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STATE SENATOR
KAREN SPILKA

State House District Office
Room 511-C P.O. Box 2323
Boston, MA 02133 Framingham, MA 01703-2323
Tel: (617) 722-1640
Fax: (617) 722-1077
Tel: (508) 872-6677

Party Affiliation - DEMOCRAT

State House E-Mail Address: Karen.E.Spilka@state.ma.us

DISTRICT REPRESENTED: SECOND MIDDLESEX AND NORFOLK. — Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Hopkinton and Natick, precincts 1 to 5, inclusive, and 8, in the county of Middlesex; Franklin, precincts 1 and 5 to 8, inclusive, and Medway, in the county of Norfolk.

EDUCATION: Cornell University, B.A., Northeastern University School of Law, J.D.

PROFESSION: Attorney.

ORGANIZATIONS: Boston Bar Association, Labor Guild, South Middlesex Association for Retarded Citizens, Tyler Hamilton Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis, MetroWest YMCA, MetroWest Chamber of Commerce, MetroWest Workforce Development Steering Committee, MetroWest Economic Research Center at Framingham State College, MetroWest ESL Fund, Framingham League of Women Voters, Ashland Education Foundation

PUBLIC OFFICE: Ashland School Committee (chair, vice-chair) Democratic Town Committee, Fiscal Affairs Committee, Charter Review Committee, Personnel Board, Massachusetts House of Representatives, Nov. 2001-2002 (to fill vacancy); 2003-2004, Massachusetts State Senate, 2005-present.

Committees on which the legislator serves:

Economic Development & Emerging Technologies (Chair)
Senate Committee on Ethics and Rules (Vice-Chair)
Labor and Workforce Development (Vice-Chair)
Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change
Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Higher Education
Health Care Financing
Federal Stimulus Oversight