Mayor's Bio

Thomas M. McMahon, is mayor of the City of Reading, Pennsylvania, serving since Jan 2004. Born in Rochester, New York, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a Master of Science degree in engineering from Pennsylvania State University, also completing a minor in political science.

After graduation, Mr. McMahon served as a teacher and team leader for the Peace Corps in Bangladesh. He moved to Reading in 1965 and worked for Gilbert Associates, Reading, until 1980. He was the founder and chief executive officer of Entech Engineering, Reading.

Mr. McMahon is active in a number of community and civic organizations. He serves on the boards of the Berks Arts Council, Our City Reading Housing Inc, Berks Economic Partnership, Berks Municipal Partnership, Riverplace Development Corporation, Center for Community Leadership, Penn State Advisory Board, Goggle Works Board, Ben Franklin Advisory Board, Reading Works Youth Training Advisory Board and Berks Community Television. Previous Board appointments include Berks County Community Foundation, Human Relations Council, the Berks County Chamber of Commerce, St. Joseph Medical Center and Alvernia College. He is founder of Mentors For Berks Youth, a program matching inner-city youth with adult mentors, and was a cofounder of the Berks Minority Business Development Council. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania League of Cities and Municipalities, and chairs the League’s statewide committee on Reducing Gun Violence in Pennsylvania’s cities.

For his work, Mr. McMahon has received the Central Pennsylvania Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the World Affairs Council’s International Citizen of the Year Award, the Small Business Person of the Year Award from the Berks County Chamber of Commerce, the Sister Walburga Borgman Award from St. Joseph Medical Center, and an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Alvernia College.

Mayor McMahon is the proud father of three daughters and two grandsons.