Marcus McNeill 

Mid-Dorchester Liaison

Marcus McNeill is a born and raised Bostonian. Having grown up on Geneva Avenue, McNeill is a BPS graduate of Fenway High School in Mission Hill. Here, he was honored to have served on the Transition Committee for Mayor Michelle Wu during her first term and simultaneously as the Co-Chair of the Superintendent Search Committee for Boston Public Schools that assisted in choosing Mary Skipper as the district’s next leader. 

McNeill is a recent American University in Washington D.C. graduate and has spent his career in public service. Before joining the Neighborhood Services team, he served in the Biden administration in the U.S. Department of Education in the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) for a year and a half. Upon leaving the U.S Department of Education, he served as the Student Trustee at American University and represented the nearly 7,000 students as a full-time member of the Board of Trustees. During his time as Student Trustee, he often collaborated with senior university leadership, board of trustee members, undergraduate, graduate and law school students and the broader AU community. Moving back to Boston, McNeill worked in the Boston City Council for Councilor At-Large Ruthzee Louijeune. This experience will guide his work as the Mid-Dorchester liaison as it has provided him with a deep familiarity with how to serve the residents of Boston as well as the inner workings of how City departments operate. 

When not serving as the Mid-Dot liaison, McNeill dedicates a lot of time for wellness and spending time with loved ones. He is an active runner and is planning to run his next half marathon in Arizona in January 2027.

Lindsey Santana

Executive Director of the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services

Lindsey Santana was born in Boston. At the age of 10, she moved back home to the Dominican Republic. After six years, she returned to Boston where she attended and graduated from West Roxbury Academy. There she founded the Student Government Association, and became very active in her community.

Santana started her career in City Hall as a Community Project and Marketing Coordinator for the Office of Public Service, which is now known as the Mayor’s Office of Civic Organizing. She later became the Jamaica Plain liaison in ONS and served in that role for two years. She has also served as Community Engagement Manager for the Environment Department and most recently served as the Chief of Staff for City Councilor Brian Worrell. 

In her new role as the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services, Santana will build on the Office’s work to provide essential services to constituents and work towards deepening the City’s relationship with local businesses, organizations, and residents in Boston. 

She currently resides in Brighton and is pursuing her master’s in public relations at Boston University.  In her spare time, Lindsey likes to travel, read and spend time with family and friends.