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Joint Committee on Education, Arts & Humanities
House Staff:
Room 473G
State House
Boston, MA 02133
Telephone: (617) 722-2070

Senate Staff:
Room 511B
State House
Boston, MA 02133
Telephone: (617) 722-1570

Senate members
Robert A. O'Leary of Cape and Islands, Chair

Room 511B
State House
Boston, MA 02133
Tel: (617) 722-1570 Fax: (617) 722-1271
Robert.O'Leary@state.ma.us
Party Affiliation - DEMOCRAT
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: CAPE AND ISLANDS.— Barnstable, precincts 1 to 9, inclusive, and 13, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet and Yarmouth, in the county of Barnstable; Aquinnah, Chilmark, Edgartown, Gosnold, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and West Tisbury, in the county of Dukes County; and Nantucket, in the county of Nantucket.

Kenneth J. Donnelly of Fourth Middlesex, Vice Chair
Room 416-A
State House
Boston, MA 02133
Tel: (617) 722-1432
Kenneth.Donnelly@state.ma.us
Party Affiliation - DEMOCRAT
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: FOURTH MIDDLESEX. —Woburn, ward 1, wards 3 to 7, inclusive, Arlington, Billerica, Burlington and Lexington, precincts 1 and 2 and 4 to 7, inclusive.

Chang-Diaz of Second Suffolk
Room 413C
State House
Boston, MA 02133
Tel: (617) 722-1623
Sonia.Chang-Diaz@state.ma.us
Party Affiliation - DEMOCRAT
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: SECOND SUFFOLK. — Boston, ward 3, precincts 7 and 8, ward 4, precincts 1 to 6, inclusive, 8 and 9, ward 5, precincts 1, 4 to 8, inclusive, and 11, wards 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, ward 14, precincts 3, 6 to 11, inclusive, and ward 19, precincts 1 to 9, inclusive.

Tucker of Second Essex and Middlesex
Room 424
State House
Boston, MA 02133
Tel: (617) 722-1612
Facsimile: 617-722-1058
Susan.Tucker@state.ma.us
Party Affiliation - DEMOCRAT
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: SECOND ESSEX AND MIDDLESEX.— Lawrence, and Andover, in the county of Essex; and Dracut and Tewksbury, in the county of Middlesex.

Scott P. Brown of Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
State House
Room 410
Boston, MA 02133
Tel: (617) 722-1555 Fax: (617) 722-1054
Scott.P.Brown@state.ma.us
Party Affiliation - REPUBLICAN
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: NORFOLK, BRISTOL AND MIDDLESEX. - Franklin, precincts 2 to 4, inclusive, Millis, Needham, Norfolk, Plainville, Wellesley, precincts B, F and G, and Wrentham, in the county of Norfolk; Attleboro, wards 1 and 2, ward 3, precinct A, and North Attleborough, in the county of Bristol; and Natick, precincts 6, 7, 9 and 10, Sherborn and Wayland, in the county of Middlesex.

House members
Martha Marty Walz of Eighth Suffolk (Boston), Chair
State House
Room 473G
Boston, MA 02133
Tel: 722-2070
Facsimile: 617-626-0699
Rep.MartyWalz@Hou.State.MA.US
Party Affiliation - DEMOCRAT
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: Eighth Suffolk. - Consisting of precinct 3 of ward 2, precinct 3 of ward 3, and all precincts of ward 5, of the city of Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex; and precinct 5 of ward 3, and precincts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 of ward 5, of the city of Boston, in the county of Suffolk.
EDUCATION: Colgate University, B.A., New York University School of Law, J.D., Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, M.P.A.

Allen J. McCarthy of East Bridgewater, Vice Chair
State House
Room 473G
Boston, MA 02133
Telephone: 617-722-2070,
Facsimile: 617-722-2817
Rep.AllenMcCarthy@Hou.State.MA.US
PARTY AFFILIATION - DEMOCRAT
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: Seventh Plymouth. - Consisting of the towns of Abington, East Bridgewater and Whitman, all in the county of Plymouth.

Lida E Harkins of Needham
State House
Room 167
Boston, MA 02133
Telephone: 617-722-2230
Facsimile: 617-722-2846
Rep.LidaHarkins@hou.state.ma.us
PARTY AFFILIATION - DEMOCRAT
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: Thirteenth Norfolk. - Consisting of the town of Dover, precincts 1 and 2, of the town of Medfield, and the town of Needham, all in the county of Norfolk.

