24 Beacon Street
Room 136
Boston, MA 02133
Full Name:
Christine P. Barber
Gender:
Female
Family:
Partner: Ryan
Home City:
Somerville, MA
MPPA, Public Policy and Administration, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2001-2003
BA, Sociology, College of the Holy Cross, 1994-1998
Representative, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, District Thirty-Fourth Middlesex, 2015-present
Candidate, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, District Thirty-Fourth Middlesex, 2022, 2024
Candidate, Alderman, Ward 4, Somerville, 2011
Member, Board of the Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators
Member, Commission on Structural Racism in Correctional Facilities of the Commonwealth
Member, Criminal Justice Reform Caucus
Member, Early Education Workforce Council
Member, Food Systems Caucus
Former Member, Health Care Financing Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Financial Services, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Committee on Housing, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight, Massachusetts State House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Labor and Workforce Development Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Member, Massachusetts Autism Commission
Former Member, Personnel and Administration Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Member, Post Audit and Oversight Committee, Massachusetts State House of Representatives
Member, Progressive Caucus
Former Member, Public Health Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Co-Chair, Task Force on Justice-Involved Women
Member, House Committee on Ways and Means, Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 2024
Member, Joint Committee on Health Care Financing, Massachusetts State House of Representatives , 2024
Member, Joint Committee on Ways and Means, Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 2024
Vice Chair, Joint Committee on the Judiciary, Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 2024
Coordinator, Governor Deval Patrick Campaign
Research Analyst, Health Care Financing Committee, Massachusetts State Legislature
Coordinator, Representative Carl Sciortino Campaign
Coordinator, Senator Patricia Jehlen Campaign
Coordinator, Senators Warren and Markey Campaign
Senior Policy Analyst, Community Catalyst, 2007-2014
Research Analyst, Joint Committee on Health Care Financing, 2005-2007
Legislative Aide, Office of Representative Anne Paulsen, 2003-2005
Leader, Progressive Democrats of Somerville, present
Leader, Somerville Community Corporation, present
Member, Advisory Board, Emerge Massachusetts
Former Community Organizer, Jesuit Volunteer Corps
Senior Policy Analyst, National Health Care Organization
Member, Somerville Democratic City Committee
Awards:
Emerge Woman of the Year, Emerge Massachusetts;
YUM Award, The Welcome Project;
Legislator of the Year, Advocates for Autism of Massachusetts
Pets (include names):
2 Cats: Rafi and Roscoe