Marjorie Decker's Biography
- State House (MA) - Twenty-Fifth Middlesex, Democratic
Contact Information
Office
24 Beacon Street
Room 130
Boston, MA 02133
Full Name:
Marjorie C. Decker
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Bahji; 2 Children: Brendan, Laurice
Home City:
Cambridge, MA
Executive Education Certificate, Women and Power, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, 2011
MA, Human Rights and Children, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, 2005-2007
MPA, University of Massachusetts Boston, 1996-1998
BS, Social Thought and Political Economy, University Massachusetts Amherst, 1990-1994
Representative, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, District Twenty-Fifth Middlesex, 2013-present
Member, Cambridge City Council, 1999-2013
Candidate, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, District Twenty-Fifth Middlesex, 2012-Present
Vice Mayor, City of Cambridge, 2004-2006
Candidate, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, Suffolk 08, 2002
Former Member, Global Warming and Climate Change Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Member, Health Care Financing Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Member, House Ways and Means Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Member, Housing Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Chair, Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Committee on Ways and Means, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Elder Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Financial Services Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Joint Rules Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Rules Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Legislative Aide, Representative Alice Wolf
Former Legislative Aide, Representative Ellen Story
Manager, Alice Wolf Campaign for State Representative, 2004
Executive Director, Equal Justice Coalition, 1998-2001
Member, Executive Board, United Nations International Association of Peace Messenger Cities, 2003-present
Former Board Member, Cambridge Anti-Poverty Agency
Former Board Member, Cambridge Peace Commission
Former Chair, Finance and Budget Committee, Cambridge City Council
Former Teacher, Teach for America
Member, Executive Committee, Massachusetts Municipal Association, 2009-2012
Chair, Commission on Early Childhood Care/Education, Council Committee, 2010-2011
Chair, Community Health, Council Committee, 2010-2011
Chair, Housing, Council Committee, 2010-2011
Awards:
Inducted, Boston YWCA Academy of Woman Achievers