Tackey Chan

Tackey Chan DEMDemocrat

State Representative, 2nd Norfolk District

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Tackey ChanDEMDemocrat State Representative, 2nd Norfolk District
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Tackey Chan(陳德基) is an American state legislator serving in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He is a Quincy resident and a member of the Democratic Party. He and Donald Wong were the first Asian-Americans elected to the Massachusetts General Court. Chan was born and raised in the Wollaston section of Quincy. He attended the New England School of Law.He first won election to the state legislature in the fall of 2010 and took office in the spring of 2011. He ran again in 2012, 2014, and 2016, winning each time unopposed.

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Education4 - 4 of 2
New England School of Law
JD
1999 - 2003
Brandeis University
BA Politics
1991 - 1995
Past Positions1 - 7 of 7
Representative
Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
2011 - Current
Of Counsel
Boyle, Shaughnessy and Campo
2010 - Current
Assistant Attorney General
Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office of Ratepayer Advocacy
2007 - 2010
Founder
Law Office of Tackey Chan
2004 - 2007
General Counsel
State Senator Michael W. Morrissey
1995 - 2007
Information Systems Administrator
Onsett International
1992 - 1996
Intern
Ingalls, Quinn and Johnson
1993
Other Experience1 - 31 of 31
Member
Boston Harbor Association Board of Trustees
2011 - 2015
Board Member
Quincy Community Action Programs
2006 - 2011
Founder
Quincy Asian Resources Incorporated
2001 - 2010
Member
Quincy Zoning Board of Appeals
2009 - 2010
Member
Massachusetts Asian American Commission
2007 - 2010
Chair
Massachusetts Asian American Commission
2007 - 2009
Member
Screen Actors Guild
2008 - Current
Committee Member
Special Fund for Emergency Financial Assistance
2005 - 2008
Board Treasurer
Quincy Asian Resources Incorporated
2006 - 2007
Member
Massachusetts Asian American Commission
2006
Board President
Quincy Asian Resources Incorporated
2001 - 2004
Member
Governor's Asian American Commission
1999 - 2002
Member
Quincy Democratic City Committee, Ward 5
2001 - Current
Member
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence's Silk Road Gala
1996 - 1999
Board Member
Work Incorporated
1998 - Current
Volunteer Aide
State Representative Michael G. Bellotti
1995
Volunteer Assistant Teaching Instructor
Children's Development Disability Center
1990
Mailroom Claims Clerk
Harvard Community Health Plan
1989
Member
Massachusetts Bar Association
Member
Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts
Member
Norfolk County Bar Association
Member
Boston Bar Association
Former Member
House Ways and Means Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Member
Joint Committee on Ways and Means, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Member
Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Member
Joint Health Care Financing Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Member
Joint Election Laws Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Member
Marijuana Policy Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair
Community Development and Small Business Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair
Joint Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
Member
Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
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