Background
Chandler, Harriette Levy was born on December 20, 1937 in Baltimore. Daughter of S. Lester and Reba K. Levy.
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Chandler, Harriette Levy was born on December 20, 1937 in Baltimore. Daughter of S. Lester and Reba K. Levy.
Bachelor, Wellesley College, 1959. Master of Arts, Clark University, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Clark University, 1973.
Master of Business Administration, Simmons College, 1983. Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration (honorary), Worcester State College, 1998.
She is a Democrat who has served since January 2001. She is the first woman from Worcester ever to be elected to the Massachusetts Senate. Chandler is the current Senate Majority Leader and Vice-Chair of the Special Senate Committee on Housing.
She previously served as Senate Assistant Majority Leader and the Vice-Chair of the Senate Steering and Policy Committee.
She was the second woman to serve as the Senate Assistant Majority Leader in Massachusetts history after former Senator Joan Menard. Chandler also previously served as the Senate Majority Whip, Assistant Majority Whip, Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee on Public Health, Assistant Vice-Chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee on Federal Stimulus Oversight, and the Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs.
During her last two terms in the House, she was the Chair of the Joint Committee on Health Care. Chandler serves as the Company-Chair of the Prevention for Health Caucus, Company-Chair of the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) Legislative Caucus, Company-Chair of the Central Massachusetts Caucus, Company-Chair of the Oral Health Caucus, and formerly served as the Company-Chair of the Brain Injury Commission and Company-Chair of the Caucus of Women Legislators.
She also sits on several caucuses and boards, including the Legislature’s Tobacco Control Caucus, Mayor"s Advisory Committee on At-Risk Youth, Worcester Women's History Project, Worcester Art Museum, United Way of Central Massachusetts, Worcester Economic Development Council, Worcester Democratic City Committee and the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee.
Chandler is a long-time pragmatic progressive advocate for health care reform, education, veterans’ issues, housing, civil rights, and women's matters. She claimed Higgins knowingly made false statements about her during the campaign that went well beyond reasonable political campaign statements. The lawsuit, and a lawsuit in response from Higgins, were dropped in June 2011 after Higgins admitted his allegations were not true.
Chandler is a long-time pragmatic progressive advocate for health care reform, education, veterans’ issues, housing, civil rights, and women's matters.
Chairman committee on shareholder responsibility Clark University, 1982—1986. Founding member Worcester Women's Political Caucus, 1985. Chairman board trustees Worcester Memorial Auditorium, 1987—1989.
Committee member Worcester School, 1992—1994, vice-chairman, 1994, Massachusetts Communications on Common Core of Learning, 1994, Worcester Committee Foreign Relations. Incorporator Young Women’s Christian Association, Greater Worcester Community Foundation, Worcester Art Museum. Past president Jewish Healthcare Center.
Assistant vice chair Senate Ways and Means Committee, since 2008. Member Democratic State Committee, since 1999. Member steering committee Reforming States Group, since 1996.
Chairman Central Massachusetts Legislation Caucus, 1994—1995, co-chair, 2001—2002, 2009—2010, co-chair women's legislation caucus, 2006, co-chair oral health caucus, 2010, vice chair economic stimulus oversight committee, vice chair veterans affairs, member executive commission, since 2010. Member of Worcester Economics Club.
Married Burton Chandler, July 12, 1959. Children: Frank Levy, Victoria Jane, Edward Lee.