Salem State University

A former Massachusetts state representative for the 7th Essex District, John D. Keenan joined the university in 2014 as the general counsel and vice president for administration became Salem State's 14th president in August 2017. John Keenan, who resides with his family in Salem, is a cum laude graduate of Harvard College and Suffolk University Law School. Prior to his election as state representative, he served as an assistant district attorney for the eastern district of Essex County, city solicitor for the city of Salem and an attorney in his own law practice.