Linda Melconian

Linda Melconian DEMDemocrat

Politician in Massachusetts, US

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Linda MelconianDEMDemocrat Politician in Massachusetts, US
16
Years of Experience
MAResidence (state)

Linda J. Melconian is a former American state legislator who served as the first woman Majority Leader in the history of the Massachusetts Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented the greater Springfield area as its State Senator from 1983-2005. In 2017 Melconian was invited by the U. S. House of Representatives Historian’s Office to participate in an oral interview and transcript as part of the Oral History Project commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first woman elected to Congress.

Education5 - 5 of 3
Mount Holyoke College
BA
George Mason University
JD
George Washington University
MA
Past Positions1 - 8 of 8
Majority Leader
1999 - 2004
Senator
Massachusetts Senate
1982 - 2004
Assistant Majority Leader
1996 - 1998
Experience
Hampden County Democrats
Experience
Former Democratic State Committeewoman
Assistant Counsel to Thomas P. O'Neill
Jr., Speaker of the House
Distinguished Adjunct Professor
Bay Path College, American Government
Prosecuting Attorney
Hampden County District Attorney's Office
Other Experience1 - 12 of 12
Life Member
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Current
Board Member
Springfield Action Commission
Board Member
Salvation Army
Board of Trustees
Ella T. Grasso Foundation
Chair
Linda J. Melconian Golf Open, Hampden County Battered Women's Shelter
Corporator
Brightside Foundation
Experience
University of Massachusetts/Springfield Advisory Committee
Experience
Biotechnology Advisory Committee
Experience
Hampden County Bar Association
Experience
Massachusetts Bar Association
Experience
Mount Holyoke Club of Greater Springfield
Incorporator
Springfield College
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