Congratulations to Jennifer Myers on her new position as secretary to Mayor Patrick Murphy. Knowing the responsibilities of that position, I use the word “secretary” in the “secretary of state” sense rather than the “secretarial pool” sense. Jen joins an impressive roster of folks who have previously held that position including UMass Lowell Chancellor Mary Meehan and Cambridge City Manager Bob Healy (Ten or so years from now I suspect “. . . and Greg Page” will be included in such a highlights list, as well). A blog post I wrote when Greg was hired contained many of those names.

But this career change also causes Jen’s departure from the newsroom of the Lowell Sun. In that she is not alone. The list of folks who used to work at the Lowell Sun is an impressive one. Here they are in a very rough reverse chronological order. Where I could, I listed what that person is doing now. If you know of any that I’ve missed, or if you can add to the “where are they now” portion, please do so in the comments section. UPDATES in italics.

Jen Myers – Mayoral Secretary, Lowell MA
Rita Savard – Founder of Howl in Lowell
Erin Smith – Boston Herald
Sharon Flaherty – Jeanne d’Arc Credit Union
Hillard Chabot – Boston Herald
Dennis Shaughnessey – Dracut School Department
Dave Perry – UMass Lowell
Ray Howell – founder, Howell Communications
Rob Gavin – Boston Globe business reporter
Rebecca Flater
Jason Lefferts – Director of Communications, Mass Office of Consumer Affairs
Jennifer Fenn – Boston Globe reporter
Denise Lavoie – AP Boston Legal Affairs reporter
Craig Sandler – founder, State House News Service
Brian Mooney – senior political writer, Boston Globe
Frank Phillips – senior political writer, Boston Globe
Kevin Landrigan – Nashua Telegraph
Mike LaFleur – Attorney, Judicial Clerk
Joe Bartolotta – Marketing Director, Eastern Bank
Steve Kloehn – news director, University of Chicago
John Novack – Communications Director at Inspire, a health care company
MK Guzda –
Jonathon Kellog
Kevin Keane
Joe Day – priest, St Anselm’s College
Jules Crittenden
Dana Francis
Glen Johnson – Political Reporter, Boston Globe
Robert Doolan
Lisa Adams
Pat Cook – Middlesex Community College
Deborah Straszheim
Jeff Northrup
Andy Dabilis
Terry Williams
Sharon Britton
Paul McCue
Rick Spencer
Mark Arsenault – reporter, Boston Globe
Rose Sergi – Middlesex Community College
Susan McMahon – Professor, Georgetown Law School

Patti McCafferty – UMass Lowell
Marcia Cassidy – Marcia Cassidy Communications
Matt Murphy – Statehouse News
CORRECTION: Someone pointed out that Dan Phelps only does the PR thing at Nashoba Tech part-time and still writes columns for the Sun.