Continuing to fill out the ranks of his administration, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh appointed Lisa Mansdorf Pollack as Chief Communications Officer of the city. As one may be able to infer from her title, Pollack’s primary responsibilities will be to foster communications strategy for the City of Boston as well as its subsequent departments and agencies.

“Lisa brings a unique blend of skills and a wealth of experience in both the private and public sectors,” Mayor Walsh said in a statement. “She loves the City of Boston, knows the inner workings of city government, and she’ll play a huge role in bringing City communications to the next level.”

Pollack joins the administration from the Department of Neighborhood Development, which is charged with implementing affordable housing and policy at the neighborhood level. It can be expected, then, that Mayor Walsh has plenty of reformation ideas in store for Boston’s neighborhoods especially when considered how expensive it is to live in The Hub.

Pollack began her career as a staff photographer during the era of Boston’s longest serving Mayor Tom Menino, later taking over as a senior media liaison for the 20-year mayor. It was in this position that she helped cultivate and administer the goals and vision of Menino’s administration through, according to Mayor Walsh’s press office,  “the Democratic National Convention, several election cycles, and the crisis of September 11, 2001.”

A major addition to Mayor Walsh’s staff, Pollack joins newly anointed Chief of Staff Daniel Arrigg Koh, Boston Police Department Commissioner Bill Evans, Chief of Health & Human Services Felix Arroyo, Chief of Policy Joyce Linehan and others as the most noteworthy appointments by Mayor Walsh.

Pollack is a 1994 graduate of Brandeis University, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology. She lives with her husband Lou Mansdorf and their daughter in West Roxbury, per the press office.

Welcome aboard, Lisa. We look forward to constructively assessing and digesting your ability to “lead crisis communications for the City, continue to expand the City’s use of new media, and unify the City’s communications across departments and platforms.”