Linda Dorcena Forry
Ms. Forry is the Principal of LDF Holdings, LLC and co-publisher of Reporter Newspapers, an award-winning community journalism. She previously served as Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion and Community Relations, Northeast Region, of Suffolk Construction from 2018 - 2022.
Ms. Forry served in the Massachusetts Senate from 2013 to 2018, where she was appointed Assistant Majority Whip in 2017; and served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2005 to 2013. She also served on the Executive Staff of the Department of Neighborhood Development for the City of Boston and as a Legislative Assistant for the Massachusetts State Legislature.
Ms. Forry serves on numerous boards and civic organizations, including the Edward M. Kennedy Institute, John F. Kennedy Library Advisory Board, Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester, Make-A-Wish Foundation Mass Chapter, BIDMC Trustee Advisory Board, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston at Harvard Kennedy School of Government and NHAEON (Nat’l Haitian American Elected Officials Network).
Ms. Forry received her B.A. degree from Boston College Carroll School of Management in 1998 and her M.P.A. from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government in 2014.
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Governance, Environmental & Social Responsibility Committee