19 Facts About Thomas Trimarco

Thomas H Trimarco was born on April 1,1939 and is an American politician and lawyer who served as Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance from 2005 to 2007.

Thomas Trimarco is currently a senior vice president in the government relations division at O'Neill and Associates.

When Transportation Secretary John A Volpe was named United States Ambassador to Italy, Trimarco joined him as a special assistant and embassy counsel.

Thomas Trimarco served as field coordinator for Edward Brooke's 1978 re-election campaign and co-chair of Howard Baker's 1980 presidential campaign.

In 1980, Thomas Trimarco served as Volpe's legal counsel while he appeared before the Ward Commission, which was investigating corruption in government projects.

That same year, Thomas Trimarco was a Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives in Massachusetts's 6th congressional district.

Thomas Trimarco ran as a fiscal conservative and social moderate.

Thomas Trimarco's campaign picked up the endorsements of party leaders including John Volpe, Francis W Hatch, Jr.

In 1981, Thomas Trimarco was a finalist for the position of United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, however William Weld was selected instead.

In 1982, Thomas Trimarco was considered by John Lakian, the Republican frontrunner for governor, to be his running mate.

However, Thomas Trimarco was more interested in running against Mavroules again and declined.

Thomas Trimarco announced his candidacy for the 1982 Congressional election on June 6 at the Briarcliff Lodge in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Thomas Trimarco promised "not be bound by the dictates of any one President".

In 1988, Thomas Trimarco served as co-chair of Bob Dole's presidential campaign in Massachusetts.

In 1990, Thomas Trimarco served as co-chairman and policy director for Joe Malone's campaign for Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts.

Thomas Trimarco resigned in 1998 following the election of Shannon O'Brien to the Treasurer's office.

In 2004, Thomas Trimarco was appointed by Governor Mitt Romney to serve on the Springfield Finance Control Board, a five-person board responsible for restoring stability to Springfield, Massachusetts' finances.

On July 7,2005 Thomas Trimarco was appointed Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance.

Thomas Trimarco played an important role in the passage of the Massachusetts health care reform law and served as chairman ex officio of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority, which was given broad powers to implement and oversee the law.