Eileen Donoghue

Education

Donoghue graduated from University of Massachusetts Amherst (Bachelor 1976), and Suffolk University Law School (Juris Doctor 1979).

Career

She has served since January 2011. Donoghue is an attorney and a former mayor (1998–2002) and city councilor (1996–2008) of Lowell, Massachusetts. She ran as a Democrat in the Massachusetts 5th Congressional District Special Election in 2007 for the United States House of Representatives seat vacated by Marty Meehan"s resignation, losing to Niki Tsongas by 4%.

Chair, Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Higher Education

Joint Committee on Transportation

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Eileen Donoghue is a second term State Senator from the First Middlesex District, serving the communities of Lowell, Dunstable, Groton, Pepperell, Tyngsborough, and Westford.

The Senator was first elected to the Massachusetts State Senate in November 2010. Upon graduating from University of Massachusetts in 1976, with an individualized concentration in law and Spanish, the Senator pursued her passion for law.

She received her Juris Doctor at Suffolk University Law School in 1979. After twelve years of practicing law, Senator Donoghue opened her own firm in the City of Lowell in 1991 before joining Gallagher & Cavanaugh in 2008.

Senator Donoghue was elected to the Lowell City Council in 1996 and two years later was elected mayor for her first of two terms at that post.

After a number of years in public service, Senator Donoghue is eager to use her prior experience to represent the interests of the district in the Massachusetts State Senate. Women Working Wonders Fund

Bachelor in Law and Spanish, University of Massachusetts. Juris Doctor, Suffolk University.

Mayor of Lowell, Lowell City Councilor.

Achievements

• During her tenure as mayor, she was proud to champion some of the most historic and important economic development projects for the city, including the Tsongas Arena, the LeLacheur Ball Park, the construction and renovation of 17 schools, and the artist overlay district which resulted in more than 800 new artists’ lofts now occupying formerly abandoned mills. Founder of Merrimack Valley Economic Development Council Company-founder of Future Stars Camp in Lowell.

Membership

Senator Donoghue serves as the Senate chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development & Small Business, vice-chair of the Joint Committee on Higher Education, and member of the Senate Committee on Ways & Means, Joint Committee on Economic Development & Emerging Technologies, and Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities & Energy.