Marty Walsh

Marty Walsh is a Senior Vice President at the Liberty Square Group focusing on economic development strategies and government relations at the federal, state, and local levels.  Over the past fifteen years he has served in various roles in the public sector, which has given him an extensive breadth of knowledge of legislation, policy, grass roots organizing efforts, and specifically, business development.

Prior to joining the Liberty Square Group, Mr. Walsh was the Director of the Massachusetts Office of Business Development (MOBD) for Governor Deval Patrick. His primary responsibility at MOBD was to help businesses create jobs and increase private investment in the Commonwealth by helping companies navigate the myriad of local, state, and federal systems for grants, tax incentives, and other assistance. He has experience in growing companies in emerging technologies (including biotechnology and alternative energy), manufacturing, and many other business sectors critical to the Massachusetts economy.

Prior to working in the Patrick Administration, Mr. Walsh worked for U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy for eight years in many different roles, including Campaign Manager on the 2006 re-election campaign.  In addition to his campaign work, Marty served as a Legislative Assistant on the Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee in Washington D.C for five years.  In this role he coordinated all of Senator Kennedy’s legislative efforts for economic development, energy, environment, and other domestic issues including nominations before the HELP Committee.  He also led numerous efforts to engage advocacy groups to create grass roots campaigns and press strategies which helped promote and pass some of the most high profile legislation in that period.

Mr. Walsh has also managed several campaigns at the state and local levels in Massachusetts and has worked on the last three Democratic presidential campaigns.  His most recent victory was directing the President Obama Election Day efforts in Manchester, New Hampshire.  In 2004, he ran Central Florida for Senator John Kerry in his Presidential Election, and participated in the Florida recount in 2000. 

Mr. Walsh is a graduate of the George Washington University in Washington D.C.

walsh@libertysquaregroup.com