Education
Smith College, A.B., 1976
Suffolk University Law School, 1979
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, MPA, 2009
Experience
- State Representative, 14th Norfolk District, 2003-present
- House Chair, Joint Committee on Education, 2011-present
- Member, Special Joint Committee on Redistricting, 2011-present
- Wellesley Town Clerk, 2000-2003
- Wellesley School Committee Member, 1993-1999; Chair, 1994-1995, 1997-1999
- Wellesley Advisory (Finance) Committee, 1989-1992; Chair 1991-1992
- Wellesley Town Meeting Member, 1989-present
Community Service
- Board Member, Wellesley Education Foundation, 1999-2005
- Advisory Board, Wellesley Education Foundation, 2005-present
- Board of Overseers, Newton Wellesley Hospital, 1996-present
- League of Women Voters (Wellesley), 1986-present
- Wellesley Service League, 1988-present
- Board Member, Senior Living Inc., 2001-present
Bio
Married to Tom Peisch, an attorney with a practice in Boston; mother of Philip, Alice & Andrew, all graduates of Wellesley High School.