John H. Rogers of Norwood
State House
Room 162
Boston, MA 02133
Telephone: 617-722-2040
Facsimile: 617-722-2347
Rep.JohnRogers@Hou.State.MA.US
PARTY AFFILIATION - DEMOCRAT
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: Twelfth Norfolk. - Consisting of the town of Norwood, precincts 1, 2, 6 and 7, of the town of Walpole, both in the county of Norfolk.

Stephen R. Canessa of New Bedford
State House
Room 443
Boston, MA 02133
Telephone: 617-722-2460
Facsimile: 617-626-0839
Rep.StephenCanessa@Hou.State.MA.US
PARTY AFFILIATION - DEMOCRAT
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: Twelfth Bristol - Consisting of precinct 3, of the town of Freetown, precincts F and G of ward 1, precincts A, B, C, D and E of ward 3, and precincts D and E of ward 4, of the city of New Bedford, and precinct A of ward 4, of the city of Taunton, all in the county of Bristol; and precincts 2 and 3, of the town of Lakeville, and precincts 2 and 4, of the town of Middleborough, both in the county of Plymouth.

Geraldo Alicea of Charlton
State House
Room 33
Boston, MA 02133
Telephone: 617-722-2060
Facsimile: 617-722-2849
Rep.GeraldoAlicea@HOU.State.MA.US
PARTY AFFILIATION - DEMOCRAT
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: Sixth Worcester. - Consisting of the towns of Charlton, East Brookfield and precinct 2, of the town of Oxford, the town of Southbridge, and precincts 1 and 4, of the town of Spencer, all in the county of Worcester.

Rosemary Sandlin of Agawam
State House
Room 134
Boston, MA 02133
Telephone: 617-722-2400
Facsimile: 617-722-2850
Rep.RosemarySandlin@Hou.State.MA.US

PARTY AFFILIATION - DEMOCRAT
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: Third Hampden consisting of the city of Agawam, the towns of Southwick, Granville, and Russell

Katherine Clark of Melrose
State House
Room 254
Boston, MA 02133
Telephone:617-722-2220
Facsimile: 617-722-2821
Rep.KatherineClark@HOU.State.MA.US
PARTY AFFILIATION - DEMOCRAT
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: Thirty-Second Middlesex- Consisting of the city of Melrose and precincts 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the town of Wakefield , both in the county of Middlesex.

Jennifer E. Benson of Lunenburg
State House
Room 130
Boston, MA 02133
Telephone:617-722-2130
Facsimile: 617-626-0882
Rep.JenniferBenson@hou.state.ma.us
PARTY AFFILIATION - DEMOCRAT
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: Thirty-seventh Middlesex. - Consisting of precincts 3, 4 and 5, of the town of Acton, the towns of Boxborough and Shirley, all in the county of Middlesex; and the town of Harvard, precinct 1 of the town of Lancaster and the town of Lunenburg, all in the county of Worcester.

Jeffrey D. Perry of Sandwich
State House
Room 136
Boston, MA 02133
Telephone: 617-722-2396
Facsimile: 617-722-2819
Email: Rep.JeffreyPerry@hou.state.ma.us

Party Affiliation - REPUBLICAN
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: Fifth Barnstable. - Consisting of precincts 10, 11 and 12, of the town of Barnstable, precinct 4, of the town of Bourne, precincts 1 and 3, of the town of Mashpee, and all precincts of the town of Sandwich, all in the county of Barnstable.
EDUCATION: Curry College, B.A.; Bristol Community College, A.A.

Richard J. Ross of Wrentham
State House
Room 237
Boston, MA 02133
Telephone: 617-722-2305
Facsimile: 617-722-2598
E-Mail: Rep.RichardRoss@Hou.State.MA.US
Party Affiliation - REPUBLICAN

DISTRICT REPRESENTED: Ninth Norfolk. - Consisting of precincts 3 and 4, of the town of Medfield, precinct 1, of the town of Millis, the towns of Norfolk and Plainville, precinct 5, of the town of Walpole, and the town of Wrentham, all in the county of Norfolk.
EDUCATION: American University School of Government, Harvard University, New England Institute of Anatomy, '75.

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