Greg Torres is currently President of MassINC. He joined MassINC in June of 2007. As President, Greg is responsible to the Board of Directors for setting policy, leading fund raising activities, and guiding program operations. Greg also serves as publisher of CommonWealth magazine, now a leader in investigative journalism.
Greg began his career working with juvenile delinquents in the early 1970s in Boston. As the de-institutionalization movement proceeded, Greg was instrumental in developing community-based programs for adolescents with his work at the Massachusetts Committee on Criminal Justice. As Assistant Secretary for Criminal Justice under Governor Michael Dukakis, he led reform efforts in the adult correctional system as well. From 1984-1992 Greg served as Chief of Staff to the Massachusetts’ Senate Committee on Ways and Means.
In 1992 Greg joined the MENTOR Network as Senior Vice President, having served as a founding board member in 1980. Assuming the role of President and CEO from 1996-2005, Greg led the growth of MENTOR from a regional company providing services primarily to children into a national organization serving people of all ages in a wide variety of settings, now operating in thirty-seven states. Having retired as CEO, Greg continues to chair the board of the MENTOR Network.
Greg is a graduate of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (MPA 1982) and of St. Vincent’s College in Latrobe PA (BA 1971). Greg chaired the board of Roca from 2006-2009.