Senator, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate, District Second Middlesex, 2005-present

Candidate, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate, District Second Middlesex, 2022, 2024

Assistant Majority Leader, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate, 2017-2018

Representative, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, District Thirtieth Middlesex, 1991-2005

Member, Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy

Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Education

Chair, Joint Committee on Elder Affairs

Member, Joint Committee on Judiciary

Member, Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Revenue

Co-Chair, Caucus of Women Legislators

Former Member, Housing Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy, Massachusetts State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business, Massachusetts State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Housing, Massachusetts State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Revenue, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Vice Chair, Joint Education Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Joint Election Laws Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Joint Judiciary Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Second Vice Chair, Joint Ways and Means Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Co-Chair, MBTA Caucus

Former Chair, Marijuana Policy Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Chair, Mystic River Caucus

Former Member, Post Audit and Oversight Committee, Massachusetts State Senate

Vice-Chair, Senate Municipalities and Regional Government

Former Second Vice Chair, Ways and Means Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Member, Joint Committee on Education, Massachusetts State Senate, 2024

Chairperson, Joint Committee on Elder Affairs, Massachusetts State Senate, 2024

Chairperson, Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development, Massachusetts State Senate, 2024

Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Public Service, Massachusetts State Senate, 2024

Member, Joint Committee on Ways and Means, Massachusetts State Senate, 2024

Member, Senate Committee on Ways and Means, Massachusetts State Senate, 2024

supervisor of student teachers, Simmons College, 1987-8

VISTA volunter, VISTA, 1965-66

Instructor, Boston University School of Public Health, 2006-2007

Supervisor of Student Teachers, Simmons College, 1988-1990

Teacher, Brookline High School, 1968-1971

Research Assistant, Harvard Ed School, 1967

research assistant, Harvard Ed School, 1967

Volunteer, Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), 1965-1966

board member, teacher, volunteer, OPENAIR Circus, 1985-present

Board Member/Teacher/Volunteer, OPENAIR Circus, 1985-present

member, many

Member, Somerville School Committee, 1976-1991

Chair, Somerville School Committee, 1980, 1988

Father's Occupation:

Methodist Minister, Professor of Social Ethics at the Boston University School of Theology

Mother's Occupation:

Community Activist, Girl Scout Leader, Sunday School teacher/trainer.

Number of Grandchildren:

2