Massachusetts Democratic Party State Committee Subcommittees
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List of Subcommittees and DSC members
Affirmative Action Outreach
Co-Chairs: Gillian Hinkson, Linda Monteiro
Nazda | Alam |
Coco | Alinsug |
Mabel | Amar |
Cathaleen | Ashton |
Russ | Ashton |
Sandi | Bagley |
Chuck | Battle |
Helena | Berbano |
Donovan | Birch |
Brenda | Brathwaite |
Leon | Brathwaite |
Lezlie | Braxton Campbell |
Mehreen | Butt |
Tyler | Carlton |
Kate | Chang |
Brian | Corr |
Cheryl | Cumings |
Carlos | A.F. Da Silva |
Stephen | Driscoll |
Louis | Elisa |
Marilyn | Flowers |
Max | German |
Charlotte | Golar Richie |
Andre | Green |
David | Halbert |
Kristen | Halbert |
Jared | Hicks |
Gabrielle | Jackson |
Rani | Jacobson |
Prerna | Jagadeesh |
Samson | Liao |
Helen | Moon |
Nichole | Mossalam |
Vero | Navarro |
Sheneal | Parker |
Karen | Payne |
Mel | Poindexter |
Tina | Poindexter |
Ricardo | Quiroga |
Marietta | Rapetti Cawse |
Jay | Rivera |
Jeannette | Rivera |
Lucy | Rivera |
Jonathan | Rodrigues |
Pablo | Ruiz |
Ervin | Russell |
Diego | Sanchez |
Sarah Ann | Shaw |
Tina | Shinnick |
Shanique | Spalding |
Sharon | Stout |
Kannan | Thiruvengadam |
Steve | Tompkins |
Adrian | Velazquez |
Parwez | Wahid |
Vernon | Walker |
Michelle | Wu |
Wayne | Yeh |
By-Laws
Co-Chairs: Teresa Walsh
Carol | Aloisi |
Gus | Bickford |
Leon | Brathwaite |
Linda | Broadford |
John | Businger |
Tyler | Carlton |
Kaitlynn | Castillo |
Jonathan | Cohn |
Mary Gail | Cokkinias |
Patricia | Deal |
Karen | Detellis |
Kate | Donaghue |
Michael | Gilbreath |
Ted | Gross |
Martina | Jackson |
Dan | Kelly |
Amy | Kullar |
Bob | LeBlanc |
Diane | Masters |
Gerry | McDonough |
Candy | Mero-Carlson |
Linda | Monteiro |
Kenneth | Parker |
Karen | Payne |
Samantha | Perlman |
Robert | Peters |
Lesley | Phillips |
Rebecca | Pinn |
Mel | Poindexter |
Tina | Poindexter |
Jim | Roosevelt |
Holly | Ryan |
Tina | Shinnick |
Donna | Smith |
Scott | Spencer |
Amanda | Westlake |
Armani | White |
Campaign Services
Co-Chairs: Amanda Smith & Lauren Mattison
Nazda | Alam |
Coco | Alinsug |
Terry | Altherr |
Mabel | Amar |
Bryan | Barash |
George | Barnoski |
Alex | Bausch |
Amy | Benjamin |
Benjamin | Bloomenthal |
Bill | Bowles |
Lezlie | Braxton Campbell |
Linda | Broadford |
Harrison | Brussel |
Dylan | Clark |
Jonathan | Cohn |
Robert | Colt |
Mark | Cote |
Cheryl | Cumings |
Julie | Curtis |
Cinda | Danh |
Ray | Drewnowski |
Brian | Dunn |
Cabell | Eames |
Louis | Elisa |
Marsha | Finkelstein |
Colleen | Flanagan |
Max | German |
Laura | Hickey |
Arjun | Jaikumar |
Mark | Lannigan |
Christine | Lowe |
Zelda | MacGregor |
Joe | Martin |
Walter | McDonough |
Jason | Palitsch |
Ellen | Parker |
Mel | Poindexter |
Tina | Poindexter |
Marietta | Rapetti Cawse |
Dalida | Rocha |
Margaret | Rolph |
Pablo | Ruiz |
Drew | Russo |
Melissa | Schapero |
Shanique | Spalding |
