Marian Walsh

Marian Walsh
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
In office
January 1993  January 2, 2011
Preceded byWilliam R. Keating
Succeeded byMike Rush
Constituency1st Suffolk and Norfolk (1993-1995)
Norfolk and Suffolk (1995-2003)
Suffolk and Norfolk (2003-2009)
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 10th Suffolk district
In office
January 4, 1989  January 6, 1993
Preceded byCharles Robert Doyle
Succeeded byVincent G. Mannering
Personal details
Born (1954-07-20) July 20, 1954
Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts
Political partyDemocratic
EducationNewton College of the Sacred Heart (BA)
Harvard University (MTS)
Suffolk University (JD)
OccupationAuthor, Consultant, Coach
Websitewww.marianwalsh.com

Marian Walsh (born July 20, 1954) is an American author, consultant, lawyer and former politician. She is a former State Senator in the Massachusetts Senate where she served nine terms, and a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives where she served two terms. She was the first woman to serve in the Massachusetts State House and the State Senate from her district. Walsh began her own consulting and coaching firm upon leaving public office. She also authored Run, a book about running for political office as well as started a campaign school at the Kennedy Library.