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Maureen E. Feeney District 3, elected in 1993
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Contact Councilor Feeney |
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Government Operations Presidential Committee on Council Centennial |
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Environment and Health Special Committee on a Livable Boston |
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Economic Development & Planning Environment and Health Government Operations Post Audit & Oversight Presidential Committee on Council Centennial Public Safety Rules & Administration Special Committee on a Livable Boston Ways & Means Whole |
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Prior to her term in elective office, Maureen had spent several years raising her family after a successful career in the insurance industry. During this time, she was a tireless worker for many good causes having an impact on the lives of Dorchester residents. Whether it was establishing a meals program at the Long Island Shelter, organizing annual blood drives, or developing coalitions to build new parks in her neighborhood, Maureen used her energy for many projects affecting the public good. In recognition of her outstanding public service until that time, Dorchester voters elected her to the Boston City Council in 1993, and have returned Maureen to office in each ensuing election by overwhelming majorities. In the past, she has served as Vice President of the City Council, chaired the committees on Government Operations, City & Neighborhood Services, Housing, Health and Human Services, Census and Redistricting 2002, and Boston 2004. She has also served as the Vice-Chair for the committee on Ways & Means and the committee on Education. Maureen is an experienced leader with a proven track record of delivering for her constituents. She was an early leader in the effort to merge University and Boston City hospitals, guiding the enabling legislation creating Boston Medical Center to its enactment while ensuring that medical care for the needy remained a substantial part of its core mission. She is an acknowledged expert in the delivery of health care services and has taken a strong stand in protecting the many non-profit care facilities which serve her constituents, especially the several neighborhood health centers located in the neighborhoods she represents. She has also devoted her efforts to improving education and has been in the forefront of advocating appropriate economic development in Dorchester and throughout Boston. In addition to her legislative work, Maureen is also a Trustee of the Boston Medical Center and sits on the Board of Directors of the Daniel Marr 'Boys and Girls' Club. Along with serving on the Ward 16 Democratic Committee for over 20 years, in 2002, voters elected Maureen to the Democratic State Committee where she serves on the executive committee and is the State Committee Woman from the First Suffolk District. In 2000, Friends for Children, a charity that provides mothers and children with services and advocates for them before social service agencies, selected Maureen as Woman of the Year. This followed her selection as a Woman of Distinction by the Notre Dame Academy Alumnae Association in 1998. On January 1, 2007, the Boston City Council elected Maureen as its president in a unanimous vote, a post which makes her only the second woman to lead the body. She was reelected unanimously as Council President on Janurary 7, 2008, making her the longest serving woman president in the history of the Boston City Council. |
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