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Mike Festa is state director ofAARP Massachusetts, based in Boston, which serves 800,000 members age 50+ in the commonwealth.
He had a longstanding law practice in his hometown of Melrose. He is the former President of the Carroll Center for the Blind, located in Newton, Massachusetts. He was also an adjunct professor at Suffolk University, Graduate School of Public Management. Festa formerly served as the Secretary of Elder Affairs for theCommonwealth of Massachusetts. His resignation as Secretary of Elder Affairs was announced by the Governor's Office on January 31, 2009. He was formerly the state representative forMelrose, Massachusetts and parts ofWakefield, Massachusetts. Festa ran forMiddlesex CountyDistrict Attorney in 2007 but dropped out of the race.
He attendedMelrose High School, 1972;Tufts University, B.A. 1976;Suffolk University Law School, J.D. 1979
From 1979 to 1981 he held office as the assistant district attorney, Middlesex County.Festa has also been an attorney in private practice since 1981.
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Festa is married to Sandra Festa (since 1980), with two children: Michael, a computer engineer and founder of 3XR, Wakefield, Massachusetts, who graduated fromGeorge Washington University in 2006, and Danielle, a painter, graphic artist and web-designer, who graduated from UMASS Amherst in 2007.
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| Preceded by | Member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives from the35th Middlesex district 1999–2003 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives from the32nd Middlesex district 2003–2007 | Succeeded by |
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