Job Creation

I believe that creating and sustaining jobs is the key to turning the economy around. As Chair of the Economic Development, Training and Employment committee, I serve as a partner and advocate for local businesses. During my time on the Council, I led efforts to make Cambridge more business-friendly by reevaluating out-of-date laws that hinder business growth, worked behind the scenes to keep companies like Novartis in the city and partnered with Boston City Councillor Mike Ross in a joint initiative to hold the first ever Boston/Cambridge hearing on economic development. Previously, I worked at the Department of Energy and as a venture capitalist in Cambridge investing in startup companies, I know what it takes to grow businesses in the city.

* Led efforts to involve Cambridge in Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011, to spur new ideas, develop the economy and foster the entrepreneurial spirit.

http://www2.cambridgema.gov/cityClerk/policyOrder.cfm?item_id=32149

* Reevaluated out-of-date laws that hinder business growth.

http://www2.cambridgema.gov/cityClerk/policyOrder.cfm?item_id=32081

* Partnered with MIT behind the scenes to protect unionized workers.