Tom Conroy

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 B.A. in Russian and East European Studies. He later earned a M.A. in International Economics from Johns Hopkins University and a M.B.A. 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 elected state representative for the 13th Middlesex District.[6] In the Massachusetts legislature 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]

Conroy was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2012 U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts, but withdrew from the race on December 12, 2011.[9] He was a candidate for Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts in 2014,[10] but lost to Deb Goldberg in the Democratic primary. He did not run for re-election to the House due to his run for Treasurer; his term ended in January 2015.[11]

Conroy is married to national security expert Sarah Sewall, and has four daughters.[5]

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