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 |