Gobi Selected to Chair Environment & Higher Education Committees

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Monday, February 18, 2019

GoLocalWorcester Political Team

Senator Anne Gobi

Senator Anne Gobi has been selected by Senate President Karen Spilka to Chair the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture and the Joint Committee on Higher Education.

“I appreciate the trust the Senate President has placed in me to continue as Chair of ENRA and the new responsibility as Chair of Higher Education. Both of these committees offer important areas of investment in our collective futures, environmentally and academically, and I am eager to get to work on issues I feel will become more pressing in the coming years,” said Gobi.

Gobi has also been selected to serve as a member of the Senate Ways and Means Committee.

About Gobi

Gobi has been the Chair of the Environment Committee for eight years and remains passionate about the position.

Last session she worked with House Chair Rep. Smitty Pignatelli (D-Lenox) to develop and pass a $2.4 billion Environmental Bond Bill that focused on improving climate change resiliency and adaptation; enhancing environmental and natural resource protection, and investing in parks and recreational assets. Senator Gobi has always had passion and respect for the outdoors.

She has received awards from the Worcester League of Sportsmen, Mahar Fish, and Game Club, and the Massachusetts Nursery and Landscape Association.

She is the co-founder of the bi-partisan Massachusetts Sportsmen’s Caucus with Rep. David Vieira (R-Barnstable) and the lead sponsor of an omnibus Sportsmen’s bill, An Act Relative to Outdoor Heritage.

Gobi is a graduate of Worcester State University and the Massachusetts School of Law