Senator Stan Rosenberg

Stan Rosenberg is a former Massachusetts state legislator who served in the House of Representatives from 1987 to 1991 and then the Massachusetts State Senate, retiring from that body in 2018. During his Senate career, Stan served as chair of several legislative committees, most notably three years as chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee and as Redistricting Committee chair in both 2001 and 2011. He also served in other leadership posts, including president pro tempore, majority leader, and president of the Senate. His legislative work was committed to K-12 and higher education, the environment, social services, the arts and humanities, and social and economic justice. Prior to his service in the legislature Stan held several political staff positions including with Congressman Chet Atkins, State Senator John W. Olver, and the Massachusetts Democratic Party. Stan is a 1977 graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he subsequently developed multiple innovative programs. He was the founding director of the Arts Extension Service, launching it with a significant grant from the William H. Donner Foundation. He also founded the Citizen Involvement Training Project and was Director of the Community Development and Human Service Programs in the Division of Continuing Education.