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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • MPA, Public Administration, Harvard Kennedy School, 2017-2019
  • JD, Suffolk University Law School, 1986-1989
  • BA, Government, Harvard University, 1982-1986

Professional Experience

  • MPA, Public Administration, Harvard Kennedy School, 2017-2019
  • JD, Suffolk University Law School, 1986-1989
  • BA, Government, Harvard University, 1982-1986
  • Employee, Harvard University Athletic Department Equipment Room
  • Intern, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
  • Intern, Office of Representative Michael Morrissey
  • Attorney, Self-Employed, 1989-2012
  • Executive Director, Norfolk County Retirement System, 2001-2011
  • Chief of Staff, City of Quincy, 1997-2001

Political Experience

  • MPA, Public Administration, Harvard Kennedy School, 2017-2019
  • JD, Suffolk University Law School, 1986-1989
  • BA, Government, Harvard University, 1982-1986
  • Employee, Harvard University Athletic Department Equipment Room
  • Intern, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
  • Intern, Office of Representative Michael Morrissey
  • Attorney, Self-Employed, 1989-2012
  • Executive Director, Norfolk County Retirement System, 2001-2011
  • Chief of Staff, City of Quincy, 1997-2001
  • Senator, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate, District Norfolk and Plymouth, 2010-present
  • Executive Secretary, Mayor Jim Sheets
  • Chairman, Quincy City Council Finance Committee
  • Candidate, Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Senate, District Norfolk & Plymouth, 2018
  • Councilman, Quincy City Council, 2003-2012

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Bills in the Third Reading Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Chair, Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets Committee, Massachusetts State Senate

Former Member, Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Senate

Former Member, Citizen Engagement Committee, Massachusetts State Senate

Former Member, Economic Development and Emerging Technologies Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Housing Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Senate

Former Member, Joint Financial Services Committee, Massachusetts State Senate

Former Member, Joint Judiciary Committee, Massachusetts State Senate

Former Member, Joint Transportation Committee, Massachusetts State Senate

Former Member, Joint Ways and Means Committee, Massachusetts State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Opioid Addiction Prevention,Treatment and Recovery Options Committee, Massachusetts State Senate

Chairperson, Quincy Mayor’s Commission on Handicapped Affairs

Board Member, Quincy Zoning Board of Appeals

Former Member, State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Steering and Policy Committee, Massachusetts State Senate

Member, The Board of Directors of Quincy Neighborhood Housing

Former Member, Ways and Means Committee, Massachusetts State Senate

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets Committee

Member, Joint Committee on Housing

Member, Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

Member, Joint Committee on Public Service

Chair, Post Audit and Oversight Committee

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • MPA, Public Administration, Harvard Kennedy School, 2017-2019
  • JD, Suffolk University Law School, 1986-1989
  • BA, Government, Harvard University, 1982-1986
  • Employee, Harvard University Athletic Department Equipment Room
  • Intern, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
  • Intern, Office of Representative Michael Morrissey
  • Attorney, Self-Employed, 1989-2012
  • Executive Director, Norfolk County Retirement System, 2001-2011
  • Chief of Staff, City of Quincy, 1997-2001
  • Senator, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate, District Norfolk and Plymouth, 2010-present
  • Executive Secretary, Mayor Jim Sheets
  • Chairman, Quincy City Council Finance Committee
  • Candidate, Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Senate, District Norfolk & Plymouth, 2018
  • Councilman, Quincy City Council, 2003-2012
  • Member, Ward One Democratic Committee, 1993-present
  • Member, Friends of the Thomas Crane Public Library
  • Member, Harvard Club of Quincy
  • Member, Merrymount Association Incorporated
  • Member, Quincy City Club
  • Former Board Member, Quincy Historical Society
  • Coach, Sacred Heart Youth Basketball Program
Speeches