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JOAN M. MENARD



Term Beginning Term Ending Role Party
2007 2008 SENATOR Democratic
Public Office
Women's Political Caucus; Democratic State Committee Chair (1993-present); Mass. House (1979-1999, Majority Whip 1984, Assistant Majority Whip 1991, Majority Whip 1992-'96); Mass. Senate (2000-'06, Majority Whip 2003-'04).

Districts

  • FIRST BRISTOL AND PLYMOUTH. — Fall River, Freetown, Somerset, Swansea and Westport, in the county of Bristol; and Lakeville and Rochester, in the county of Plymouth.

Committee Membership

  • Senate committee on Ethics & Rules
    Public Safety & Homeland Security

Education

  • Bridgewater State College, B.S.; Boston University, M. Ed.; Boston College (Certificate, Advanced Graduate Study).

Organizations

  • League of Women Voters; Five Cents Savings Bank (director); Steppingstone (board of directors); Southeastern Massachusetts Labor Center Advisory Board; Katie Brown Fund (board of directors); New England Board of Higher Education; Council of State Governments.

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JOAN M. MENARD in the News

An advocate for the needs of children - Fall River Spirit


An advocate for the needs of children
Fall River Spirit, MA - Nov 14, 2008
Sister Kathleen worked with state Sen. Joan M. Menard (then state representative) to develop Campus Child Care on all 28 campuses of the Massachusetts ...
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JOAN M. MENARD in the Blogs

SouthCoastToday.com: The Spirit - An advocate for the needs of ...

Sister Kathleen worked with state Sen. Joan M. Menard (then state representative) to develop Campus Child Care on all 28 campuses of the Massachusetts University/College system, and was one of the original founders and treasurer of the ...

source: SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines

Chapter 40B attack defeated in Senate : HBAM

The Massachusetts Senate recently rejected an effort by State Senator Robert L. Hedlund to undermine the effectiveness of Chapter 40B by making it unprofitable for builders to use the law to develop affordable housing. ...

source: HBAM

About the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners - News ...

The following legislators were represented by their aides: Senator Joan M. Menard, Senator Brian A. Joyce, Representative Geraldine Creedon, Senator Robert S.Creedon Jr., Representative David L. Flynn, Representative Christine E.Canavan ...

source: Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

Media Law: Mass. bill would shield reporters' sources

Other legislators who signed on as co-sponsors are: Sen. Joan M. Menard (D-Somerset), Sen. Scott P. Brown(R- Wrentham), Sen. Mark C. Montigny (D-New Bedford), Sen. Stephen M. Brewer (Barre-Worcester County), Sen. ...

source: Media Law

make a difference on july 12th

senator joan m. menard representative david b. sullivan:- precinct one representative john f. quinn:- precinct two representative stephen r. canessa:- precinct three g gardner senator robert a. antonioni representative robert l. rice jr ...

source: Live, Love, and Learn

Berkshire Blog®™: Topic: State Senator Andrea F. Nuciforo, Jr.

Wilkerson, Senate majority leader Frederick E. Berry, and Senator Joan M. Menard met last week with Patrick to press their case after Burnes refused to meet with them, saying she faced potential conflicts, according to the senators. ...

source: Berkshire Blog®™

Blue Mass. Group:: A glorious victory

He's always been conservative as a Senator. But then again, I lived on the same corridor at Patterson Dorm with the guy, back in the days of UMass when they had door-by-door (as opposed to floor-by-floor) coed dorms, and he always ...

source: Blue Mass. Group - Front Page

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