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65-718: Representative Hill resigned as a State Representative on September 15, 2021 to take a position on the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. Governor Charlie Baker and other state officials appointed him. Prior to his election to the House, Hill served on the Ipswich Board of Selectmen and the Hamilton Zoning Board of Appeals. This article about a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

130-540: A Bachelor of Arts in 1874. He was admitted to the bar in 1876. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Steuben Co., 2nd D.) in 1885 , 1886 and 1887 . Around 1889 he was appointed as Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York . He resigned in 1895 to return to private law, but was again appointed to the office several years later and served until 1908. In 1910 he

195-787: A Harvard graduate, was a buyer for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation . His mother, Alice Elizabeth "Betty" (née Ghormley) (1932–2016), remained at home. Baker's father was a conservative Republican and his mother a liberal Democrat ; the family was often drawn into political arguments at the dinner table. In 1965 his father became vice president of Harbridge House, a Boston management consulting firm. Baker grew up with two younger brothers, Jonathan and Alex, in Needham, Massachusetts , before moving to Rockport . He grew up playing football, hockey, and baseball; he has described his childhood as "pretty all-American." In 1969,

260-451: A New England –based physicians' group. In May 1999, he was named president and CEO of Harvard Vanguard's parent company, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a non-profit health benefits organization. The company had lost $ 58 million in 1998, and it was predicted to lose over $ 90 million in 1999. Baker responded by cutting the workforce by 90 people, increasing premiums, establishing new contracts with Massachusetts physicians, reassessing

325-533: A 200 megawatt-hour energy storage target in accordance with energy diversification legislation Baker signed into law in August 2016. In December 2017, Baker's administration announced that it was awarding $ 20 million in grants to 26 projects to develop the state's energy storage market, in accordance with the same energy diversification law and the administration's energy storage initiative begun in May 2015. In December 2018,

390-449: A 2007 blue-ribbon panel , the cost overruns of the Big Dig, combined with Baker's plan for financing them, ultimately left the state transportation system underfunded by $ 1 billion a year. Baker defended his plan as responsible, effective, and based on previous government officials' good-faith assurances that the Big Dig would be built on time and on budget. However, as he was developing

455-419: A bill that expanded a program to improve local street network safety and efficiency that was launched earlier that year, authorized $ 50 million in spending over the subsequent five years for repairs to small municipal bridges, and which included a $ 750 million authorization request for the federal aid highway program. In October 2016, Baker issued an executive order to create a regulatory framework for

520-477: A consulting group to study the feasibility of an east–west passenger rail line in the state from Boston to Springfield (or potentially Pittsfield ), announced a pilot passenger rail service in between Greenfield and Springfield, and also announced the launch of the Hartford Line commuter rail service from Springfield through Hartford, Connecticut , to New Haven . In July 2018, Baker line-item vetoed

585-405: A debate that he would have signed the gun control bill as it was signed by Governor Patrick. After polls closed on election night, preliminary results showed that Baker had won the election. Later in the morning, Coakley conceded. The final election tally showed Baker with 48.5% of the vote to Coakley's 46.6%. Baker was inaugurated as the 72nd governor of Massachusetts on January 8, 2015, at

650-597: A five-year, $ 918 million economic development bill that he would sign into law the following August. In September 2017, Baker, joined by Massachusetts U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey , Massachusetts U.S. Representative Stephen F. Lynch , as well as officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , the International Longshoremen's Association , the Massachusetts Port Authority , and other local elected officials, announced

715-608: A full bill in November 2019. In February 2019, the UMass Board of Trustees unanimously approved a 99-year final lease agreement for the Bayside Expo Center with Accordia Partners for up to $ 235 million. In May 2015, Baker's administration announced a $ 10 million energy storage initiative. In February 2016, Baker launched a $ 15 million initiative creating an inter-secretariat working group between state agencies to write

