Pledging more diversity, House speaker Mariano unveils new leadership team, committee chairs
The Houseâs 10-member leadership team, Mariano included, features four women but just one person of color
By Matt Stout Globe Staff,Updated February 12, 2021, 7:46 p.m.
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House Speaker Ronald Mariano remade the chamberâs leadership
this week, putting slightly more representatives of color
in charge of committees, naming the Houseâs first female majority leader, and appointing its first openly LGBTQ lawmaker as the chamberâs No. 3 Democrat.
The appointments provided the first test of Marianoâs pledge to diversify the leadership team and panels that will
BOSTON House Speaker Ron Mariano named his senior leadership team Thursday, assembling a group that includes four women and one member of color to help shape the agenda for the House as Democrats look to focus, in part, on the state s COVID-19 and vaccination response.
Mariano, who succeeded former Speaker Robert DeLeo in December, has tapped Easton Rep. Claire Cronin for the number two slot in Democratic leadership as majority leader, a position Mariano held himself under DeLeo.
Cronin, who last session co-chaired the Judiciary Committee, successfully guided the House through the passage of a major reform of policing in Massachusetts and an expansion of abortion access. Cronin was first elected to the House in 2012.
House Speaker Ron Mariano named his senior leadership team Thursday, assembling a group that includes four women and one member of color to help shape the agenda for the House as Democrats look to focus, in part, on the state s COVID-19 and vaccination response.
Mariano, who succeeded former Speaker Robert DeLeo in December, has tapped Easton Rep. Claire Cronin for the number two slot in Democratic leadership as majority leader, a position Mariano held himself under DeLeo. She becomes the first female majority leader in Massachusetts.
Cronin, who last session co-chaired the Judiciary Committee, successfully guided the House through the passage of a major reform of policing in Massachusetts and an expansion of abortion access. Cronin was first elected to the House in 2012.