Paulo Pinto, MPA, Executive Director
Paulo R. Pinto, MPA
Executive Director
Paulo R. Pinto is the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS). He has served the Portuguese-speaking community throughout his career of more than 20 years in the health and social service field. He began working at MAPS in January 1994, serving as Program Administrator for the agency’s Disease Prevention and Education Program until late 1995, when he was promoted to the position of Deputy Executive Director. He served as the agency’s second-in-command until April 3, 2000, when he became Acting Executive Director. He was appointed Executive Director by the MAPS Board of Directors on August 23, 2000.
Before joining MAPS, Mr. Pinto served as Executive Director of the Immigrants Assistance Center, Inc. of New Bedford for four years, and before that as Coordinator of the Governor’s Urban Teen Service Corps Summer Program and Youth Council for the Center for Health and Human Services in New Bedford from 1988-1990. He has done extensive volunteer work in community organizing for the Heritage Day of Portugal and other activities, as well as for the United Way and the American Cancer Society. He received the Brazilian Times’ Community Service Awards in 2000 and in 2008, and the Portuguese Heritage Award from the Massachusetts Portuguese American Legislative Caucus at the State House in 2010.
A founder of the Massachusetts White Ribbon Day (WRD)–a statewide annual campaign promoted by Jane Doe Inc. that recruits men to step up and speak out against violence against women–Mr. Pinto was named a Co-Chair of the 2012 WRD Campaign along with state Dept. of Children & Families Commissioner Angelo McClain.
A native of Portugal who grew up in Mozambique, Mr. Pinto immigrated to the US in 1980. He holds a BA in Political Science and English from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and a Masters Degree in Public Administration (MPA) from Suffolk University’s Sawyer School of Management. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA), the National Organization of Portuguese Americans (NOPA), and the Public Health Board of the Cambridge Health Alliance, as well as a member of the American Society for Public Administration. He is also a Notary Public for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Paulo Pinto is an Adjunct Professor at the Suffolk University Department of Public Management.