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780-620: A nonprofit health benefits company. During this time he served three years as a selectman of Swampscott and considered a run for Massachusetts governor in 2006 . He stepped down in July 2009 to run for governor on a platform of fiscal conservatism and cultural liberalism . He was unopposed in the Republican primary but lost the 2010 general election to Democratic incumbent Deval Patrick . In 2014 , Baker ran for governor again and narrowly defeated Democratic nominee Martha Coakley . In 2018 , he

845-435: A pay increase for pre-kindergarten teachers. The following month, Massachusetts students ranked first in the nation on their average ACT scores. In November 2016, Baker campaigned on behalf of a ballot initiative to raise the state cap on new charter schools which failed to pass, and in the same month, Baker's administration expanded a STEM internship program allowing high school students to work at related companies in

910-419: A pilot program for road congestion pricing , while the state legislature rejected an amendment to the state budget Baker proposed for a congestion study as an alternative to the pilot program. In November 2019, Baker signed into law a bill banning the use of handheld electronic devices while driving. In October 2015, Baker filed legislation to increase the state cap on the number of new charter schools in

975-480: A proposed insurance policy by USAA to provide additional coverage to current policyholders who are employed as transportation network company drivers. Having proposing similar legislation the previous year, in August 2016, Baker signed into law a bill regulating transportation network companies by implementing a 20-cent per ride company surcharge, mandating vehicle insurance requirements, and background checks for company drivers. In August 2016, Baker signed into law

1040-509: A report identifying better means of allocating funding to low- and middle-income residents to access clean energy . In September 2016, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy ranked Massachusetts first in energy efficiency for the sixth straight year. In April 2017, the inter-secretariat working group formed by Baker in February 2016 issued its final report and Baker announced

1105-458: A second $ 250 million public-private partnership with the Manufacturing USA network to form a robotics manufacturing institute in the state. In February 2017, Baker's administration announced $ 35 million in capital grants for life science facilities at 14 colleges, graduate schools, and research institutes in the state, and the following month, Baker's administration announced

1170-540: A slow economy and high unemployment, which he used to his advantage during the campaign. Patrick, facing low approval ratings, criticized Baker for his role in the Big Dig financing plan, and for raising health premiums while head of Harvard Pilgrim. Despite an anti-incumbent mood among voters, Baker lost the November 2 general election with 42% of the vote to Patrick's 48%. "We fought the good fight," said Baker in his concession speech. "We have no cause to hang our heads and will be stronger for having fought this one." After

1235-615: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Charlie Baker [REDACTED] Charles Duane Baker Jr. (born November 13, 1956) is an American politician who is the current president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . A member of the Republican Party , he served as the 72nd governor of Massachusetts from 2015 to 2023, and held two cabinet positions under two previous governors of Massachusetts. He also served for ten years as

1300-503: Is the fourth generation in the family to bear the forename Charles. His great-grandfather Charles D. Baker (1846–1934) was an assistant United States attorney in New York, who served several years in the New York State Assembly . His grandfather Charles D. Baker Jr. (c. 1890–1971) was a prominent politician in Newburyport, Massachusetts . His father, Charles Duane Baker (born 1928),

1365-472: The 2014 ballot measure that repealed indexing the state gas tax to inflation. On his first day in office, Baker directed the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to release $ 100 million in aid to local governments to fund upgrades to transportation infrastructure. In February 2015, Baker directed the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities to issue a public notice clarifying

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1430-727: The CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care . Baker grew up in Needham, Massachusetts , earned a BA from Harvard University in 1979, and later obtained an MBA from Northwestern University 's Kellogg School of Management . In 1991, he became Massachusetts Undersecretary of Health and Human Services under Governor Bill Weld . In 1992, he was appointed secretary of health and human services of Massachusetts . He later served as Secretary of Administration and Finance under Weld and his successor, Paul Cellucci . After working in government for eight years, Baker left to become CEO of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and later Harvard Pilgrim Health Care,

