Andrew Whitcomb is a rising 2L at Suffolk University Law School and a lifelong resident of Saugus, Massachusetts. He holds an MBA with a focus in Managerial Leadership as well as a BS in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. For two years, Whitcomb represented the 5-Campus UMass System on the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, where he advocated for expansions to financial aid programs targeting low-income and first-generation students. Whitcomb maintains active involvement in political affairs and advocacy in Essex County and on Beacon Hill, serving for a time as a member of Saugus’s Annual Town Meeting. Growing up as a quadruplet to a single mother, he saw firsthand the need for social programs and community engagement. He hosts a cable access show called “Know Your Town,” where he invites local officials to join him in explaining their roles through civic engagement and the function of government. Whitcomb will spend his summer at the Executive Office for Administration and Finance. His mentors are Rappaport Center board members Peter Flaherty, co-founder of Esplanade Strategies and former assistant district attorney for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office,  and Bill Walczak, chair for the boards of Bunker Hill Community College and Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education.