Erin | Stock |
Sharon | Stout |
Kevin | Tagliaferri |
Melanie | Thompson |
Vernon | Walker |
Matthew | Walsh |
Amanda | Westlake |
Eileen | Zalisk |
Charter Amendments
Co-chairs: Sandi Bagley, Tyler Carlton
Coco | Alinsug |
Carol | Aloisi |
Bryan | Barash |
George | Barnoski |
Helena | Berbano |
Gus | Bickford |
Donovan | Birch |
Leon | Brathwaite |
Mary Gail | Cokkinias |
Patricia | Deal |
Karen | Detellis |
Mark | DiSalvo |
Kate | Donaghue |
Raul | Fernandez |
Andre | Green |
Lida | Harkins |
Gillian | Hinkson |
Gabrielle | Jackson |
Susan | Kennedy |
Amy | Kullar |
Bob | LeBlanc |
Linda | Monteiro |
Nichole | Mossalam |
David | O’Brien |
Lesley | Phillips |
Mel | Poindexter |
Tina | Poindexter |
Becca | Rausch |
Jay | Rivera |
Jim | Roosevelt |
Drew | Russo |
Scott | Spencer |
Matt | Walsh |
Teresa | Walsh |
Amanda | Westlake |
Armani | White |
Wayne | Yeh |
Communications
Co-Chairs: Amy Kullar, Chris Matthews
Coco | Alinsug |
Terry | Altherr |
Catherine | Bayliss |
Donovan | Birch |
Jonathan | Cohn |
Sally | Cragin |
Mara | Dolan |
Cabell | Eames |
Marsha | Finkelstein |
Jay | Harney |
Christopher | Jenkins |
Steven | Leibowitz |
Zelda | MacGregor |
Matt | McGonagle |
Linda | Monteiro |
Ellen | Parker |
Mel | Poindexter |
Mary | Richards |
Holly | Ryan |
Kannan | Thiruvengadam |
Melanie | Thompson |
Wayne | Yeh |
Eileen | Zalisk |
Credentials
Co-Chairs: Carol Aloisi, Alana Murphy, Steve Owens
Coco | Alinsug |
Sandi | Bagley |
George | Barnoski |
Louis | Elisa |
Ted | Gross |
Amy | Kullar |
Curtis | Lemay |
Bonnie | MacCracken |
Candy | Mero-Carlson |
Rebecca | Pinn |
Mel | Poindexter |
Jay | Rivera |
Sally | Rizzo |
Ann | Roosevelt |
Jim | Roosevelt |
Melissa | Schapero |
Susan | Thomson |
Disability Outreach
Chair: Cheryl Cummings, Colleen Flanagan
Terry | Altherr |
Mabel | Amar |
Janet | Beyer |
John | Businger |
Robert | Cassidy |
Susan | Kennedy |
Dan | Kelly |
Colin | Killick |
Chris | Lorant |
Bob | Massie |
Rebecca | Morris |
Nichole | Mossalam |
Lesley | Phillips |
Mel | Poindexter |
Tina | Poindexter |
Anthony | Russo |
Melissa | Schapero |
Christine | Tron |
Field Services
Co-Chairs: Sandy Milano, Karen Payne
Nazda | Alam |
David | Albright |
Terry | Altherr |
George | Barnoski |
Catherine | Bayliss |
James | Bedard |
Amy | Benjamin |
Patricia | Boyden |
Linda | Broadford |
John | Cass |
Katherine | Chang |
Dylan | Clark |
Mary Gail | Cokkinias |
Kevin | Costa |
Mark | Cote |
Christine | Crean |
Jacqueline | Curtis |
Karen | Detellis |
Ray | Drewnowski |
Mary | Dube |
Marsha | Finkelstein |
Michael | Gilbreath |
Doreen | Goodrich |
David | Halbert |
Jay | Harney |
Samuel | Hockenbury |
Brandon | Iizuka Rivas |
Joe | Kaplan |
Susan | Kennedy |
Michael | Lanava |
Thomas | Larkin |
Steven | Leibowitz |
Lisa | Lemieux |
Zelda | MacGregor |
Bob | Massie |
Lauren | Mattison |
Patrick | McDermott |
Tom | McGrath |
Jennifer | Mieth |
