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Kerry Healey :

Kerry Healey was elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 2002 and serves as a key policy advisor on Governor Romney’s leadership team.

Lieutenant Governor Healey has taken on a broad range of assignments to advance the Romney Administration’s reform agenda.  She is the primary contact for municipal leaders regarding local finance and budget issues and co-chairs the Commonwealth's five Regional Competitiveness Councils, which are responsible for regional economic development initiatives.  Healey currently chairs several special commissions for the Governor focused on criminal justice reform, sexual and domestic violence, homelessness and the maritime economy.  She also presides over the Governor's Council, the body responsible for confirming the Governor's judicial appointments.

From 1987 to 1997, Healey enjoyed a distinguished career as a law and public safety consultant at Abt Associates, Inc., in Cambridge, MA.  While at Abt, she conducted extensive research for the U.S. Department of Justice related to child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, gang violence, victim and witness intimidation and the prosecution of drug crimes.  Healey’s findings led her to author four books and numerous articles focused on improving standards and practices throughout the criminal justice system.

A Beverly resident, Healey has been an active member of her North Shore community.  She is a past member of the Foundation Board of North Shore Community College and the Friend’s Board of Beverly Hospital.  Healey successfully co-chaired the campaign to rebuild her city’s library, raising over $1 million in private funds and grants.  In 2001, she co-chaired Beverly’s United Way Campaign to support community development efforts.

Healey also served as a member of the adjunct faculty at Endicott College and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell teaching criminal justice and social policy.

Prior to her election, Healey was Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party and is credited with successfully re-energizing and expanding the party’s grassroots base, laying the foundation for the party’s current record setting fundraising effort.

Healey graduated from Harvard College in 1982 and received a bachelor’s degree in government.  She was awarded a Rotary International Scholarship in 1983 and earned a Ph.D. in political science and law from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. In 1985, Healey was chosen to be a visiting researcher in the International and Comparative Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School and continues to pursue her interest in international affairs as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.