Joseph Sullivan (Mayor)

Infobox Officeholder
honorific-prefix = The Honorable
name =Joseph Sullivan


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order =1st
office =Mayor of Braintree, Massachusetts
term_start =January, 2008
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predecessor =(none)
successor =Incumbent
birth_date = 1959
birth_place =Braintree, Massachusetts
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party =Democrat
spouse =Barbara
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children =2
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alma_mater =University of Massachusetts Amherst
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website = http://www.joesullivanformayor.com/
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Joseph Sullivan (b. 1959), is the first-ever mayor of Braintree, Massachusetts.

Biography

Mayor Sullivan was born in raised in Braintree. His parents are Jim and Betty Sullivan. He attended Ross Elementary School, and graduated from Braintree High School in 1977. Mayor Sullivan graduated from UMass Amherst, and also earned a Master of Public Administration degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Public Life

* Town Meeting Member for 25 years
* Youngest Selectman of Braintree, elected in 1986 served two three-year terms on the board [ [http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/05/03/sullivan_makes_it_official/ The Boston Globe, 5/3/2007] ]
* Director of the Braintree Historical Society [ [http://www.braintreehistorical.org/contact_info.htm Braintree Historical Society] ]
* First ran for Massachusetts State Legislature in 1992; won that election and five more to serve 1993-2003 during which Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation from January 2007 to February 2003
* In 2007 succeeded by Joseph R. Driscoll, who had been a legislative aide to Sullivan.
* February 2003 appointed Executive Director of the Massachusetts State Lottery; in charge of 400 employees, five regional offices, and the allocation of $4 billion dollars of annual revenue. [ [http://www.lotteryinsider.com/people/bios/sullivan.htm The Lottery Insider] ] .
* Elected as the first mayor of Braintree in the town's 367 year history in November 2007 [ [http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2007/11/06/news/news0b.txt The Patriot Ledger, 11/6/2007] ] .

References

External links

* [http://www.joesullivanformayor.com/home.html Campaign Home page]
* [http://www.townofbraintreegov.org/ Town's web site]