Jason | Palitsch |
Kathleen | Pasquina |
Karen | Payne |
Mel | Poindexter |
Tina | Poindexter |
Arthur | Powell |
Jay | Rivera |
Dalida | Rocha |
Anthony | Russo |
Erin | Stock |
Sharon | Stout |
Kevin | Tagliaferri |
Randall | Tatum |
Ken | Thompson |
Parwez | Wahid |
Vernon | Walker |
Eileen | Zalisk |
JFK Scholarship
Co-Chairs: Brenda Brathwaite, Charlotte Golar Richie, Max German
Coco | Alinsug |
Terry | Altherr |
Carol | Donovan |
Cathy | Dwyer |
Kristen | Halbert |
Marilyn | Hazel |
Samantha | Perlman |
Lisa | Stevens-Goodnight |
Judicial Council
forthcoming
Labor Outreach
Chair: Jim Pimental
Alice | Arena |
Cathaleen | Ashton |
James | Bedard |
Adeline | Bee |
Patricia | Boyden |
Edward | Collins |
Christine | Crean |
Carlos | A.F. Da Silva |
Mara | Dolan |
Brian | Dunn |
Cathy | Dwyer |
Debra | Fastino |
Max | German |
Andre | Green |
Karen | Hansmann |
Jared | Hicks |
Kevin | Joyce |
Joseph | Kelly |
Donna | Kelly-Williams |
Lisa | Lemieux |
Gary | Mannion |
Heather | May |
Matt | McGonagle |
Tom | Merolli |
Nichole | Mossalam |
Claire | Naughton |
Dennis | Naughton |
Mel | Poindexter |
Mary | Richards |
Dalida | Rocha |
Anthony | Russo |
Robert | Sheehan |
James | Shinnick |
Kate | Shore |
Randall | Tatum |
Kannan | Thiruvengadam |
Steven | Tolman |
Martin J. | Walsh |
Teresa | Walsh |
LGBTQ+ Outreach
Co-Chairs: Tanya Neslusan, Holly Ryan, Diego Sanchez
David | Albright |
Coco | Alinsug |
Carol | Aloisi |
Bryan | Barash |
Catherine | Bayliss |
Donovan | Birch |
Rhonda | Bourne |
Lezlie | Braxton Campbell |
Steven | Camara |
Tyler | Carlton |
Jeremy | Comeau |
Jacqueline | Curtis |
Cinda | Danh |
Dori | Dean |
Lizbeth | DeSelm |
Ray | Drewnowski |
Steve | Driscoll |
Eileen | Duff |
Paul | Giorgio |
Laura | Hickey |
Joe | Kaplan |
Dan | Kelly |
Steve | Kerrigan |
Christine | Lowe |
Thomas | McGrath |
Dave | Morin |
Matt | Murray |
Claire | Naughton |
Dennis | Naughton |
Karen | Payne |
Lesley | Phillips |
Linda | Pinti |
Mel | Poindexter |
Tina | Poindexter |
Jay | Rivera |
Erin | Stock |
Christine | Tron |
Gretchen | Van Ness |
Matthew | Walsh |
Wayne | Yeh |
Personnel
Chair: Mark DiSalvo
Elaine | Almquist |
Donovan | Birch |
Leon | Brathwaite |
Brian | Corr |
Diane | Masters |
Karen | Payne |
Maria | Robinson |
Drew | Russo |
Tina | Shinnick |
Ty Waterman
Public Policy
Co-Chairs: Senator Jamie Eldridge, Martina Jackson, Ann Roosevelt, Parwez Wahid
Nazda | Alam |
Coco | Alinsug |
Elaine | Almquist |
Terry | Altherr |
Sandi | Bagley |
George | Barnoski |
Amy | Benjamin |
Benjamin | Bloomenthal |
Rhonda | Bourne |
Lezlie | Braxton Campbell |
Mehreen | Butt |
Carol | Coakley |
Jonathan | Cohn |
Mary Gail | Cokkinias |
Kevin | Costa |
Mark | Cote |
Elizabeth | Coughlin |
Christine | Crean |
Cheryl | Cumings |
Cinda | Danh |
Mara | Dolan |
Patricia | Duffy |
Brian | Dunn |
Cabell | Eames |
Ralph | Edwards |
Raul | Fernandez |
Max | German |
Michael | Gilbreath |
