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She started her career off as a legislative aide. From 1985 to 1993 she was the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives|state representative]] for the 5th Norfolk district,<ref name="officers-1991">{{cite book |url=http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/43407 |title=Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1991–1992) |page=95 |publisher=[[Massachusetts General Court]]}}</ref> She served on the Commerce and Labor Committee, and she spent two years as Chairman of that Committee. From 2007 to 2009 she was secretary of labor in the administration of Governor [[Deval Patrick]].<ref name="msa-bio" />{{cite web |url=http://www.suzannebump.com/about-suzanne/ |title=Biography |publisher=[[Massachusetts Auditor|Office of the State Auditor]]}}</ref>
She started her career off as a legislative aide. From 1985 to 1993 she was the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives|state representative]] for the 5th Norfolk district,<ref name="officers-1991">{{cite book |url=http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/43407 |title=Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1991–1992) |page=95 |publisher=[[Massachusetts General Court]]}}</ref> She served on the Commerce and Labor Committee, and she spent two years as Chairman of that Committee. From 2007 to 2009 she was secretary of labor in the administration of Governor [[Deval Patrick]].<ref name="msa-bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.suzannebump.com/about-suzanne/ |title=Biography |publisher=[[Massachusetts Auditor|Office of the State Auditor]]}}</ref>


===Auditor===
===Auditor===

Revision as of 23:14, 28 January 2013

Suzanne M. Bump
Bump in 2010
25th Massachusetts Auditor
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 19, 2011
Preceded byA. Joseph DeNucci
Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development
In office
2007–2009
GovernorDeval Patrick
Preceded byGayl Mileszko
Succeeded byJoanne Goldstein
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 5th Norfolk District
In office
1985–1993
Preceded byElizabeth Metayer
Succeeded byJoseph Sullivan
Personal details
BornFebruary 18, 1956
Weymouth, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
SpousePaul McDevitt
Alma materBoston College
Boston College Law School

Suzanne M. Bump (born February 18, 1956) is the current Massachusetts State Auditor, the first female elected to this role in the state’s history. She is a former state representative and state secretary of labor. [1]

Early life

Bump was born February 18, 1956 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Her father was a funeral director and her mother was a homemaker. She attended Cardinal Spellman High School, received her A.B. from Boston College, and received her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School.[2] According to her campaign biography, she grew up in Whitman and moved to Braintree after college. She later moved to Great Barrington.[3]

Political career

She started her career off as a legislative aide. From 1985 to 1993 she was the state representative for the 5th Norfolk district,[2] She served on the Commerce and Labor Committee, and she spent two years as Chairman of that Committee. From 2007 to 2009 she was secretary of labor in the administration of Governor Deval Patrick.[4]

Auditor

She resigned from Patrick’s cabinet in order to enter the race for the position of Auditor being vacated by longtime Auditor A. Joseph DeNucci. She won the primary and the general election and was sworn in as state auditor of Massachusetts on January 19, 2011.[5]

Shortly after taking office Auditor Bump held sweeping reforms following an independent review of the auditing office she took over. The review found workers without bachelor's degrees, inadequate training, and unspecified job skills. As part of the reform 27 employees were terminated and 14 were reassigned, other employers with proper qualifications were given raises on par with national standards.[6]

Personal

Bump has been married to Paul McDevitt since 1980. They reside in Great Barrington but often have to commute for job purposes.[7]

References

  1. ^ "About Suzanne". Committee to Elect Suzanne Bump.
  2. ^ a b Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1991–1992). Massachusetts General Court. p. 95.
  3. ^ "About Suzanne". Committee to Elect Suzanne Bump.
  4. ^ "Biography". Office of the State Auditor.
  5. ^ "Biography". Office of the State Auditor.
  6. ^ "Article". MetroWest Daily News.
  7. ^ http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/politics/12002155855212/suzanne-bump-dem-mass-auditor-bio/

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