James Eldridge Experience

Employment

    * State Representative, 37th Middlesex district, 2003 to present
    * Community Economic Development (CED) public interest lawyer, Merrimack Valley Legal Services, 2001-2002
    * Campaign manager, State Senator (and State Representative) Pam Resor, 1998 & 2000
    * Legislative Aide, State Senator Bob Durand, 1997
    * Campaign manager, State Senator Bob Durand, 1996
    * Litigation Assistant, Hale and Dorr, LLP, 1995-1997

 
Civic Leadership

    * Elected Member/Chair, Acton Housing Authority, 2001-2003
    * Associate Member, Acton Planning Board, 2001-2002
    * State Senate Coordinator/Volunteer, Mass. Voters for Clean Elections, 1997-1999
    * Vice-President, Acton Conservation Trust, 1998-2002
    * Chair/Member, Acton Democratic Town Committee, 1995 to present
    * Vice-Chair, Middlesex-Worcester Democratic Coalition, 2000 to present
    * President/Board member, Massachusetts chapter, Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association, 1998 to present
    * Board member, Habitat for Humanity North Central Mass. chapter, 2006 to present
    * Board member, Gift of Hearing Foundation (GOHF), 2004-2007
    * Board member, Sudbury Assabet Concord Watershed Council (SuAsCo), 2007 to present

 
Community Service

    * Director, Acton Clean Up Day, 1996-2002
    * Board of Directors, Household Goods Recycling Ministry, Inc., 1999-2002
    * Volunteer, Acton Earth Day, 1996-1998
    * Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, 1994 to present
    * Member, Acton Lions Club, 2003 to present

 
Member Organizations

    * Nashua River Watershed Association (NRWA), 2002 to present
    * Assabet River Rail Trail, Inc. (ARRT), 2001 to present
    * No Place for Hate (NPFH), 2001 to present
    * Member, Local 2320 NALSW-UAW, 2000-2001
    * Organization for the Assabet River (OAR), 1996 to present
    * Sudbury Valley Trustees, 2002-2003
    * League of Women Voters, 1996 to present