Cindy Friedman  

Cindy Friedman  

State Senator, Massachusetts 

          
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Cindy Friedman has been a Massachusetts State Senator representing the Fourth Middlesex District since 2017. She is Chair of the Senate Joint Committee on Healthcare Financing, which over sees bills related to any aspect of health care, as well as Vice Chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means. Prior to becoming a state Senator, Cindy worked as a public school teacher and an executive in the high-tech industry, and later served for nearly a decade as Chief of Staff to the late Senator Ken Donnelly.