Thomas P. Conroy (born July 7, 1962) is an American politician who served as a member of the

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for the 13th Middlesex district from 2007 to 2015.

Early life and education

Conroy was born in

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, and raised in

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. His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse. In 1980 he enrolled in

Yale College Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...

, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian and East European studies. He later earned a Master of Arts in international economics from

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...

and a Master of Business Administration in finance from

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Career

Conroy worked for Senator

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( D- CO), and served as a foreign policy and national security assistant for Senator

Barbara Mikulski Barbara Ann Mikulski ( ; born July 20, 1936) is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she also served in the United States House of Repr ...

( D- MD). He spent a decade working for the

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, where he managed refugee-resettlement programs in

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and

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. For sixteen years he worked for a number of consulting firms, where he assisted nonprofits and businesses develop financial and operational strategies. In 2006, Conroy was to the

for the 13th Middlesex district. In the House, he served as vice chair of the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing and as the chairman of the Joint Committee on Labor & Workforce Development. Conroy also served as the House appointee to the Governor's Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Advisory Council. Conroy was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the

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, but withdrew from the race on December 12, 2011. He was a candidate for

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, but lost to

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in the Democratic primary. He did not run for re-election to the House due to his run for treasurer; his term ended in January 2015.

Personal life

Conroy is married to national security expert

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and has four daughters.

References

External links

Official Website
Living people Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives People from Wayland, Massachusetts 1962 births Yale College alumni {{Massachusetts-MARepresentative-stub