Jim Marzilli
Joseph James Marzilli Jr. (born May 8, 1958, in Stoneham, Massachusetts) was a member of the Massachusetts Senate. Marzilli, a Democrat, was elected to the Senate in a special election in December 2007, representing the communities of Arlington, Billerica, Burlington, Lexington and Woburn partway through his ninth term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing Arlington and West Medford. He was the Senate Chair of the Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development. He also served on the Committees on Children and Families, Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Veterans' Affairs. He resigned from the chamber on November 14, 2008, after charges of sexual harassment. Career Marzilli was educated in the Arlington Public Schools and received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is an international relief worker with experience in Iraq during the US occupation in 2008, Burma/Myanmar training students and activists in democratic governance and public finance, and reforestation projects in Guatemala Previously, Marzilli was a member of the state legislature in Massachusetts. He twice led successful fights to increase the minimum wage, giving the state the highest minimum wage in the nation. For three years he led the effort to increase