Meet Rep. Forry
Representative Linda Dorcena Forry was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in a special election in spring 2005, becoming the second Haitian American elected to Massachusetts office. She represents the Commonwealth’s 12th Suffolk district, a diverse and vibrant cross-section that includes parts of the town of Milton and the city of Boston, including Dorchester, Hyde Park and Mattapan. In 2009, Representative Forry served as Chair of the Black and Latino Caucus. That same year, she was appointed Chairman of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business. Representative Forry draws upon her roots in civic activism and government as committee chair.
After graduating from Boston College, Representative Forry served as Legislative Assistant to then-State Representative Charlotte Golar Richie (Fifth Suffolk District serving Roxbury and Dorchester). When she left the State House in 1999 to work for the executive staff at the City of Boston’s Department of Neighborhood Development, she had risen to the position of Acting Chief of Staff.
The Representative is married to Bill Forry. They are the proud parents of three beautiful children, two sons and a daughter. The Forrys live in the Lower Mills neighborhood of Dorchester.