Andre | Green |
David | Halbert |
Laura | Hickey |
Jared | Hicks |
Pierrce | Holmes |
Robin | Hubbard |
Regina | Hughes |
Gabrielle | Jackson |
Rani | Jacobson |
Arjun | Jaikumar |
Christopher | Jenkins |
Joe | Kaplan |
Joseph | Kelly |
Susan | Kennedy |
Colin | Killick |
Justin | Klekota |
Amy | Kullar |
Mark | Lannigan |
Steven | Leibowitz |
Chrissy | Lynch |
Bob | Massie |
Diane | Masters |
Heather | May |
Jennifer | Mieth |
Rebecca | Morris |
Dennis | Naughton |
Sang Oen (Preferred: Ted) | Park |
Sheneal | Parker |
Samantha | Perlman |
Robert | Peters |
Linda | Pinti |
Mel | Poindexter |
Tina | Poindexter |
Sharon | Pollard |
Becca | Rausch |
Liz | Reardon |
Mary | Richards |
Jonathan | Rodrigues |
Holly | Ryan |
Diego | Sanchez |
Jon | Santiago |
William | Shemeth |
Marlene | Silva |
Shanique | Spalding |
Joseph | Spencer |
Erin | Stock |
Ben | Tafoya |
Marie | Turley |
Robin | Van liew |
Vernon | Walker |
Armani | White |
Alice | Wolf |
Wayne | Yeh |
Paul | Yorkis |
Eileen | Zalisk |
Resolutions
Co-Chairs: Joe Kelly, Marianne Rutter
Cathaleen | Ashton |
Lezlie | Braxton Campbell |
John | Brissette |
Tyler | Carlton |
Julie | Curtis |
Carlos | A.F. Da Silva |
Stephen | Driscoll |
Louis | Elisa |
Gena | Frank |
Max | German |
Michael | Gilbreath |
Robin | Hubbard |
Brandon | Iizuka Rivas |
Martina | Jackson |
Prerna | Jagadeesh |
Laura | Jette |
Mary | Joyce-Morris |
Justin | Klekota |
Amy | Kullar |
Kara | Le Treize |
Samson | Liao |
Daniel | Manning |
Gary | Mannion |
James | McGowan |
Joan | Menard |
Sheneal | Parker |
Mel | Poindexter |
Sharon | Pollard |
Becca | Rausch |
Jay | Rivera |
Ann | Roosevelt |
Ben | Tafoya |
Contact: Resolutions@massdems.org
Deadlines:
April 24 DSC meeting: Filing: April 2, 5 pm; Hearing April 4
June 3-4 Convention: Filing: May 4, 5 pm
November 17 DSC Meeting: Filing: October 29, 5 pm; Hearings Nov 10 and 14
Resource Development
Co-Chairs: Tom Holloway, Sharon Stout
Elaine | Almquist |
George | Barnoski |
Gus | Bickford |
Donovan | Birch |
Julie | Curtis |
Kate | Donaghue |
Marsha | Finkelstein |
Kathy | Gasperine |
Andre | Green |
Amy | Kullar |
Nicole | Lachapelle |
Michael | Lake |
Samson | Liao |
Matt | McGonagle |
Rebecca | Morris |
Samantha | Perlman |
Marilyn | Powers |
Melissa | Schapero |
Paul | Yorkis |
Rules
Chair: Bill Eddy
George | Barnoski |
Gus | Bickford |
Brenda | Brathwaite |
Leon | Brathwaite |
John | Businger |
Tyler | Carlton |
Kate | Donaghue |
Mary Anne | Dube |
Paul | Giorgio |
Candy | Glazer |
Roberta | Goldman |
Lida | Harkins |
Martina | Jackson |
Christopher | Jenkins |
Susan | Kennedy |
Diane | Masters |
Candy | Mero-Carlson |
Linda | Monteiro |
David | O’Brien |
Steve | Owens |
Jason | Palitsch |
Karen | Payne |
Patricia | Perry |
Lesley | Phillips |
Tina | Poindexter |
Jay | Rivera |
Jim | Roosevelt |
Ervin | Russell |
Scott | Spencer |
Teresa | Walsh |
Alice | Wolf |
Rural Issues
