Meet Brian Shortsleeve
Marine 
Conservative Business Leader Government Reformer
Brian Shortsleeve is a Marine first. The leadership, discipline, and commitment to service he learned as a United States Marine Corps officer have guided every step of his career, from Bosnia and the Persian Gulf to the boardroom to leading one of the toughest government turnarounds in Massachusetts history. Now, Brian is ready to bring that same mission-driven focus to Beacon Hill as the next Governor of Massachusetts, taking on the failed leadership of Maura Healey and restoring accountability to state government.
Brian served our country honorably, leading Marines on deployments to Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Persian Gulf, where success meant critical thinking, making tough decisions and always putting the mission first. Those same values – discipline, responsibility, and service above self – have defined his work in business and public service.
In the private sector, Brian built a career helping small American technology companies grow, create jobs, and win in their industries. As the founder of M33 Growth, he works closely with entrepreneurial founders and CEOs to scale businesses, drive innovation, and strengthen our economy.
But Brian didn’t just stop at building businesses. When his state needed him, he answered the call. In 2015, Governor Charlie Baker asked Brian to take on the nearly impossible mission of leading reform at the MBTA, following its operational and financial crisis in 2015. As Chief Administrator, Acting General Manager, and member of the Fiscal and Management Control Board, Brian brought a Marine’s mindset to Beacon Hill. He led a bold reform effort and team that cut waste, balanced the budget, modernized outdated systems, accelerated critical infrastructure repairs, and rescued the Green Line Extension project, all while improving service for the people who rely on it. His work at the MBTA has been hailed as a model for conservative reform, proving what’s possible when strong leadership takes on a bloated bureaucracy.
That’s the exact opposite of what we’re seeing today. Under Maura Healey, Massachusetts is sliding backward. Her reckless tax hikes, runaway spending, and refusal to confront waste and mismanagement are driving families and businesses out of the state. The Commonwealth has become unaffordable for everyday people even as Healey’s policies cater to illegal immigrants. Brian Shortsleeve is ready to lead with the focus and discipline of a Marine, putting taxpayers first, restoring fiscal sanity, and getting Massachusetts back on track.
Brian is a proud Massachusetts native and a graduate of Harvard College, where he attended on a ROTC scholarship, and Harvard Business School. While at Harvard College, he was an early leader in the successful fight to protect the ROTC program and return ROTC training programs to campus, where they had been banned since the Vietnam War. He is also a longtime supporter and member of the Alumni Advisory Committee for the Advocates for Harvard ROTC, which continues to fight to protect and expand the ROTC program at Harvard.
He was named one of the 50 Most Influential People in Boston by the Boston Business Journal and was honored on The Boston Globe’s “Game Changers” list for his work driving transparency and transforming the MBTA. The Boston Herald said Shortsleeve “helped turn a bloated, underperforming agency into one focused on riders, performance, and results.”
Now, Brian Shortsleeve is on a new mission: to bring commonsense conservative leadership to Beacon Hill – cutting taxes, slashing waste and overregulation, and making Massachusetts a place where businesses and families can thrive once again.
Brian and his wife, Liz, have three boys.
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