Last week, the board of trustees at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston (CCAB) announced the appointment of Kelley Tuthill as its next president and CEO, beginning January 2024. Tuthill has served as the chief operating officer since 2021 and will transition into the president’s role this summer before assuming the CEO role.

Tuthill succeeds Kevin M. MacKenzie, the former board chair who assumed the role of president and CEO in January 2020 and led the agency through the challenges of delivering crucial services during the pandemic and the restructuring of the organization.

“It has been an honor to serve as the COO of Catholic Charities and work closely with Kevin to create a strategic vision for the future of one of Massachusetts’ largest social service agencies,” said Tuthill. “I am honored the board has the confidence in me to continue this important work and I look forward to working with them and all of our partners, donors and incredibly dedicated staff and volunteers to continue a great legacy of empowering our neighbors in need with dignity and compassion.”  

Tuthill is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. She holds a doctorate in Education from Regis College, where she previously served as vice president of marketing and communications. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and worked for more than two decades as a journalist, most notably as a reporter and anchor at WCVB-TV.

A Massachusetts native, she and her husband Brendan are the parents of three daughters.