Secretary of Administration and Finance of Massachusetts

In 1922, the Massachusetts General Court passed legislation creating the department of administration and finance. The department replaced the office of supervisor of administration and assumed many of the duties of the superintendent of buildings, Secretary of the Commonwealth, state treasurer, and state auditor.{{cite news |title=Approves Bill for New Department |work=The Boston Globe |date=June 3, 1922}} On December 13, 1922, Governor Channing H. Cox nominated four men to the newly created commission of administration and finance. They were:{{cite news |title=Commission on Budget Named |work=The Boston Globe |date=December 14, 1922}}

• Homer Loring, chairman and budget commissioner
• Thomas W. White, commissioner of personnel and standardization
• James C. McCormick, controller
• Robert L. Whipple, purchasing agent

In 1928, due to the commission's increased workload, Governor Alvan T. Fuller chose to separate the positions of chairman and budget commissioner.{{cite news |title=Gow Still a Candidate for Postmaster Here |work=The Boston Globe |date=December 20, 1928}}

The department was reorganized in 1948 and the four-person commission was replaced by a single commissioner. Thomas H. Buckley, the final chairman of the commission, was the state's first commissioner of administration and finance.{{cite news |last1=Owens |first1=Cornelius |title=T. H. Buckley to Head New State Financial Agency |work=The Boston Globe |date=May 12, 1948}}

In 1969, the state legislature passed a bill introduced by Governor John A. Volpe and backed by his successor, Francis Sargent, that reorganized the state government under a cabinet-style system. The bill, which went into effect in 1971, reorganized the state government into 10 executive offices led by secretaries who served at the pleasure of the governor.{{cite news |last1=Nyhan |first1=David |title=Sargent signs reorganization plan into law |work=The Boston Globe |date=June 17, 1971}} The Executive Office of Administration and Finance combined the existing administration and finance operation with the department of corporations and taxation. It was described by David Nyhan as "the most powerful of the cabinet appointments" due to its "powerful budgetary control over other secretariats".{{cite news |last1=Nyhan |first1=David |title=Sargent Has 10 State Cabinet Posts to Fill |work=The Boston Globe |date=November 5, 1970}} Sargent appointed sitting commissioner of administration and finance Charles E. Shepard to be the first Secretary of Administration and Finance.{{cite news |title=Sargent names Shepard finance chief |work=The Boston Globe |date=June 23, 1971}}

The secretary is in charge of formulating the governor’s budget plan, providing guidance on the economy, and implementing the state government’s revenue and budgets. The secretary also manages numerous state administrative agencies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/person/michael-j-heffernan-secretary-of-the-executive-office-for-administration-and-finance|title=Michael J. Heffernan, Secretary of the Executive Office for Administration and Finance | Mass.gov|website=www.mass.gov}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/info-details/overview-of-the-executive-office-for-administration-and-finance|title=Overview of the Executive Office for Administration and Finance | Mass.gov|website=www.mass.gov}}

• Department of Revenue{{Cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-department-of-revenue|title=Massachusetts Department of Revenue | Mass.gov|website=www.mass.gov}}
• Human Resources Division{{Cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/orgs/human-resources|title=Human Resources | Mass.gov|website=www.mass.gov}}
• Group Insurance Commission{{Cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/orgs/group-insurance-commission|title=Group Insurance Commission | Mass.gov|website=www.mass.gov}}
• Operational Services Division{{Cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/orgs/operational-services-division|title=Operational Services Division | Mass.gov|website=www.mass.gov}}
• Department of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance{{Cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/orgs/division-of-capital-asset-management-and-maintenance|title=Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance | Mass.gov|website=www.mass.gov}}
• Civil Service Commission{{Cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/orgs/civil-service-commission|title=Civil Service Commission | Mass.gov|website=www.mass.gov}}
• Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission{{Cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/orgs/public-employee-retirement-administration-commission|title=Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission | Mass.gov|website=www.mass.gov}}
• Teacher's Retirement Board {{Cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/orgs/mass-teachers-retirement-board|title=Mass Teachers Retirement Board | Mass.gov|website=www.mass.gov}}
• Health Policy Commission{{Cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-health-policy-commission|title=Massachusetts Health Policy Commission | Mass.gov|website=www.mass.gov}}
• Developmental Disabilities Council{{Cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-developmental-disabilities-council|title=Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council | Mass.gov|website=www.mass.gov}}
• Division of Capital Asset Management

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Chairman

• Homer Loring (1922–1924){{cite news|title=Loring to Leave State Board|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=September 17, 1924}}
• Thomas W. White (1924–1925){{cite news |title=White Succeeds Homer Loring |work=The Boston Globe |date=September 24, 1924}}
• Charles P. Howard (1925–1937){{cite news |title="No" Man Under Five Governors |work=The Boston Globe |date=December 27, 1937}}
• Patrick J. Moynihan (1937–1941){{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Henry |title=New Watchdog of State Treasury Made Pol Support Mother-in-Law |work=The Boston Globe |date=December 19, 1937}}
• Angier Goodwin (1941–1942){{cite news |title=Goodwin Quits Legislature for State Post |work=The Boston Globe |date=December 30, 1941}}
• Paul W. Foster (1942–1945){{cite news |title=Beacon Hill Notes |work=The Boston Globe |date=May 22, 1942}}
• Thomas H. Buckley (1945–1948){{cite news |title=Buckley and Tompkins Are Confirmed by Executive Council |work=The Boston Globe |date=August 9, 1945}}

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Budget commissioner

• Homer Loring (1922–1924)
• Thomas W. White (1924–1925)
• Charles P. Howard (1925–1928){{cite news |title=Gow Still a Candidate for Postmaster Here |work=The Boston Globe |date=December 20, 1928}}
• Carl A. Raymond (1928–1940)
• Charles W. Greenough (1940–1947){{cite news |title=Ex-Officer in Italian Navy Affirms Loyalty to U. S. as State Appointee |work=The Boston Globe |date=June 13, 1940}}
• William H. Bixby (1947–1948)

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Controller

• James C. McCormick (1922–1928)
• Walter S. Morgan (1928–1932)
• George E. Murphy (1932–1940){{cite news |title=Murphy Takes Office as State Controller |work=The Boston Globe |date=December 23, 1932}}
• Walter S. Morgan (1940–1945){{cite news |title=Morgan Named State Controller by Saltonstall |work=The Boston Globe |date=December 19, 1940}}
• Francis X. Lang (1945–1948){{cite news |last1=Ainley |first1=Leslie |title=Luncheon Tuesday Seen Prelude to Tax "Show-Down" |work=The Boston Globe |date=March 11, 1945}}

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Commissioner of Personnel and standardization

• Thomas W. White (1922–1924)
• Frank H. Putnam (1924–1934){{cite news |title=F. H. Putnam Dies From Auto Injuries |work=The Boston Globe |date=May 2, 1934}}
• William H. Doyle (1934–1945){{cite news |title=Says Harlow, Doyle Slated for Jobs |work=The Boston Globe |date=July 31, 1934}}{{cite news |title=William H. Doyle: 'King-Maker' of Legion, Former State Commander |work=The Boston Globe |date=December 3, 1947}}

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Purchasing agent

• Robert L. Whipple (1922–1925)
• George J. Cronin (1925–1948){{cite news |title=Council Approves Appointee Cronin |work=The Boston Globe |date=November 19, 1925}}

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