Kathi Anne Reinstein is Roca’s Vice President of Government Affairs for New England. Kathi joined Roca in 2020 with an extensive background in communications, advocacy work, and strategic government and public affairs. She continues to do extensive work with government agencies, elected officials and trade organizations.
Most recently, Reinstein served as the Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs for the Massachusetts State Treasury. Prior to that, she worked as the Government Affairs Manager for the Boston Beer Company, where she managed the brand’s national, state, and local government relations strategy. Reinstein represented the people of Revere, Chelsea, and Saugus in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1999 to 2014. She was the youngest woman member of House Leadership, working as the Second Assistant Majority Leader, Assistant Majority Whip and Third Division Floor Leader in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Reinstein graduated from Suffolk University in 1993 with a BS in Public Relations and Organizational Communication and continued her education at Emerson College, receiving a MA in Political Communication in 1997. She was also an adjunct professor at Emerson College and Suffolk University. She is currently serving as a Commissioner on the City of Revere’s Commission on Human Rights and serves on the Chelsea Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors.