Jen Benson's Biography
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Full Name:
Jennifer 'Jen' E. Benson
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Brent; 3 Children: Hannah, Maya, Noah
Birth Place:
Rochester, NH
Home City:
Lunenburg, MA
Attended, Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology
Masters, Public Administration, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, 2016
BA, Art History, Florida Atlantic University, 1995
Representative, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, District Thirty-Seventh Middlesex, 2009-2020
Candidate, Commonwealth of Massachusetts State House of Representatives, District Thirty-Seventh Middlesex, 2018
Member, Charter Review Committee
Former Chair, Joint Committee on Health Care Financing, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Chair, Joint Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee, Massachusetts State House of Representatives
Member, Primary School Building Committee
No professional experience on file.
Member/Treasurer, Women in Government, Board of Directors, 2015-present
Member, Capital Planning Committee
Member, League of Women Voters
Member, Mass-Care Advisory Board
Member, Massachusetts Association of School Committees
Member, National Conference of State Legislatures
Liaison, School Finance Committee
Vice President for Membership, National Council of Legislators from Gaming States Foundation Incorporated, 2018-2019
Co Chairman, Massachusetts After School and Out of School Time Coordinating Council, 2013-2018
Member, Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board, 2012-2015
Advisory Council Member, Emerge Massachusetts, 2009
Member, Lunenburg School Committee, 2003-2008
Chair, Lunenburg School Committee, 2007-2008
Member/ Former Chair/Former Vice Chair, Lunenburg Democratic Town Committee, 2003-2007
Member, Sierra Club, 1998
Awards:
Emerging Leader, 2011
New England Fiscal Leader, 2011
Legislator of the Year, 2015