President Pro Tempore, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate, 2019-present

Senator, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate, District Suffolk and Middlesex District, 2012-present

Candidate, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate, District Second Suffolk & Middlesex, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Massachusetts, District 5, 2013

Representative, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, District Twenty-Fourth Middlesex, 2007-2012

Candidate, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, District Twenty-Fourth Middlesex, 2006, 2008, 2010

Vice Chair, Bills in the Third Reading Committee

Member, Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion

Chair, Redistricting Committee

Member, Steering and Policy Committee

Former Member, Election Laws Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Vice Chair, Ethics Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Ethics Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Global Warming and Climate Change Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Improve Government Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Judiciary, Massachusetts State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Revenue, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Rules, Massachusetts State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Transportation, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Joint Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Joint Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Joint Public Service Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Joint Ways and Means Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Chair, Judiciary Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Municipalities and Regional Government Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Member, Rules Committee, Massachusetts State Senate

Former Member, Ways and Means Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate

Former Associate Director for Public Policy, Division on Addictions, Harvard Medical School

Former Law Clerk, Federal District Court, Boston

Former Co-Chair, Harvard Interdisciplinary Working Group on Drugs and Addictions

Former Senior Criminal Justice Advisor, Join Together, Boston University School of Public Health

Former Research Associate, Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation

Former Asset Forfeiture Chief, Narcotics and Special Investigations Division

Former Faculty Program Director, Program on Drugs and Crime, Kennedy School of Government Executive Programs

Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Public Protection Bureau

Assistant Attorney General, State of Massachusetts, 1992-1998

Project Manager, Morgan Stanley, 1984-1988

Former Chair, Arlington-Belmont-Cambridge Stormwater Flooding Board

Former Chair, Belmont Democratic Town Committee

Former Coach/Assistant Coach, Belmont Soccer Association

Former Member, Fiscal Policy Committee, Massachusetts Municipal Association

Former Town Meeting Member, Precinct 2

Former Chair, South Pleasant Street Land Use Committee

Former Member, Steering Committee, Suburban Coalition

Member, Belmont Board of Selectmen, 1998-2007

Favorite Book:

Cold Mountain

Favorite Movie:

Saving Private Ryan

Favorite Musician:

From Lady Gaga to American Folk Music to Mozart -- I like music.

Favorite Quote:

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Triathlons