Public Policy Meeting

Please let us know if you are able to join us for the April Public Policy meeting at the Chamber office on April 5th.

Our speaker will be Keri Rodrigues Lorenzo, Massachusetts State Director for Families for Execellent Schools.  Keri  will be speaking to the Chamber on the expansion of charter schools in Massachusetts. This highly charged issue could be an initiative on the ballot in November; the proposed ballot measure would allow for the creation or expansion of 12 charter schools per year, with a preference for proposals in the lowest-performing districts.

Keri Rodrigues Lorenzo is the Massachusetts State Director of Families for Excellent Schools. She has spent her entire career fighting on behalf of hard working families and brings her passion as a proud Mom to her advocacy on education for children across Massachusetts. She began her career as an award-winning journalist and broadcaster, recognized for her political reporting both nationally and internationally. Prior to joining Families for Excellent Schools, she worked with Education Reform Now and served as Senior Communications Coordinator for 1199SEIU.

Keri currently serves as and At Large Massachusetts Democratic State Committee Member, Co-Chair of the Women’s Caucus and on the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Democratic Party. She has also worked as a senior advisor on dozens of Massachusetts non-profit, ballot-issue and political organizing campaigns. Keri also serves as a Justice of the Peace for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Most importantly, Keri is the mother of three wonderful little boys: Matthew, Miles and David.