1495-693: The Massachusetts State House in Boston. He was inaugurated for his second term on January 3, 2019. He is considered a liberal or moderate Republican and has been a frequent critic of former President Donald Trump . He supported the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump that began in September 2019. After the January 6 United States Capitol attack , Baker called for Trump to be removed from office. On January 3, 2023, Baker delivered his farewell address from

1560-400: The Massachusetts State House . Heading into the 2018 election, Baker had been consistently rated as one of the most popular governors in the country. Baker was challenged in the Republican primary by Scott Lively , an evangelical pastor, who received enough votes at the state convention to qualify for ballot access. However, Baker easily fended off this challenge, receiving nearly 70% of

1625-506: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Reagan Administration under U.S. Representative Margaret Heckler . The Bakers returned to Needham in 1971, where Baker attended Needham High School . He served on the student council , played basketball, and joined DeMolay International , a youth fraternity organization. In a Bay State Conference championship basketball game, a ball he inbounded with two seconds left on

1690-472: The 2010 election, Baker was named an executive in residence at General Catalyst Partners and a member of the board of directors at the Tremont Credit Union. On September 4, 2013, Baker announced that he would run for governor again in 2014 when incumbent governor Deval Patrick retired. On November 25, 2013, Mark Fisher, a businessman and Tea Party member announced that he would run against Baker in

1755-607: The Associated Industries of Massachusetts released its business confidence index showing that employer confidence in the state had hit a 17-year high, and Baker filed a $ 610 million economic development bill. In April 2018, Baker submitted a request to the U.S. Treasury Department that 138 census tracts in Massachusetts be designated as " opportunity zones " under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 . The following month,

1820-535: The Bakers moved to Washington, D.C. , where the elder Baker was named deputy undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation in the Nixon Administration , becoming the department's assistant secretary for policy and international affairs the next year, and in both capacities serving under Secretary of Transportation and former Massachusetts Governor John Volpe . His father also served as undersecretary of

1885-503: The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources released a comprehensive energy plan in accordance with an executive order Baker issued in September 2016 for state agencies to develop a statewide adaptation plan for climate change. Charles D. Baker (attorney) Charles Duane Baker (September 17, 1846 – April 23, 1934) was an Assistant United States Attorney and a member of the New York State Assembly (1885–1887). He

1950-577: The Republican primary. In December 2013, Baker chose as his running mate Karyn Polito , a former opponent of same-sex marriage who had come to support marriage equality. Baker again received the Republican Party's nomination, winning its primary. In July 2014, Democrats criticized Baker for refusing to say whether he supported a provision in the new gun control law that gave police chiefs discretion to deny firearms identification cards, which are required to purchase shotguns and rifles. He later said in

2015-580: The U.S. Treasury Department approved all 138 opportunity zone designations Baker requested the previous month. In January 2016, General Electric announced that it was moving its corporate headquarters to the South Boston Seaport District following $ 120 million in grants and other programs offered by Baker's administration and $ 25 million in property tax relief offered by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh . In January 2017, Baker's administration announced that Massachusetts would enter

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2080-493: The beginning of a $ 350 million dredging project to expand Boston Harbor to accommodate larger ships. Also in February 2018, Baker welcomed an announcement by the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company that it was going to add 1,500 jobs to its Springfield headquarters and build a second $ 300 million location with 500 jobs in the South Boston Seaport District . In March 2018,

2145-463: The big stars among the secretariats and the agencies." Baker was promoted to secretary of health and human services in November 1992, and was later made secretary of administration and finance , a position he continued to hold after Weld resigned in 1997 and Paul Cellucci took over as acting governor. In mid-1998, Cellucci offered him the lieutenant governor spot on the ticket , but Baker declined. As secretary of administration and finance, Baker

