Marian Walsh

State Senator Marian Walsh has never lost an election. Beginning

with her first run for the Massachusetts House of Representatives in

1988 as a political unknown, Walsh was re-elected to a second term

then went on to serve nine consecutive terms in the Massachusetts

State Senate until 2011. She was the first woman to hold her House

and Senate seats and also held ranking positions, including Majority

Whip. She was nominated for the prestigious John F. Kennedy Profile

in Courage Award, honoring those in public service “who, acting in

accord with their conscience, risk their careers by pursing a larger

vision.” A former chief administrative officer for the Suffolk County

District Attorney’s Office, Walsh is also an attorney. She was graduated

from the Newton College of the Sacred Heart, Suffolk University

Law School and Harvard Divinity School. Currently a public affairs

consultant and leadership coach as well as a lecturer of ethics and

leadership at Northeastern University, Walsh resides in Massachusetts

with her husband, Paul V. Buckley.