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SENATOR HARRIETTE L. CHANDLER

State House
Room 312-D
Boston, MA 02133
Telephone: (617) 722-1544
Fax: (617) 722-1357

Party Affiliation - DEMOCRAT

State House E-Mail Address: Harriette.Chandler@state.ma.us

DISTRICT REPRESENTED: FIRST WORCESTER. & #151; Worcester, wards 1 to 4, inclusive, 9 and 10, Berlin, Boylston, Clinton, precincts 3 and 4, Holden, Northborough, precincts 1, 2 and 4, Paxton, Princeton and West Boylston.

EDUCATION: Wellesley College, B.A. '59; Clark University, Ph.D. '73; Simmons Graduate School of Management, M.B.A. '83; Worcester State College, Honorary Doctorate Public Administration '88.

PROFESSION: Legislator.

PUBLIC OFFICE: Mass. House (1995- 2001); Mass. Senate (2001- 2008).

Committees on which the legislator serves:

Senate committee on Ways and Means (Assistant Vice-Chair)
Public Health
Housing
Senate committee on Ways and Means
Telecommunication, Utilities and Energy

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Organizations:

Massachusetts Legislature's Tobacco Control Caucus
Worcester Economic Development Council
City Task Force on Crisis Management
Mayor's Advisory Committee on At-Risk Youth
United Way of Central Massachusetts
Worcester Women's History Project
Worcester Democratic City Committee
Massachusetts Democratic State Committee

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Legislation presented by the Senator:

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Senator Chandler's Biography:

Senator Harriette L. Chandler (D-Worcester) was first elected to the Massachusetts State Senate in November of 2000 and was sworn into office on January 3, 2001. She was re-elected to the State Senate in both 2002 and 2004. She serves as Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business. Senator Chandler also serves as Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee on Transportation, and as a member of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, the Joint Committee on Healthcare Financing, the Joint Committee on Public Health and the Joint Committee on Housing.

The first woman from Worcester ever to be elected to the Massachusetts State Senate, she served three terms in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1995-2001. In her last two terms in the House she served as House Chair of the Joint Committee on Health Care. She also served on the Worcester School Committee from 1991-1994.

Senator Chandler earned degrees from Wellesley College (B.A.), Clark University (Ph.D.) and the Simmons College Graduate School of Management (M.B.A.). She is married to Worcester attorney Burton Chandler and has three grown children and three grandchildren.

Senator Chandler is a member of the Central Massachusetts Caucus, the Massachusetts Legislature’s Tobacco Control Caucus, the Worcester Economic Development Council, the City Task Force on Crisis Management, the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on At-Risk Youth, the United Way of Central Massachusetts, the Worcester Women’s History Project, the Worcester Democratic City Committee and the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee.
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