2210-530: The brand" and wrote, "With a few exceptions... those four years are ones I would rather forget." While at Harvard, Baker played on the JV basketball team. He then attended Northwestern University 's Kellogg School of Management , where he received an MBA . After graduating, Baker served as corporate communications director for the Massachusetts High Technology Council. In the late 1980s, Baker

2275-470: The clock was tipped away by a player from Dedham High School , causing Needham to lose by one point. Baker graduated from Needham High School in 1975, alongside future Governor of New Jersey , Phil Murphy . Baker attended Harvard College and graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts in English, where, by his own admission, he was a C-student-turned-B-student. He later said he went to Harvard "because of

2340-494: The company's financial structure, and outsourcing its information technology. During his tenure as CEO, the company had 24 profitable quarters in a row and earned recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance as its choice for America's Best Health Plan for five consecutive years. In mid-2007, Baker was invited to join the board of trustees of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center . Because of his role in

2405-428: The development and preservation of affordable and workforce housing over the subsequent five years in the state's capital budget, and Baker also started a $ 100 million fund for creating workforce housing through MassHousing. In August 2016, Baker announced $ 90 million in subsidies and tax credits to 26 affordable housing development projects in the state. Before his tenure as governor, Baker supported

2470-544: The following month, Baker proposed increasing the state's charter school reimbursement formula to school districts by $ 20.5 million. In March 2016, Baker opposed a proposed overhaul to the state's charter school system being debated in the Massachusetts Senate at the time, and the following month, the Massachusetts Senate rejected Baker's proposed charter school cap increase. In July 2016, Baker vetoed

2535-715: The formation of a new broadband internet access grant making program that would award $ 20 million in grants to over 40 towns in Western and Central Massachusetts . In April 2017, Baker's administration announced a $ 5 million grant to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute to help launch a digital healthcare development center. In October 2015, Baker announced a strategy to leverage unused or underutilized state land for economic development and market-rate or affordable housing . In May 2016, Baker announced that his administration would devote $ 1.1 billion to

2600-583: The idea "serious consideration", in August 2005 he announced that he would not run, citing the burden it would be on his family and the difficulty of campaigning against Healey. In late 2006, Baker was named to a Budget and Finance working group for incoming Governor Deval Patrick 's transition committee. In 2008, he joined the Public Advisory Board of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP) at Saint Anselm College . In 2009 Baker

2665-580: The insurance business, the appointment caused controversy, but he and the hospital's CEO, Paul F. Levy , denied any conflict of interest . Baker ran for the board of selectmen of Swampscott, Massachusetts , in 2004, and won by a "landslide." While on the board, he was noted for a businesslike approach to local issues; his fellow selectmen described him as "low-key" and budget-oriented. After serving three years, he chose not to run for reelection in 2007. In mid-2005, there were indications that Governor Mitt Romney would not seek reelection in 2006 . Baker

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2730-515: The last Republicans to hold statewide office in Massachusetts. On December 15, 2022, Baker was named as Mark Emmert 's successor as president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . He assumed the role on March 1, 2023. Baker was born on November 13, 1956, in Elmira, New York . Of English ancestry, his family has been in what is now the northeastern United States since the Colonial era. He

2795-414: The launch of an early college program at Lawrence High School allowing students to take courses at Merrimack College or Northern Essex Community College . In November 2017, Baker signed into law a bill expanding options for schools in fulfilling English as a second language requirements for their immigrant students. In April 2016, Baker announced a college affordability and completion plan for

2860-487: The plan, Baker had also had to take into account that Governor Cellucci was dead-set against any new taxes or fees. Former state transportation secretary James J. Kerasiotes , the public face of the Big Dig, praised Baker's work on the financing and said, "We were caught in a confluence of events," adding that "Charlie had a job to do, and he did his job and he did it well." In September 1998, Baker left state government and became CEO of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates ,

