Gary Christenson, Mayor
200 Pleasant Street, Room 629
Malden, MA 02148
Telephone: 781-397-7000
Fax: 781-397-7073

The Mayor and his staff respond to resident inquiries and issues concerning all aspects of City government. The Office is also the headquarters for business strategy and development as well as communicating about the activities of City government utilizing technology to provide more efficient and improved service to the public. The city’s website is maintained from within the Mayor’s Office and the Mayor’s Youth Employment Program and Fire Relief Fund are also administered from this office.

Mayor Gary Christenson

Mayor Christenson's Staff

Ron Cochran, Director of Online Services and Communication Technology

Ron is a graduate of Malden High School and a Malden resident. He and his wife are raising three children all of whom attend the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School. Ron has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Northeastern University and a Master's Degree in Information Technology from Bentley University.

He brings over 15 years of experience in the Information Technology industry to the City of Malden. Most recently Ron worked at Royal Philips Electronics as a Business Systems Analyst. He has been a web developer and internet consultant for 10 years and specializes in Social Media, Search Engine and Conversion Rate Optimization and User Experience. Ron can be reached at rcochran@cityofmalden.org or by calling 781-397-7000.

Kevin Duffy, Strategy & Business Development Officer

Kevin, the son of Brendan and Elaine Duffy, was born and raised in Malden and is a graduate of Malden Catholic High School, Class of 1986. He has an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Master of Business Administration from Saint Joseph’s College in Maine.

Kevin has proven to be a versatile operations professional with myriad experience in business, government, and non-profits (more than twenty years) and is also the former Executive Director of Healthy Malden. He served the citizens of Ward Three as their School Committee person for four years and he and his wife Sharon are raising two children in Malden.  Kevin can be reached at kduffy@cityofmalden.org or by calling 781-397-7000.

Kathleen Manning Hall, Chief Administrative Officer

Kathleen is a 25 year resident of Ward 1 in Malden where she resides with her husband John, a Lieutenant on the Malden Fire Department, and their three children Alyssa, Julia and Jake. While raising her children, Kathleen worked for more than 25 years in the private sector, most recently as a legal assistant/paralegal for the past 18 years at the Boston law firm of Looney & Grossman LLP.

Long active in addressing and resolving issues in her neighborhood as well as citywide, and at Cheverus School, where her children are and have been students, Kathleen has a substantial knowledge of the Malden community. Kathleen has also been involved with a number of organizations outside of Malden, including The Second Step which is a comprehensive program for survivors of domestic violence. Kathleen brings to her new job organizational and management skills acquired from management in political organizations and campaigns at both the national and local levels. Kathleen can be reached at kmanninghall@cityofmalden.org or by calling 781-397-7000.

Paul Hammersley, Online Services and Communications Specialist

Paul is a lifelong resident of the City of Malden and graduate of Malden High School class of 1985.  He has two children and one grandchild.  Paul's father Arnold Hammersley is a retired Captain from the Malden Fire Department and his mother Margaret worked in the City Clerk's office.

Paul is a lover of all things media.  Paul brings a wealth of experience in the media arts to the job.  As a sound and vocal engineer, he has produced music for local artists and his photography skills can be seen all throughout the city on various media outlets.  He views videography and video production as his specialty and will utilize his talents to bring a richer media experience to constituents concerning city government. Paul can be reached at phammersley@cityofmalden.org or by calling 781-397-7000.

Karen Colón Hayes, Community Outreach Manager/Coordinator

Yan Yu, Constituent Services Representative

Yan looked at Malden for her place of residence in 2010 because it offered affordable living options with convenient transportation but she made it her home because of the friendly community atmosphere. Before coming to America, she received her Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Communication and Masters in Communication at Wuhan University in China, while working her way through school at Chinese Central Television in Beijing. She is currently a graduate student in Journalism at Emerson College.

Yan loves reading, writing, and communicating with people of different cultural and social backgrounds. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, and is a skilled writer in both Chinese and English. Prior to coming to work in the Christenson Administration, she interned at Somerville Journal, Wicked Local.com, and currently is a freelancer for Phoenix Weekly, an international magazine in Beijing. Yan also dedicates her spare time as a volunteer at MATV.

Yan views her position in the Christenson Administration as an honor to serve as the bridge between Malden’s local government and the Asian community.  Yan can be reached at yyu@cityofmalden.org or by calling 781-397-7000.