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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Martha "Marty" Walz |
| Address | 250 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, Massachusetts , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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July 07, 1961
(62 years)
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| Contributor | Ferriswheel |
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| Info | Marty is the Vice President of Development at Jumpstart, a national non-profit based in Boston that pairs college students with preschool children who are at risk of entering school unprepared for success. Before Jumpstart, Marty worked for Boston Public Schools as Assistant Director of Human Resources. Previously, Marty practiced law for 12 years with Palmer & Dodge and Harcourt General, Inc., where she managed the company’s global labor and employment law practice.
Marty has served in leadership roles with the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay and the Women’s Lunch Place, a daytime shelter for poor and homeless women. She also serves on the Board of NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts. She is a longtime member of the Boston Ward 5 Democratic Committee, which she has served as Chair and as Treasurer. She is also a member of the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee.
Marty holds a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, where she was a Kennedy Fellow and a Lucius N. Littaur Fellow. Marty also has a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.A. from Colgate University, from which she graduated magna cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Professional Experience
Jumpstart for Young Children (2003 – present)
Vice President of Development
Boston Public Schools (2000 – 2003)
Assistant Director of Human Resources
Harcourt General, Inc. (1992 – 1999)
Associate General Counsel
Palmer & Dodge (1987 – 1992)
Associate
Non-Profit and Civic Experience
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts (2003 – present)
Board of Directors and Political Committee Member
Women’s Lunch Place (2001 – present)
Board of Directors Member
Chair, Personnel Committee and Executive Director Search Committee
Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay (1997 – present)
Board of Directors Member
President and Chief Operating Officer
LeadBoston (Class of 2002)
Innovations in American Government Awards (2000 – 2002)
Reviewer
Boston Aging Concerns – Young & Old United (2000)
Consultant/Grantwriter
Strategic Development Study Committee (1998 – 2000)
Member
Citizens Advisory Committee, Boylston Square (1998 – 1999)
Member
City Year for a Day Serve-a-Thon (1990 – 1992)
Executive Committee Member and Team Captain
Public Interest Law Foundation, New York , NY (1985 – 1987)
President and Vice-President for Grant Making
Political Experience
Democratic State Committee (2004 – present)
Member, 2nd Suffolk District
Boston Ward Five Democratic Committee (1989 – present)
Chair, Treasurer, and Executive Committee Member
Committee to Elect Alana Murphy (1999)
Chair
Committee to Elect Mark Roosevelt (1992 – 1996)
Treasurer
Education
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Masters in Public Administration, 2000
Kennedy Fellow and Lucius N. Littaur Fellow
New York University School of Law
Juris Doctor, 1987
Colgate University
BA, Magna cum laude with honors in history, 1983
Phi Beta Kappa
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