Setti Warren
| Setti Warren | |
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| Mayor of Newton | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | David Cohen |
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| Born |
May 15, 1970 Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Boston College Suffolk University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | Campaign website |
Setti David Warren (born May 15, 1970) is the current Mayor of Newton, Massachusetts and a former Democratic candidate for United States Senate. He is the first popularly elected African-American Mayor in Massachusetts.
Warren, along with his twin sister Makeda, were born in 1970 to their parents Joseph and Elpidia (née Lopez) Warren. His father, Joseph D. Warren, was an advisor for Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis's 1988 presidential campaign, and worked in the African-American studies department at Northeastern University before his death in 2010. His mother, Elpidia Lopez, is a retired social worker. He also has a stepmother, Martha L. (Walker) Warren. His younger sister Kara, who had struggled with severe asthma throughout her life, died in November 2005 at the age of 27.
Warren completed elementary school at the private school Jackson Walnut Park in Newton and then attended Newton North High School, where he was the class president for all four years, and while he attended Boston College, he was also elected student body president. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1993. He received a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School's night classes in 2006, although he has not taken the bar exam to practice law.
After graduating from college, Warren worked for two years with his family's consulting business. In 1995 he joined the New England branch of U.S. President Bill Clinton's re-election campaign. From 1996 to 2000 he worked in several White House Offices under Clinton: the Advance Office, Cabinet Affairs Office, and the Social Office. He served as New England regional director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from 2000 to 2001, where he implemented a performance management system for the office. He then worked for two years in fundraising at Boston College.
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