Overview

• Effective Wednesday, Terrence Reidy leaves the post he has held since 2021 after serving under Charlie Baker and then being reappointed by Maura Healey.
• Healey named Deputy Secretary and Homeland Security Undersecretary Susan Terrey to serve as interim leader of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.
• The secretariat oversees more than a dozen agencies, including the State Police and Department of Correction, with about 8,700 employees and a roughly $1.7 billion budget.
• Healey praised Reidy’s tenure for advancing an active-shooter response model, criminal justice and police reforms, data modernization, workforce efforts, and expanded reentry programs as officials closed two prisons since last year.
• Reidy did not give a reason for his departure, describing the role as the honor of his career, and his exit is the fourth cabinet change in Healey’s administration this year.