Harriette Chandler
| Harriette L. Chandler | |
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| Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the First Worcester District | |
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Assumed office 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Robert A. Bernstein |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 13th Worcester District | |
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In office 1995–2001 |
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| Preceded by | Kevin O'Sullivan |
| Succeeded by | Robert Spellane |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 20, 1937 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Burton Chandler |
| Residence | Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Alma mater |
Wellesley College Clark University Simmons College |
| Occupation | Management Consultant Politician |
Harriette L. Chandler (born December 20, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland) is the Massachusetts State Senator for the 1st Worcester district, which includes parts of the city of Worcester, where she resides, and the towns of Boylston, Holden, Princeton, and West Boylston, and parts of Clinton and Northborough. She is a Democrat who has served since January 2001. From 1995 to 2001 she was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature, she was a member of the Worcester school committee from 1991 to 1994. She is the first woman from Worcester ever to be elected to the Massachusetts Senate.
Chandler is the current Senate Majority Leader. She is also the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Redistricting and Co-Chair of the Special Senate Committee on Citizen Engagement. She was most recently Vice-Chair of the Special Senate Committee on Housing and member of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Senate Committee on Rules, and Joint Committee on Housing. She previously served as Senate Assistant Majority Leader and the Vice-Chair of the Senate Steering and Policy Committee. She was the second woman in Massachusetts history to serve as Assistant Majority Leader and is also the second woman in Massachusetts history to serve as Majority Leader. Chandler also served as the Senate Majority Whip, Assistant Majority Whip, Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee on Public Health, Assistant Vice-Chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee on Federal Stimulus Oversight, and the Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs.
During her last two terms in the House, she was the Chair of the Joint Committee on Health Care.
Chandler serves as the Co-Chair of the Prevention for Health Caucus and the Legislature's Oral Health Caucus. She formerly served as Co-Chair of the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) Legislative Caucus, Co-Chair of the Central Massachusetts Caucus, Co-Chair of the Brain Injury Commission, and Co-Chair of the Caucus of Women Legislators. She is actively involved outside of the State House, having served as Co-Chair of the Reforming States Group Steering Committee, which represents members of the legislative and executive branches of state governments focusing on health care reform. She is also the Vice President of the 2015-2016 Executive Board of the Women’s Legislative Network of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), a State Director of Women in Government, and corporator of the YWCA, Worcester Art Museum, and Greater Worcester Foundation. She is a member of Worcester Women’s History Project,United Way of Central Massachusetts, Worcester Democratic City Committee, and the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee.
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