by the Cambridge City Council and sworn in on January 1, 2018, succeeding E. Denise Simmons. In January 2020, he announced that he would not seek re-election as mayor and endorsed fellow councilmember Sumbul Siddiqui as his successor. Siddiqui was sworn in as mayor on January 6, 2020.[7] In 2024, McGovern was selected as vice mayor, under mayor E. Denise Simmons.[8]