2925-607: The previous August. In November 2017, Baker called for the state legislature to pass legislation banning handheld cellphone use while driving (as well as other handheld electronic devices), with exceptions for hands-free technology usage and emergency situations. In January 2018 Baker signed an executive order that created a commission study the state's transportation needs. At Springfield Union Station in June 2018, Baker, along with Massachusetts U.S. Representative Richard Neal and Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno , issued an RFP for

2990-515: The proximity of Mount Ida's campus to the Boston campus and UMass Boston's budget deficit caused by extensive campus repairs and expansion (ultimately necessitated by the negligent construction of the UMass Boston campus in the 1970s ) that have led to cutbacks in academic spending and offerings of courses required for graduation. Despite controversy, the sale of the Mount Ida campus to UMass Amherst

3055-505: The release of $ 10 million in grants to increase access for low-income Massachusetts residents to energy efficiency projects, such as solar panels, as the final component of the same initiative. Also in April 2017, the Union of Concerned Scientists ranked Massachusetts first in energy efficiency standards and third in overall clean energy progress. In June 2017, Baker's administration announced

3120-637: The state Republican Convention on April 17, 2010, Baker won the Republican nomination over former Independent candidate Christy Mihos with 89% of the delegate vote, thus avoiding a primary fight with Mihos. Baker ran as a social liberal (in favor of gay marriage and abortion rights ) and a fiscal conservative , stressing job creation as his primary focus. He reinforced his socially liberal position by selecting as his running mate Richard Tisei , an openly gay Republican who had supported same-sex marriage legalization efforts in Massachusetts. Baker ran against Patrick in an atmosphere of voter discontent, with

3185-419: The state by 12 per year, and later in the same month, testified in favor of the legislation before the state legislature. In January 2016, Baker announced $ 83.5 million in funding for vocational education in the state, as well as a $ 72.1 million increase in the state's Chapter 70 local education funding and a $ 42 million increase in unrestricted local aid for education for fiscal year 2017, and

3250-513: The state providing funding to "best practice" programs in communities. At the end of Walsh's governorship, Sean Cronin (deputy commissioner of the Massachusetts Division of Local Services) claimed that his Community Compact Cabinet had distributed 1,400 grants amounting to $ 65 million. In August 2016, Baker signed into a municipal finance modernization bill that he had first proposed the previous December. In January 2016, Baker proposed

3315-629: The state's public universities and colleges. In September 2016, Baker's administration announced their intention to work with the state's Department of Higher Education and the University of Massachusetts system to develop a pilot program to support the MicroMasters programs developed by the massive open online course provider edX . In February 2017, Baker's administration announced $ 35 million in capital grants for life science facilities at 14 colleges, graduate schools, and research institutes in

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3380-433: The state. In March 2017, Baker proposed a six percent pay increase for pre-kindergarten teachers. In May 2017, Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced a pilot program making college tuition and mandatory fees free to qualifying low-income Boston public high school graduates attending Bunker Hill Community College , Roxbury Community College , or Massachusetts Bay Community College . In October 2017, Baker attended

3445-540: The state. Baker was reelected in a landslide with 67% of the vote and the highest vote total in the history of Massachusetts gubernatorial elections. This was also the best performance by a Massachusetts Republican governor since Bill Weld 's reelection in 1994 . At the start of his governorship, Baker's launched the Community Compact Program run by the Community Compact Cabinet. The program saw

3510-556: The state. In April 2017, Baker's administration announced $ 78 million in capital funding towards repairs of the University of Massachusetts Boston underground parking garage. In April 2018, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Mount Ida College administrators announced that the former school would acquire the latter's campus in Newton after the latter college's closure. The acquisition received public opposition from University of Massachusetts Boston faculty and students, due to

3575-409: The status of transportation network companies (such as Uber and Lyft ) while his administration developed a regulatory framework for the industry. In the wake of the 2014–15 winter , Baker started a $ 30 million pothole repair fund. In June 2015, Baker submitted a $ 2.13 billion capital budget for fiscal year 2016. In October 2015, Baker and the state's Division of Insurance approved

