City Councillor Henrietta Davis

Just the Facts:

Experience:

1. City Councillor 1996 to present
2. Chair, Cable TV, Telecommunications and Public Utilities Committee
3. Chair, Health and Environment Committee
4. Past Chair, Traffic and Transportation Committee and Public Safety Committee
5. Co-Chair, Healthy Children’s Task Force 1990-present
6. Vice Chair, National League of Cities Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee
7. Legislative Liaison – International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
8. Cambridge School Committee 1988-1995
9. Administrator, Agassiz Preschool 1985-1994
10. Freelance journalist – Time, Life, Money and NPR, 1975-1985
11. Social worker and community planner, 1967-1974

Education:

1. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Master of Public Administration 1997
2. Harvard Law School Intensive Negotiation Program January 1995
3.  Graduate School of Social Work, Boston College, Master of Social Planning 1972
4. University of Rochester, B.A. English Literature 1967

Henrietta Davis was endorsed for re-election in 2007 by:

1. The Sierra Club
2. MA-Pace/ NASW, the political action committee of the National Association of Social Workers, Massachusetts’s chapter
3. Progressive Democrats of Cambridge

Full Biography:

Henrietta Davis is currently serving her seventh term on the Cambridge City Council. After earning a degree in social work from Boston College in 1972, Councillor Davis worked as a neighborhood planner for the City of Cambridge and a freelance journalist for National Public Radio, Time Inc. and others. After the birth of her second son in 1982, Henrietta left journalism and became an administrator at the Agassiz Preschool.

In 1987, Henrietta was elected to the Cambridge School Committee. Three more terms followed, during which her proudest accomplishments were science curriculum improvements and AIDS prevention efforts. In 1997, Henrietta graduated from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government earning her Master’s Degree in Public Administration. She was elected to the City Council in 1995.

During her six Council terms, Henrietta has focused on energy and the environment, non-auto transportation, neighborhood preservation, providing municipal wifi and bridging the digital divide, and children’s health.  She is proud of the work the city has done on climate protection and energy efficiency. She’s especially excited about the Cambridge Energy Alliance and its goal to have 50% of all buildings in the city energy efficient. She counts as significant recent accomplishments the commitment of Cambridge to purchase 20% renewable energy for its municipal needs. Also, Henrietta led the Council to adopt a Green Building policy for all new city buildings and an ordinance to protect trees at development sites. Henrietta is proud to announce that Cambridge is the #1 walking city in the U.S. according to Prevention Magazine.

Currently, Henrietta is chair of the Cable TV, Telecommunications and Public Utilities Committee and the Health and Environment Committee; she was also the long time chair of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Committee.

She serves as Vice Chair of the National League of Cities Steering Committee on Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources and as the legislative liaison to the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI).

Henrietta Davis is married to Richard Bock and has two sons, Daniel, 28, and Aaron, 25. Her vision for Cambridge’s future focuses on Cambridge as a national environmental model, safety for pedestrians and bikers, protecting neighborhood interests, maintaining Cambridge’s unique feel, and promoting the city’s diversity. Her hobbies include kayaking, canoeing, and watercolor painting.