STATE SENATOR
STEVEN A. TOLMAN

Party Affiliation - DEMOCRAT

State House E-Mail Address: Steven.Tolman@state.ma.us

DISTRICT REPRESENTED: SECOND SUFFOLK AND MIDDLESEX. — Boston, ward 4, precincts 7 and 10, ward 5, precincts 2, 9 and 10, ward 21, precincts 1 to 3, inclusive, and 5, and 8 to 16, inclusive, ward 22, precincts 3 and 4, and 6 to 13, inclusive, in the county of Suffolk; Cambridge, ward 9, precincts 2 and 3, ward 10, precincts 1 and 3, and ward 11, and Belmont and Watertown, in the county of Middlesex.

EDUCATION: Watertown High School, '72; Harvard Trade Union Program, '80; University of Massachusetts at Boston, '99.

PROFESSION: Legislator.

ORGANIZATIONS: Allston/Brighton YMCA (board of directors); Transportation Communication Union: Labor Representative, 1977-1995, State Legislative Director, 1989-present; Allston/Brighton YMCA Board of Directors, 1993-present; Greater Boston Association of Retarded Citizens, Board of Directors, 1996-present; Children's Hospital, PACC Advisory Board, 1998-present; Greater Boston Labor Council, Executive Member, 1981-1984; Ancient Order of Hibernians, 1997-present; Armenian Assembly of America, 1998-present.

PUBLIC OFFICE: Watertown Housing Commissioner, 1981-'81; Ward 22 Democratic Committee Member,1988-present, Chairman 1992-1995; Democratic State Committee,1991-present; State Representative, 1994-1998; Massachusetts Senate 1999-2008.

Committees on which the legislator serves:

Senate Assistant Majority Whip
Labor & Workforce Development