Co-Chairs: Dylan Clark, Lee Harrison, Lisa Mosczynski
Mark | Cote |
Patricia | Duffy |
Bonnie | MacCracken |
Thomas | Merolli |
Helen | Moon |
Dave | Morin |
Patricia | Perry |
William | Shemeth |
Robert | Wallhagen |
Senior Outreach
Co-Chairs: Russ Ashton, Marilyn Flowers
Cathaleen | Ashton |
James | Bedard |
Linda | Broadford |
John | Buckley |
Peggy | Curtis |
Marjorie | Dunehew |
Ralph | Edwards |
Regina | Hughes |
Thomas | Larkin |
Thomas | McGrath |
Allyne | Pecevich |
Marilyn | Powers |
Ricardo | Quiroga |
Blessing | Rogers |
Margaret | Rolph |
Ty | Waterman |
Site Selection
Co-Chairs: Michael Lanava, Sally Rizzo
Carol | Aloisi |
Cathaleen | Ashton |
Brian | Corr |
Sally | Cragin |
Cheryl | Cumings |
Mary Anne | Dube |
James | Fiorentini |
Paul | Giorgio |
Lida | Harkins |
Marilyn | Hazel |
Gillian | Hinkson |
Curtis | Lemay |
Bonnie | MacCracken |
Gary | Mannion |
Joe | Martin |
Veronica | Martinez |
Linda | Monteiro |
Rebecca | Morris |
Drew | Russo |
Veterans & Military Families
Co-Chairs: Chuck Battle, Christine Tron
Benjamin | Bloomenthal |
Ed | Collins |
Carlos | A.F. Da Silva |
Susan | Kennedy |
Patrick | McDermott |
Karen | Payne |
Alicia | Reddin |
Jim | Roosevelt |
Ervin | Russell |
Anthony | Russo |
Melissa | Schapero |
Women’s Outreach
Co-Chairs: Adeline Bee, Mehreen Butt, Norma Shulman
Mabel | Amar |
Alice | Arena |
Amy | Benjamin |
Brenda | Brathwaite |
Linda | Broadford |
Kaitlynn | Castillo |
Katherine | Chang |
Megan | Costello |
Cheryl | Cumings |
Julie | Curtis |
Cinda | Danh |
Mara | Dolan |
Kate | Donaghue |
Marjorie | Dunehew |
Cathy | Dwyer |
LaNita Ann | Dykes |
Cabell | Eames |
Marsha | Finkelstein |
Colleen | Flanagan |
Marilyn | Hazel |
Laura | Hickey |
Gabrielle | Jackson |
Sophia | Jeffery |
Amy | Kullar |
Kara | Le Treize |
Lisa | Lemieux |
Christine | Lowe |
Bonnie | MacCracken |
Vero | Navarro |
Tanya | Neslusan |
Ellen | Parker |
Samantha | Perlman |
Marilyn | Powers |
Marietta | Rapetti Cawse |
Mary | Richards |
Jeannette | Rivera |
Keri | Rodrigues |
Melissa | Schapero |
Marlene | Silva |
Donna | Smith |
Shanique | Spalding |
Ariane | Taylor |
Kannan | Thiruvengadam |
Melanie | Thompson |
Gretchen | Van Ness |
Eileen | Zalisk |
Youth Services
Co-Chairs: Lezlie Braxton Campbell, Alicia Delvento
Coco | Alinsug |
Elaine | Almquist |
Terry | Altherr |
Bryan | Barash |
George | Barnoski |
James | Bedard |
Harrison | Brussel |
Kaitlynn | Castillo |
Mark | Cote |
Cinda | Danh |
Brian | Dunn |
Max | German |
Kristen | Halbert |
Jared | Hicks |
Brandon | Iizuka Rivas |
Gabrielle | Jackson |
Prerna | Jagadeesh |
Dan | Kelly |
Mark | Lannigan |
Patrick | McDermott |
Thomas | Merolli |
Dave | Morin |
Ted | Park |
Samantha | Perlman |
Rebecca | Pinn |
Liz | Reardon |
Jay | Rivera |
Anthony | Russo |
Melissa | Schapero |
Shanique | Spalding |
Erin | Stock |
Kannan | Thiruvengadam |
Amanda | Westlake |
Armani | White |