Linda Dorcena Forry

Linda Dorcena Forry
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 12th Suffolk district
In office 2005 - present
Preceded by	Tom Finneran
Personal details
Born	Boston, Massachusetts
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Bill
Residence	Dorchester, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Boston College,
Profession	Business management

Linda Dorcena Forry (born 1973) is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the 12th Suffolk District since a special election in April 2005. Forry is a Haitian American.

Forry serves as the House Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business.

Early life

Forry was born and raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. She attended St. Kevin Grammar School and Monsignor Ryan Memorial High School in Dorchester before matriculating to Boston College. She graduated from BC's Carroll School of Management in 1997. Currently, Rep. Forry is a candidate for a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government (2013).

Career

After graduating from Boston College, Forry was a Legislative Assistant, working for then-State Representative Charlotte Golar Richie (Fifth Suffolk District serving Roxbury and Dorchester). When she left the State House in 1999 to work for the executive staff at the City of Boston’s Department of Neighborhood Development, she had risen to the position of Acting Chief of Staff.

Forry represents the Commonwealth’s 12th Suffolk district, a diverse and vibrant cross-section that includes parts of the town of Milton and the city of Boston, including Dorchester, Hyde Park and Mattapan. In 2009, Forry served as Chair of the Black and Latino Caucus. That same year, she was appointed Chairman of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses. Rep. Forry draws upon her roots in civic activism and government as committee chair.

Forry won the Democratic nomination in the April 2013 special primary election to succeed state Senator Jack Hart in the First Suffolk Senate district. She faces Republican Joseph A. Ureneck in the final election on May 28.

Personal

Forry is married to Bill Forry, managing editor of the Reporter Newspapers in Boston, MA. The couple live in Lower Mills, Dorchester and have four children: John, Conor, Madeline and Norah. Three of Rep. Forry's children have been born during her tenure in the House of Representatives.

External links

• Massachusetts General Court - State Representative Linda Dorcena Forry official MA House website
• Linda Dorcena Forry for State Senate campaign web site
• Project Vote Smart - Representative Linda Dorcena Forry (MA) profile
• Follow the Money - Linda Dorcena Forry
  • 2006 campaign contributions
• Constituent Website - Representative Linda Dorcena Forry (MA)

Life in a Whirlwind: Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry juggles official duties, motherhood