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Portrait of Marylou Sudders

Sudders, Marylou

AdvisorExecutive Office of Health and Human Services
  • Agency Executive Office of Health and Human Services
  • Division Executive Office
  • Title Advisor
  • Address One Ashburton Place, Room 1109
    Boston, MA 2108
  • Phone 617-573-1600
  • Email marylou.sudders@state.ma.us
  • Reports To Governor Charlie Baker

Official Record

  • Years in Current Position 1
  • Job Description Leads the largest executive agency in state government, a $21 billion state budget with 22,000 public servants, and oversees critical services that touch almost one in four residents of the Commonwealth. Professionally trained as a social worker, Sudders has dedicated her life to public service and to some of our most vulnerable citizens. She has been a public official, provider executive, advocate and college professor.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth 1954
  • Place of Birth Ellenville, New York
  • Marital Status Married

Education & Career

  • Education
    • MSW, Boston University
    • AB cum laude, Boston University
  • Previous Employment
    • Associate Professor & Chair, Health & Mental Health, Boston College School of Social Work
  • Organizations
    • Mass Women’s Forum