Marty Meehan is a Senior Advisor in the Education Practice of RIDGE-LANE LP.

Mr. Meehan serves as President of the University of Massachusetts (UMass), a five-campus public research university system, with college campuses in Boston, Dartmouth, Amherst, Lowell, and Worcester. Previously, he served as Chancellor of UMass Lowell.

Under his leadership, enrollment has reached a record 75,000 students, research expenditures have risen to more than $650 million annually, institutional aid funding has increased to a record $347 million annually, and the university’s statewide annual economic impact is measured at a record $6.2 billion. U.S. News & World Report has ranked all four UMass undergraduate campuses in the top tier of national universities – making it one of the few university systems in the nation with that distinction.

He served as the Deputy Secretary of State for Securities and Corporations, was the first assistant district attorney for Middlesex County, and was elected to represent the 5th Congressional District of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served for 14 years, including as a member of the Armed Services and Judiciary committees.