Jennifer Callahan

Callahan was born on August 24, 1964, in Sutton, Massachusetts. She attended public school is Sutton and Notre Dame Academy, a private, all-girls Roman Catholic high school in Worcester, Massachusetts. Callahan earned a B.S. and B.A. at Boston University and a Masters of Public Health and a Doctorate in High Education Policy Research and Administration from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.^[1] Prior to becoming a state legislator, Callahan worked as a registered nurse.^[2]

Callahan served on Sutton's long range planning committee, school committee, and board of selectmen.^[1] From 2003 to 2011 she represented the 18th Worcester district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.^[2] While serving in the House, Callahan was also an assistant professor in the graduate school of nursing at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.^[1][2] In June 2016, Callahan was appointed by the Millville, Massachusetts board of selectmen to serve as the community's first town administrator.^[3] In 2018, Callahan was appointed by the Oxford board of selectmen to serve as that community's town manager.^[4] In 2022 she was chosen to serve as town administrator in Bourne, Massachusetts, but unexpectedly withdrew from the job a month after being selected.^[5]