Thomas P. Conroy (born July 7, 1962)[1] is an American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 13th Middlesex district from 2007 to 2015.[2]
Conroy was born in New York City, New York,[1] and raised in Cheshire, Connecticut. His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse.[3] In 1980 he enrolled in Yale College, 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 and a Master of Business Administration in finance from Boston University.[3]
Conroy worked for Senator Gary Hart (D-CO), and served as a foreign policy and national security assistant for Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD).[4] He spent a decade working for the United States State Department, where he managed refugee-resettlement programs in Southeast Asia and Haiti. For sixteen years he worked for a number of consulting firms, where he assisted nonprofits and businesses develop financial and operational strategies.[5]
In 2006, Conroy was to the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 13th Middlesex district.[6] 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.[7] Conroy also served as the House appointee to the Governor's Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Advisory Council.[8]
