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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Elder Affairs Committee, Massachusetts State House of Representatives

Former Member, Global Warming and Climate Change Committee, Massachusetts State House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Committee on Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Committee on Transportation, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Election Laws Committee, Massachusetts State House of Representatives

Member, Local Government Advisory Commission

Education

  • AB, History, Stanford University
  • JD, Harvard Law School
  • MA, Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Professional Experience

  • AB, History, Stanford University
  • JD, Harvard Law School
  • MA, Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
  • Co-Founder/Deputy Director, China Law Center at Yale Law School, 1999-2006
  • Research Fellow and Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School East Asian Legal Studies Program, 1994-1998
  • Program Officer, Ford Foundation Beijing Office, Human Rights and Governance, 1990-1994

Political Experience

  • AB, History, Stanford University
  • JD, Harvard Law School
  • MA, Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
  • Co-Founder/Deputy Director, China Law Center at Yale Law School, 1999-2006
  • Research Fellow and Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School East Asian Legal Studies Program, 1994-1998
  • Program Officer, Ford Foundation Beijing Office, Human Rights and Governance, 1990-1994
  • Representative, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, District Twenty-Ninth Middlesex, 2008-present
  • Member, Watertown Democratic Town Committee
  • Candidate, Commonwealth of Massachusetts State House of Representatives, District Twenty-Ninth Middlesex, 2018
  • Member, Watertown Town Council, 2005

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Elder Affairs Committee, Massachusetts State House of Representatives

Former Member, Global Warming and Climate Change Committee, Massachusetts State House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Election Laws Committee, Massachusetts State House of Representatives

Member, Local Government Advisory Commission

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

Member, Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Member, Joint Committee on Public Health

Member, Joint Committee on Transportation

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • AB, History, Stanford University
  • JD, Harvard Law School
  • MA, Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
  • Co-Founder/Deputy Director, China Law Center at Yale Law School, 1999-2006
  • Research Fellow and Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School East Asian Legal Studies Program, 1994-1998
  • Program Officer, Ford Foundation Beijing Office, Human Rights and Governance, 1990-1994
  • Representative, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, District Twenty-Ninth Middlesex, 2008-present
  • Member, Watertown Democratic Town Committee
  • Candidate, Commonwealth of Massachusetts State House of Representatives, District Twenty-Ninth Middlesex, 2018
  • Member, Watertown Town Council, 2005
  • Member, Appalachian Mountain Club
  • Member, Arsenal Center for the Arts
  • Former Board Member, Arsenal Center for the Arts
  • Member, Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery
  • Member, Historical Society of Watertown
  • Board of Directors, Massachusetts Municipal Association
  • Member, National Committee on United States-China Relations
  • Former President, Watertown Community Foundation
Speeches
Events

2019

Feb. 28
Watertown DTC February Meeting

Thur 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM EST

First Parish of Watertown Watertown, MA