Jo Comerford's Biography
- State Senate (MA) - Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester, Democratic
Contact Information
Office
24 Beacon Street, Room 410
Boston, MA 02133
UMass Amherst
Isenberg School of Management
Rooms 116B and 116C
Amherst, MA 01003
Full Name:
Joanne 'Jo' M. Comerford
Gender:
Female
Family:
Wife: Ann; 2 Children: Chloe, Isaiah
Birth Date:
09/03/1963
Birth Place:
Roslyn, NY
Home City:
Northampton, MA
MSW, Community Organizing, Hunter College, 1997-1999
BA, Franklin & Marshall College, 1981-1985
Senator, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate, District Hampshire, Franklin, and Worcester, 2019-present
Candidate, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate, District Hampshire, Franklin & Worcester, 2018, 2020
Member, Global Warming and Climate Change Committee
Chair, Joint Committee on Higher Education
Member, Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion
Member, Joint Committee on Rules
Second Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Member, Rules Committee
First Vice Chair, Ways and Means Committee
Former Member, Food Security Task Force, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Member, Global Warming and Climate Change Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Chair, Joint Committee on COVID-19 and Emergency Preparedness and Management, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Member, Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy, Massachusetts State Senate
Former Member, Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture, Massachusetts State Senate
Former Member, Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery, Massachusetts State Senate
Former Chair, Joint Committee on Public Health, Massachusetts State Senate
Former Member, Joint Committee on Revenue, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Member, Post Audit and Oversight Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Co-Chair, Senate Working Group on Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Co-Chair, Special Legislative Commission on Racial Inequities in Maternal Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Smith College, 2005-present
Campaign Director, MoveOn.org, 2014-2018
Executive Director, National Priorities Project, 2008-2014
Director of Programs, Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, 2006-2008
Director, American Friends Service Committee, Western Massachusetts Regional Office, 1999-2006
Founding Board Member, Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership, present
Volunteer, Jackson Street School Parent Teacher Organization Leadership Team