3640-497: The testing of driverless cars in Massachusetts, and in the same month, oversaw the opening of the state's electronic tolling system along the Massachusetts Turnpike . In April 2017, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities released data showing that more than 8,000 of the 70,000 drivers for transportation network companies who applied failed to pass the state background check requirement signed into law by Baker

3705-418: The vote in the Republican primary on September 4, 2018. In the general election, Baker faced Jay Gonzalez , a private health insurance executive who also served under Governor Deval Patrick as the state's secretary of administration and finance. Gonzalez suffered from low name recognition throughout the campaign and polls indicated that Baker would receive a majority of the vote from registered Democrats in

3770-517: Was a main architect of the Big Dig financing plan. In 1997 the federal government was planning to cut funding for the Big Dig by $ 300 million per year. The state set up a trust and sold Grant Anticipation Notes (GANs) to investors. The notes were secured by promising future federal highway funds. As federal highway dollars are awarded to Massachusetts, the money is used to pay off the GANs. According to

3835-702: Was again rumored to be a contender for the Massachusetts gubernatorial election. Former governor Bill Weld strongly encouraged him to run, calling him "the heart and soul of the Weld–Cellucci administration." On July 8, 2009, Baker announced his candidacy, and on July 17 he stepped down from his position at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. His campaign formally began on January 30, 2010. His opponents were Democratic incumbent Deval Patrick , Green-Rainbow candidate Jill Stein , and an independent, state treasurer and Receiver General Tim Cahill . For his running mate, Baker chose Senate minority leader Richard R. Tisei . At

3900-411: Was appointed by United States Attorney General George Woodward Wickersham to be special counsel and attorney for the newly organized New York City Department of Justice. In January 1883, he married Letitia Beattie Ronk. They had three children, Charles Duane, Jr., David Dudley Field, and Carolyn Beattie. Charles Jr. (c. 1890–1971) had another son named Charles D. Baker (born 1928), who served as

3965-409: Was approved by Attorney General Maura Healey 's office in May 2018. In July 2018, Baker included an amendment to a $ 583 million supplemental appropriations bill requiring public and private colleges and universities to report any financial liabilities or risks to the long-term financial viability of the institution to the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education , which Baker signed into law as

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4030-567: Was hired as codirector of the newly founded Pioneer Institute , a Boston-based libertarian think tank . Lovett C. "Pete" Peters , the institute's founder, later recommended him to Bill Weld , the incoming Republican governor of Massachusetts . Weld took office in January 1991 and hired him as undersecretary of health and human services. In cutting back state programs and social services, Baker caused controversy from early on. However, some government officials called him an "innovator" and "one of

4095-408: Was reelected handily over Democratic challenger Jay Gonzalez with 67% of the vote, the largest vote share in a Massachusetts gubernatorial election since 1994 . Nonpartisan polls consistently found him to be among the nation's most popular governors. In December 2021, Baker and his Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito both announced that they would not seek reelection in 2022 . Baker and Polito are

4160-719: Was the grandfather and great-grandfather of Massachusetts politicians Charles D. Baker (born 1928) and Charlie Baker (born 1956), respectively. Baker was born in the village of Painted Post in Steuben County , New York . His mother, Elizabeth (Fleming) Baker, was the daughter of John Fleming, an early Painted Post settler. His father, Harrison H. Baker, was a millwright who became a lumber manufacturer later in his life. Growing up, Baker attended local public schools. He spent two years at Overland College before attending Cornell University in Ithaca, New York . He graduated from Cornell with

4225-473: Was widely considered a top contender for the Republican nomination. Analysts wrote that he was unlikely to defeat Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey , who had already announced her candidacy. Healey was the 2–1 favorite among Republican voters in a Boston Globe poll and had much stronger financial backing. Furthermore, ethics guidelines at Harvard Pilgrim prevented Baker from carrying out any political fundraising while he held an executive position. After giving

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