Governor Deval L. Patrick announced today that Arthur Bernard -- currently a Senior Advisor to the Governor -- has been appointed Chief of Staff in the Governor's office. Bernard will replace Doug Rubin who is leaving state government to join the Governor's re-election campaign.
"Arthur has become one of my closest and most trusted advisors since joining the team last year," said Governor Patrick. "His experience, judgment and level-headedness have been enormous assets to me already and make him perfectly suited to help lead our ambitious agenda."
Note that Rubin is not heading back to the private sector just yet; instead, he is shifting over to the Gov's political operation in preparation for 2010.
Here's hoping both that Rubin continues his engagement here on BMG, and that Mr. Bernard will do so as well. Congrats to both.
