Experience, Education and Awards

State Representative Alice H. Peisch
Serving the 14th Norfolk District

State Representative, 14th Norfolk District, 2003-present
- Assistant Majority Leader, 2023-Present
- Chair, Joint Committee on Education, 2011-2023
National Assessment Governing Board, Democratic State Legislator Board Member, 2016-Present
Wellesley Town Clerk, 2000-2003
Wellesley School Committee Member, 1993-1999
- Chair, 1994-1995, 1997-1999
Wellesley Advisory (Finance) Committee, 1989-1992
- Chair, 1991-1992
Wellesley Town Meeting Member, 1989-Present

Wellesley Education Foundation, Board Member, 1999 - 2005
- Advisory Board, 2005-Present
Newton Wellesley Hospital Board of Overseers, 1996-Present
League of Women Voters of Wellesley, 1986-Present
Wellesley Service League, 1988-Present
Senior Living Inc., Board Member, 2001-Present

2006 Activist for Public Schools Award from Citizens for Public Schools
2012 Walter G. Turner Award from the National Association of Educational Service Agencies, for her leadership and work on regional educational collaboratives
2012 Massachusetts Association of School Committees’ Legislator of the Year Award
2012-2013 Reading Advocate Award from the Massachusetts Reading Association
2014 Distinguished Service Award from the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, for her continued support of public education in the Commonwealth
2015 Friend of the Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials Award, for her work as Co-Chair on the state’s Foundation Budget Review Commission
2018 Legislative Achievement Award, Massachusetts Association of Early Education & Care
2018 Advocacy Award from the Massachusetts Library Association
2023 Greater Boston Food Bank Public Advocate of the Year Award, for her work securing free school meals in 2023 and ensuring the availability of SNAP benefits for legally- present-migrants
2024 Jewish Community Relations Council Legislative Leadership Award
2025 Latinos for Education Inaugural Legacy Award