Paul Brodeur was appointed as a Commissioner to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in October 2024 by Governor Maura Healey.

Brodeur previously served as the Mayor of Melrose from 2019-2024, delivering four on-time balanced budgets and managing the municipal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He successfully won passage of a major renovation of the Melrose Public Library and led a debt exclusion campaign to rebuild four Melrose public safety buildings. Previously, he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2011-2019, serving the communities of Melrose, Wakefield and Malden. He was the House Chair of the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development and was the Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee on Telecommunications. During this time, he negotiated the 2018 labor rights law known as “the Grand Bargain,” which increased the minimum wage to $15 an hour and created a new universal Paid Family and Medical Leave program. Under this leadership, the Commonwealth also passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and important reforms to Massachusetts non-compete laws. His first elected office was as an Alderman in Melrose.

Prior to holding elected office, Brodeur was Acting General Counsel for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, an enforcement attorney in the Massachusetts Securities Division and handled criminal prosecutions in the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office. He received his BA in Government and Law from Lafayette College and his JD from Suffolk University. He lives in Melrose with his wife Elizabeth, his two sons, and his dog Wilbur.

• Email: paul.brodeur@massgaming.gov