Jennifer Davis Carey

Jennifer Davis Carey
Massachusetts Secretary of Elder Affairs
In office 2003–2007
Preceded by	Lillian Glickman
Succeeded by	Mike Festa
Massachusetts Director of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation
In office 1999–2003
Preceded by	Daniel Grabauskas
Succeeded by	Beth Lindstrom
Personal details
Residence	Arlington, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Harvard-Radcliffe Harvard Graduate School of Education

Jennifer Davis Carey is an American government official who served as Massachusetts Secretary of Elder Affairs from 2003 to 2007.

Carey graduated from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in psychology. She went on to earn a doctoral degree in administration and planning in social policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Carey began her career at Ohio University, where she served as an Assistant Dean. From 1982 to 1992 she was the Senior Admissions and Financial Aid Officer at Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges. From 1992 to 1998 she worked as the Director of College Counseling at the Bancroft School.

In 1998, Carey joined the administration of Governor Paul Cellucci as a Special Assistant to the Governor. In this role she oversaw constituent services and external relations. From 1999 to 2003 she was director of the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, where she acted as a consumer advocate and coordinated nine state regulatory agencies.

On December 19, 2002, Governor-elect Mitt Romney announced that Carey would be his Secretary of Elder Affairs. Carey stepped down as Elder Affairs Secretary on May 30, 2007 to become director of training and education at the University of Massachusetts Medical School's Commonwealth Medicine division.

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