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Portrait of Marilyn M. Petitto Devaney

Petitto Devaney, Marilyn M.

Governor's Councilor 3rd DistrictGovernor's Council

Official Record

  • Year Started Current Position 1999
  • Years in Current Position 28
  • Years in State Service 46
  • Job Description With due diligence and investigation, vote on all Judges, Clerk Magistrates, Parole Board, Industrial Accident Board, Industrial Accident Advisory Board, Appellate Tax Board, Commutations, Pardons, Approve Weekly State Warrant (State expenditures), Justice of the Peace, Notaries, Conduct Governor's Council hearings for all nominees; meet weekly at Public Assembly with Lt. Governor.

Personal Information

  • Place of Birth Waltham, Massachusetts
  • Town of Residence 98 Westminster Ave., Watertown
  • Marital Status Widowed
  • Children 4

Education & Career

  • Education
    • Middlesex Community College - ABA
    • Suffolk University - BS
    • Boston State College - Master's Degree
  • Previous Employment
    • Former Elected Watertown Town Meeting Member
    • Former Elected Watertown Councillor-at-large
    • Governor's Council
  • Organizations
    • Present - Women's Auxiliary of American Legion Post #440 and Executive Board Member
    • We the People Mass
    • Newton League of Women Voters
    • Progressive Watertown
    • Cornelia dei Gracchi Lodge Sons of Italy
    • Ladies Order of Hibernians
    • Democratic State Committee ex-officio
    • Watertown Democratic Town Committee. Former - served 22 years on the Commission on Disabilities
    • President of Kiwanis
    • Vice President of Mass. Municipal Association (Councillors and Aldermen Association)
    • Served on Mass. Municipal Board of Directors