About Jeannette

Jeannette's Background

PUBLIC SERVICE

Only mayor to have served on all three levels of local government.
Mayor, 2004 - present
Waltham City Council at Large, 2002 - 2004
Waltham School Committee, 1986 - 1991, 2004 - 2005 (Chair)

EDUCATION

Waltham High School, Class of 1971
Boston College, B.S. Biology, Magna Cum Laude, 1975
Suffolk University Law School, J.D., Cum Laude, 1983
Northeastern University, M.S. Criminal Justice, 1986

PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE

City Solicitor, Asst. Solicitor, Staff Attorney
City of Waltham Law Department, 1992-2000
Attorney, private practice
Instructor, Business Law, Massachusetts Bay Community College
Teaching Assistant, Northeastern University
Production Supervisor, Electronic Test Center
Electronic Tester, B.L.H., Electronics
Bookkeeper, Family Business

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Volunteer:
American Cancer Society
Cedarwood Association Scholarship
City of Waltham Scholarship
D.A.R.E. Speaker for Mentor Program
Greater Waltham Association for Retarded Citizens
St. Charles, St. Mary's Church
V.F.W. Voice of Democracy Judge
Waltham Partnership for Youth, Mentor
Y.M.C.A.
Youth Opposed to Using (Y.O.U)

PRO BONO LEGAL ADVISOR:
(various dates over the past sixteen years)

Arsenault Memorial Scholarship
McCue Memorial Scholarship
Field of Dreams Enterprises, Inc.
Waltham City Choice, Inc.
Waltham Mounted Patrol
Hardy Pond Association, Inc.
Friends of Prospect Hill Park

HONORS
Waltham/Greater Boston Business and Professional Women's Club
Recipient, Boston College Academic Grant
Honored by various local nonprofits, Rotary, Kiwanis, SEPAC, Breaking Barriers, Lodge of Elks, Waltham Cultural Council, Centennial Scholarship, Latinos en Accion

Featured in Suffolk Alumni Magazine
2014 - President, Massachusetts Mayors Association
(Elected unsolicited by her mayor colleagues statewide)

2017 - Award from Massachusetts Association of School
Committees, (Support for Children and Public Education)

Elected Member, Phi Delta Phi, Legal Honor Fraternity
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Prize Award
Recipient, Woman of the Year Award,