Mayor Wu Announces Yusufi Vali as Deputy Chief of Staff

Mayor Michelle Wu right this moment introduced the appointment of Yusufi Vali as her Deputy Chief of Employees. Vali will transition from his present place because the Director of the Mayor’s Workplace for Immigrant Development (MOIA) into his new function on Might 31. 

Vali will help Mayor Wu and Chief of Employees Tiffany Chu in main the Mayor’s Cupboard and implementing Mayor Wu’s transformative imaginative and prescient of a Boston that works for all residents. Vali will play a key function in advancing Mayor Wu’s priorities, strengthening Metropolis authorities to be attentive to residents’ wants and voices, and making certain sturdy collaboration amongst Metropolis departments, native organizations outdoors Metropolis Corridor, and different ranges of presidency to successfully ship applications and companies. 

“Yusufi leads with compassion and years of expertise constructing alongside residents in our native communities,” mentioned Mayor Michelle Wu. “I’m excited for Yusufi’s expertise and management to proceed connecting all our departments and communities to Metropolis companies, and grateful for his service.”

“Yusufi brings a robust imaginative and prescient for making certain Metropolis Corridor connects with residents throughout all of Boston’s neighborhoods to ship change,” mentioned Chief of Employees Tiffany Chu. “As Deputy Chief of Employees, Yusufi will draw upon his well-known neighborhood work and management to drive key applications ahead, and I’m thrilled to work collectively to maneuver the town ahead”.

As Director, Vali leads the MOIA staff to advance stability, financial empowerment, civic possession, and social integration for immigrants in Boston. Since Vali’s appointment in 2019, MOIA has launched important applications to make sure fairness, construct wealth for immigrant households, and join immigrants in Boston with extra help together with Immigrants Lead Boston, the Dreamers Fellowship, and the Immigrant Professionals Fellowship. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, MOIA has offered essential help with fundamental wants help to our most weak immigrant residents. 

“I’m very excited for what Mayor Wu’s management and imaginative and prescient means for our nice metropolis at this necessary second,” mentioned Yusufi Vali. “I’m honored to be a part of her staff targeted on remodeling metropolis authorities to work successfully for each resident.“ 

Vali has additionally supported the Mayor’s legislative agenda on immigration and labored to strengthen authorized infrastructure for pathways to standing. In step with making certain Boston is a metropolis for everybody, MOIA is a fierce advocate for Boston’s immigrant residents, main the nation in supporting Haitian arrivals. Following Vali’s departure, MOIA’s interim director will probably be Agnes Chang, the present MOIA Chief of Employees.

Previous to becoming a member of the town, Vali served because the Govt Director of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Heart, a mosque and neighborhood heart that serves over 1,500 congregants of assorted ethnicities, nearly all of which with an immigrant background. Earlier than becoming a member of the ISBCC in 2012, Vali was a neighborhood organizer with the Higher Boston Interfaith Group, the place he advocated for higher schooling and entry to well being take care of low-income households. 

Vali is an immigrant from Nagpur, India, and a proud resident of Roslindale.