Pat Jehlen's Biography
- State Senate (MA) - Second Middlesex, Democratic
Contact Information
Office
24 Beacon Street
Room 424
Boston, MA 02133
Full Name:
Patricia 'Pat' D. Jehlen
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Alain; 3 Children
Birth Date:
10/14/1943
Birth Place:
Austin, TX
Home City:
Somerville, MA
Religion:
Methodist
MAT, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1969-1971
MA, History, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 1966
BA, History, Swarthmore College, 1961-1965
Senator, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate, District Second Middlesex, 2005-present
Candidate, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate, District Second Middlesex, 2022
Assistant Majority Leader, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate, 2017-2018
Representative, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, District Thirtieth Middlesex, 1991-2005
Member, Joint Committee on Education
Chair, Joint Committee on Elder Affairs
Chair, Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Public Service
Member, Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Member, Ways and Means Committee
Co-Chair, Caucus of Women Legislators
Former Member, Housing Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy, Massachusetts State Senate
Former Member, Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business, Massachusetts State Senate
Former Member, Joint Committee on Housing, Massachusetts State Senate
Former Member, Joint Committee on Revenue, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Vice Chair, Joint Education Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Member, Joint Election Laws Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Member, Joint Judiciary Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Second Vice Chair, Joint Ways and Means Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Co-Chair, MBTA Caucus
Former Chair, Marijuana Policy Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Chair, Mystic River Caucus
Former Member, Post Audit and Oversight Committee, Massachusetts State Senate
Vice-Chair, Senate Municipalities and Regional Government
Former Second Vice Chair, Ways and Means Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Instructor, Boston University School of Public Health, 2006-2007
Supervisor of Student Teachers, Simmons College, 1988-1990
Teacher, Brookline High School, 1968-1971
Research Assistant, Harvard Ed School, 1967
Volunteer, Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), 1965-1966
Board Member/Teacher/Volunteer, OPENAIR Circus, 1985-present
Member, Somerville School Committee, 1976-1991
Chair, Somerville School Committee, 1980, 1988
Father's Occupation:
Methodist Minister, Professor of Social Ethics at the Boston University School of Theology
Mother's Occupation:
Community Activist, Girl Scout Leader, Sunday School teacher/trainer.
Number of Grandchildren:
2