Learn About Task Force Members
Governor Patrick's public integrity task force consists of 12 members, including four members of the Legislature:
Task Force Chairman Ben Clements is Governor Patrick's Chief Legal Counsel, responsible for advising the Governor on legal and policy issues, judicial selection, legislation, and all legal issues concerning the Governor and the Office of the Governor.
Senator Benjamin Downing is Chair of the Senate Committee on Ethics and Rules and member of the Governor's Advisory Commission on Local Government.
Senator Michael Knapik is a member of the Senate Committee on Ethics and Rules.
Representative James Fagan is Chair of the House Committee on Ethics.
Representative Mary Rogeness is a member of the House Committee on Ethics and Assistant Minority Leader.
Charlie Baker is the President and CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Prior to joining Harvard Pilgrim, Baker spent eight years in Massachusetts state government, where he served as Secretary of Administration and Finance and Secretary of Health and Human Services during the Weld and Cellucci administrations.
George Brown is a Professor at Boston College Law School and a specialist in the field of government ethics. Brown served as a former Massachusetts Assistant Attorney General and was appointed by Governor Weld to serve as the Chair of the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission.
Kimberly Budd is the Director of the Community Values Program at Harvard Business School where she is responsible for policy enforcement and program development to promote honesty, integrity, and personal accountability. Budd previously worked as a University Attorney at Harvard University and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney.
Scott Harshbarger is Senior Counsel at the law firm of Proskauer Rose. Harshbarger served as Massachusetts Attorney General where he led major initiatives against public corruption. He also served as District Attorney of Middlesex County. Harshbarger was the first General Counsel of the State Massachusetts State Ethics Commission and a former Chief of the Public Protection Bureau in the Massachusetts Attorney General's office. Harshbarger was also a former President of Common Cause, the national non-profit citizen’s lobby and government watchdog group.
Joseph Savage is a partner at Goodwin Procter and has substantial expertise in public integrity laws. Savage is a former Chief of the Public Corruption and Special Prosecutions Unit in the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Peter Sturges is Legal Counsel for Harvest Automation, Inc. Sturges previously served as the Executive Director of the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission and as General Counsel to Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance.
Andrew Tarsy is a senior executive at Facing History and Ourselves, an international educational organization that engages students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more informed citizenry. Tarsy is also the former New England Regional Director of the Anti Defamation League.
Pam Wilmot is the Executive Director of Common Cause Massachusetts, a non-partisan, non-profit advocacy organization in Massachusetts that serves to hold elected leaders accountable to the public interest. Wilmot has been an advocate for government reform and consumer and environmental issues for more than 20 years.