Edmund Coletta Jr. has served on the East Boston Museum and Historical Society Board since 2014 and is currently the board’s Treasurer. An East Boston resident for over 30 years, Ed currently serves as Press Secretary and Public Affairs Director for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Currently, Ed serves as Secretary for the East Boston Kiwanis Club, is the former President of Baystate Chapter of Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, and a former board member for Senator Lydia Edwards' Empowerment Fund. He was also a founding member of the Lewis Latimer Society in Chelsea.