Marta E. Rivera was appointed in June 2022 by Mayor Wu, as the Commissioner of BCYF, a department of the Office of Human Services cabinet.  With 35 facilities across 15 neighborhoods, BCYF hosts programming serving all ages at community centers and pools. Membership is free and nearly 50,000 people participate in BCYF programming each year.

Ms. Rivera’s professional career has included work in the public and nonprofit sectors. She has held leadership positions at The Boston Foundation (TBF), City Year and The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  In 2010, while at TBF, she joined the StreetSafe Boston leadership team as the Service Delivery Manager.  In that role, Ms. Rivera successfully developed and implemented the initiative’s service delivery model which reached over 400 gang-involved youth and young adults and included a year-long transitional employment program.

A Boston native who grew up in the Mission Hill public housing developments and attended Boston Public Schools, she is deeply committed to issues affecting urban families and youth. Ms. Rivera has been involved with numerous civic groups and organizations including Parker Hill-Fenway ABCD, Boston RBI and The Food Project. In 1999, she helped establish the Mission Hill Youth Collaborative with the goal of strengthening the network of youth-serving entities in Mission Hill to provide the best possible services for youth and support for youth workers.

Isaac Yablo serves as the Senior Advisor for Community Safety within the Mayor’s Office in Boston, Massachusetts. His job is to convene and coordinate citywide departments and community organizations on behalf of the Mayor to advance safety, prevent violence, address trauma, and increase justice in the City.

Isaac is a scholar, researcher and social justice advocate who has a passion for working on issues that pertain to underserved and marginalized populations within the Greater Boston area. With extensive experience providing strategic assistance to community and government agencies on a plethora of social ills, Isaac has been able to have a direct impact on efforts that aim to improve the quality-of-life issues for residents across the entire commonwealth. Most recently, Isaac served as the Policy and Research Director for the Mayor’s Office of Black Male Advancement. While in the role, Isaac worked with the Executive Director to track, analyze, and make recommendations on local, state, and federal public policies and legislation that affect Black men and boys in Boston. He also helped other City departments ensure equitable access for Black men and boys in their programs and policies. Before that, Isaac served as the Data and Impact Specialist for SOAR Boston, a program that aimed to reduce recidivism, intervene in violent activity, and create pathways for active gang-involved youth and young adults in the city.

A proud product of Cambridge, Massachusetts and now proud resident of Hyde Park, Isaac graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin in 2012, attended Howard University (class of 2016), and is currently a PhD Candidate in Sociology at UMass Boston.