Garlick, Denise C.

Official Record

• Chamber House of Representatives
• Political Offices
  • Needham Board of Health
  • Needham Board of Selectmen
  • State Representative ('11-present)
  • Former House Chair, Joint Committee on Elder Affairs
  • Former House Chair, Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use, and Recovery
  • Vice Chair, House Committee on Ways and Means

Personal Information

• Residence Needham
• Favorite Quote "I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what's said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.” - Abraham Lincoln

Education & Career

Education

• Dedham High School, Dedham MA
• New England Baptist Hospital School of Nursing
• Fitchburg State College, B.S.N. (Suma Cum Laude)
• Northeastern University: Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety
• Selected Courses: UMass Amherst

Occupation

Registered Nurse

Organizations

• Chair, Council of State Governments Health Public Policy Committee
• Opioid Fellow, National Conference of State Legislatures
• Exchange Club
• Massachusetts Nurses Association