State Representative Alice H. Peisch Serving the 14th Norfolk District: Wellesley, Weston, and Precinct 2 in Lincoln
BIOGRAPHY
Alice Peisch is the State Representative for the 14th Norfolk District, which currently includes the towns of Wellesley, Weston, and Precinct 2 of Lincoln. Prior to her service in the legislature, Representative Peisch has been active in Wellesley’s municipal government, serving as a member of the town’s Advisory (Finance) Committee and School Committee, and she was elected Town Clerk from 2000-2003.
Representative Peisch was elected to the House of Representatives in 2002 and currently serves as the House Assistant Majority Leader. She served as House Chair of the Joint Committee on Education from 2011-2023. In her role as Chair, Representative Peisch worked on matters relating to education from birth through grade 12. During her tenure, she has tackled a broad range of issues on topics such as special education, charter schools, school discipline, education collaboratives, curriculum, school finance, and virtual schooling.
In 2016, U.S. Secretary of Education John King appointed Representative Peisch to serve a four-year term on the National Assessment Governing Board, which sets policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). She was reappointed to the Board in 2020 and currently serves as Vice Chair.