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sector. She is a consultant with Public Consulting Group where she helps state governments nationwide improve their operations, finances and strategic planning related to behavioral health systems, public health program evaluations, legislative impact analysis and child welfare program rate setting. Prior to her role there, she worked for the Massachusetts State Senate as Legislative Director for State Senator Eric Lesser and was Research Director for the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure at the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Samantha’s long-term goal is to reduce healthcare costs by preventing chronic diseases. She envisions large-scale government investments in policies and programs that acknowledge and prioritize the role of social determinants of health. A large portion of this success depends on electing visionary leaders who closely represent the electorate; as a result, Samantha also works to help elect more women to government and positions of power.

Samantha earned her B.A. in Political Science and Anthropology from Columbia University and her M.S. from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.

Planning and Alignment/Communication. Prior to her role there, Meredith worked as a Press Secretary for Attorney General Tom Reilly and as Assistant Director of Communications at the Boston Redevelopment Authority. Meredith earned her B.A. in Communications from American University.

University, Fullerton and as an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Welfare at UCLA. She was a Co-Principle Investigator of the Family Studies Project at the University of Southern California. Since retiring from academia, Bonnie has been involved with a number of non-profit organizations. She currently serves on the Board of Barrington Theater Company and on the Board of Advisors of both the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. She also seriously pursues her hobby of competitive dog sports with her Border Collies.

Bonnie earned her B.A. in History and MSW from UCLA . She also received her Ph.D in Clinical Psychology from the University of Southern California.

social issues centered around mainstream America. Immigrating from India in her early twenties, she now hosts, produces and directs Faces of South Asia, a television program on Access Television in Quincy, Mass., with a focus on human trafficking, child marriage, domestic violence, opioid abuse, gender equality, LGBTQ and LGBTQ senior issues, postpartum depression and mental health, educating to men regarding abuse towards women and pre- teen and teen violence and issues regarding rape and recovery.

Using her own diverse experiences, Eshita has developed time to assisting vocationally inexperienced women with assimilating into modern American culture. She is also a global political fundraiser for the progress of women and children. She has fundraised for Akshaya Patra USA, the world’s largest non-profit organization providing mid-day meals to 1.6 million children, is an advocate for DOVE, an organization devoted to end domestic violence and Saheli an organization dedicated to the empowerment of South Asian women and their families. Eshita is also an associate to Friends of Shelter, an organization that works to build toilets, stopping open defecation and protecting women from sexual abuse. She is a graduate of Jamshedpur Women’s College and has a Bachelors in Economics. Eshita resides in Canton Massachusetts with her husband Dr. Aniket Chakrabarti and is the mother of two daughters.

energy development and strategic advisory, both domestic and
international. She has worked for more than thirty years within a corporate environment as well as
managing her own private business enterprises She has a successful track record of identifying early
energy market trends, creating an investment vehicle to capture this “first mover” advantage and
affording its targeted investors the ability to secure additional investment premium. Earlier in her career,
she held senior positions at Triumph Securities, Lazard Freres and ABC News among others. Ms.
Diamond serves on the board of the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus, is Co-Chairman of the
MWPC Political Action Committee and founded the Western Massachusetts MWPC (MWPC
Berkshires) in 2017. She has a BA in Psychology from New York University and an MBA in Finance
from New York University Graduate School of Business.

relationships with local and state representatives. She is also the Founder for the League of Better Health and Safety. Cabell has managed numerous political campaigns such as Cassandra Page for Housing Authority and Bob Massie for Governor, and she also worked in Field for Bernie Sanders for President. Cabell earned a degree in Psychology from North Essex Community College. She is now working towards her B.A. in Psychology.

empower low-income residents. Prior to joining the Commonwealth, Cara spent fifteen years as a professor of critical race, gender, and sexuality studies, most recently at American University in Washington, DC. As an independent consultant, she has developed diversity and communication training for non-profit and corporate audiences. Prior to joining MWPC’s PAC, Cara served on the Board of Trustees at the Cambridge Women’s Center–the longest-running women’s center in the country. Cara is passionate about equality and is excited to help increase women’s political representation in the State.

Cara earned her B.A. in Liberal Studies from Grand Valley State University, her M.A. in Women’s Studies from University of South Florida, and her Ph.D. in Language, Literacy, and Culture from the University of Maryland.

she has lived and worked in Nice, London, and Boston. Author of a forthcoming memoir, her work is published in Southern Cultures, Scalawag, The Georgia Review, and Kenyon Review. In 2017, she founded what is now MWPC’s North Shore Committee. In 2020, she managed a Congressional campaign. She will serve as MWPC’s president, 2021-2023.