Rachel Kaprielian Explained

Birth Date:24 June 1968
Birth Place:Boston, Massachusetts
Party:Democratic
Title1:Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Worforce Development
Governor1:Deval Patrick
Term Start1:January 17, 2014
Term End1:January 8, 2015
Predecessor1:Joanne F. Goldstein
Successor1:Ronald L. Walker II
Title2:Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Governor2:Deval Patrick
Term Start2:2008
Term End2:2014
Predecessor2:Anne L. Collins
Successor2:Celia Blue
State House3:Massachusetts
District3:29th Middlesex
Term Start3:2003
Term End3:2008
Predecessor3:Timothy J. Toomey Jr.
Successor3:Jon Hecht
State House4:Massachusetts
District4:32nd Middlesex
Term Start4:1995
Term End4:2003
Predecessor4:Warren Tolman
Successor4:Mike Festa

Rachel Kaprielian (born June 24, 1968)[1] is an American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles, and Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development.

Biography

Kaprielian was born in 1968 in Boston, Massachusetts. From 1995 to 2008 Kaprielian represented portions of Cambridge and Watertown in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. She finished her law studies at Suffolk University in 2000 and received a Masters of Public Service from Harvard University in 2003.[2] In May 2008 she accepted an appointment as the Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles from Governor Deval Patrick.[3] She was named Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development on January 17, 2014.[4]

In 2015 she was appointed Regional Director (MA, RI, CT, VT, ME, NH) for the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: History of Women in the Massachusetts Legislature (1923 to date). PDF. Archives.lib.state.ma.us. 16 July 2018.
  2. Web site: Kaprielian tapped to run Registry of Motor Vehicles. Fennimore. Jillian. 2008-05-22. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110520011629/http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x194402667/Kaprielian-tapped-to-run-Registry-of-Motor-Vehicles. 2011-05-20.
  3. Web site: Local Politics. Boston Herald. 2017-05-10.
  4. Web site: Governor Patrick Appoints New Secretary of EOLWD. 2014-01-30. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201221151/http://www.mass.gov/governor/pressoffice/pressreleases/2014/0117-eolwd-secretary-appointment.html. 2014-02-01.