RÉSUMÉ

EXPERIENCE

Lexington Appropriation Committee – Committee Chair

2008 - 2016, Chair from Aug 2010

Leader of the Town committee responsible for in-depth analysis and recommendations to Town Meeting on all Town financial matters.

Liaison to: Capital Expenditures Committee, Community Preservation Committee, Ad Hoc Streetscape Design Committee, Ad Hoc School Master Planning Committee.

Lexington Town Meeting Member – Precinct 3

2007 - PRESENT

NON-PROFIT SERVICE

Massachusetts Budget & Policy Center – Board of Directors

2015 - PRESENT

Supporting the Center’s research into state financial policies and the effects on lower- and middle-income residents.

deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum – Board of Trustees

2014 - PRESENT

Supporting the museum’s programs in contemporary art. Buildings & Services Committee, Strategic Planning Committee

Mass. Stand for Children – Advisory Board of Directors

2006 - 2012

Supported Stand’s advocacy to fund public education.

Parker Family Foundation – Founder & Trustee

2000 - PRESENT

Research and administer grants to a range of non-profit organizations in arts, public education, mentoring, medical research, and tax policy.

EMPLOYMENT

Openwave Systems, Inc.

1994 - 2002

Software Architect for a large-scale email system used by major internet service providers world-wide. Successful IPO in 1999.

EDUCATION

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1979 - 1981

Undergraduate research and self-designed major in Computer Graphics and Computer-Human Interfaces at the Architecture Machine Group.

SKILLS

Lexington Town budget

Municipal financial policy

Analyzing needs

Evaluating solutions

Building consensus

Sharing information

PERSONAL

Married to Faith K. P. Parker.

Lexington resident since 1994.

Our daughter, Mariliza, attended Bridge and Clarke, and graduated from Lexington High School in 2009.

INTERESTS

Biking

Nature photography

Contemporary art/sculpture

World travel

Elect Parker for Lexington - Treasurer: Jeanne Krieger, 44 Webster Road, Lexington, MA 02421