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Patricia Fahy's Biography

Office:

On The Ballot: Running, Democratic, Working Families for State Senate (NY) - District 46

Contact Information

198 State Street
Legislative Office Building 708
Albany, NY 12247

61 Church Street (Amsterdam City Hall)
Third Floor
Amsterdam, NY 12010

Full Name:

Patricia 'Pat' A. Fahy

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Wayne Bequette; 2 Children

Birth Date:

12/31/1969

Birth Place:

Chicago, IL

Home City:

Albany, NY

Master of Public Administration, Public Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1985

Bachelor of Science, Political Science, Northern Illinois University, 1980

Senator, New York State Senate, District 46, 2025-present

Assembly Member, New York State Assembly, District 109, 2013-2025

Candidate, New York State Senate, District 46, 2024

Majority Steering Chair, New York State Assembly, 2021-2023

Candidate, New York State Assembly, District 109, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022

Former Member, Legislative Women's Caucus, New York State Assembly, 2012-present

Former Member, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Banks Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Children and Families Committee, New York State Assembly

Chair, Disabilities Committee, New York State Senate

Former Member, Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Environmental Conservation Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Higher Education Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Oversight of the Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Transportation Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Senior Legislative Analyst, United States House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities

Former Presidential Management Intern, United States Department of the Treasury

Associate Commissioner of Intergovernmental Affairs and Federal Policy, New York Department of Labor, 2007-2012

Board Member, Albany Board of Education, 2001-2005

Executive Director, Chicago Workforce Board, 1994-1997

Associate Director of Employment and Training, Congressional Affairs Office, United States Department of Labor, 1993-1994

Member, Board of Directors, University of Albany Center for Women in Government & Civil Society, 2009-present

Member, Albany High School Parent Teacher Association

Founding Member, Albany High School Working Group for Extended Learning Opportunities

Consultant, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Workforce Development Institute

Former Consultant on Education, Big Brothers Big Sisters

Former Member, Board of Directors, the Boys and Girls Club of Albany

Co-Vice President, Hackett Middle School Parent/Teacher Association

Consultant, National Commission for Education and the Economy (NCEE)

Co-Chair, Disconnected Youth Work Group of Governor Patterson's Children's Cabinet, 2009-2010

Founding Member, Albany People Advocating Small Schools (PASS), 2001-2006

President, Albany City School Board, 2002-2005

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