Mayor Thomas M. Menino is serving his third term as Mayor of the City of Boston. The first Italian-American Mayor of Boston, he was elected first on November 2, 1993, winning 64 percent of the vote and 18 of the city's 22 wards. He was re-elected to a second term without opposition in 1997 and won a third term in a landslide victory in November 2001. He had previously served four months as Acting Mayor and nine years as a District City Councilor from Boston's Hyde Park Neighborhood.

Mayor Menino serves as President of the United States Conference of Mayors, where he champions homeland security and housing availability. He has been an advisor to the National Trust for Historic Preservation since 1989.

A lifelong resident of Hyde Park, Mayor Menino was born on December 27, 1942 and is a graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas High School. In 1963, the Mayor earned an associate's degree in business management and advertising and sales from Chamberlayne Junior College. In 1988 he earned a degree in community planning from the University of Massachusetts. The Mayor and his wife, the former Angela Faletra, have two children, Susan and Thomas, Jr., and five grandchildren.

The Mayor's reputation for getting the job done after two terms in office has earned him a high approval rating among Boston residents. Among his priorities: providing every child with a quality education, creating affordable housing, lowering the crime rate, revitalizing Boston's neighborhoods and promoting a healthy lifestyle for all city residents.