Meet the School Building Committee

Meetings of the School Building Committee generally take place in the Mayor's Reception Room at City Hall, and remotely on Zoom, on the last Thursday of every-other month starting at 6:00 PM. They are public meetings and are televised on LTC Channel 99.

The following is a membership list of the School Building Committee for the Lowell High School project. The list was last updated in December 2024. 

Please visit the City of Lowell's Agenda Center for current listings of agendas and minutes for meetings of the School Building Committee


DesignationName & Title
Local Chief Executive Officer & Representative of Office authorized by law to construct school buildingsThomas A. Golden, Jr., Lowell City Manager [CHAIR]
Local budget official or member of local finance Committee
Conor Baldwin, Assistant City Manager/ CFO (City of Lowell)
SBC member who is MCPPO certifiedMichael Vaughn, MCPPO, Chief Procurement Officer (City of Lowell)
School Committee MemberFred Bahou, Lowell School Committee Member
Superintendent of SchoolsWilliam Skinner, Superintendent of Schools (LPS)
Local Official Responsible for building maintenanceRichard Underwood, Director of Maintenance and Facilities (LPS)
School PrincipalMichael Fiato, Lowell High School, Head of School
LHS Student RepresentativeKendrick Del Obre 
LHS Student RepresentativeJannaca Lang
Members of community with architecture, engineering and/or construction experienceJay Mason, Community Member/ Architect (Representative from Lowell Sustainability Commission)
Members of community with architecture, engineering and/or construction experienceJohn Haley, Community Member (Watermark Environmental)
Members of community with architecture, engineering and/or construction experiencePaul St. Cyr, Commissioner of DPW
Members of community with architecture, engineering and/or construction experienceMark Byrne, Former Commissioner of DPW
Local official responsible for Lowell Public School financeJames Hall, Chief Operating Officer (LPS)
Mayor and Chair of School CommitteeDaniel P. Rourke, Mayor & Chair of Lowell School Committee
Member knowledgeable in educational mission and function of facilityMaria Sheehy, Community Member
Member knowledgeable in educational mission and function of facilityBenjamin Opara, Community Member
Public Safety RepresentativeDavid Peaslee, Captain, Lowell Police Department
Member of the Lowell Commission on DisabilityErica Harvey, Commission Member (Lowell Disability Commission)
Former Elected OfficialWilliam Samaras, Former City Councilor/ Former Mayor
Former Elected OfficialRodney Elliot, State Representative (16th Middlesex)/ Former Mayor
Elected OfficialVanna Howard, State Representative (17th Middlesex)
Elected OfficialEdward Kennedy, State Senator (1st Middlesex)/ Former Mayor
Elected OfficialJohn Leahy, City Councilor/ Former Mayor
Public Safety RepresentativeMaryann Manzi, Director of Public Safety Research and Development (LPD)