Mary Fortier

State Representative Mary Fortier proudly represents Connecticut's 79th Assembly district in Bristol and Forestville. She is an Assistant Majority Leader, the House Vice Chair for the Aging Committee, and a member of the Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee and Human Services Committee. A lifelong Bristol resident, Rep. Fortier grew up and still lives in the Federal Hill neighborhood of Bristol. Rep. Fortier started her career in politics, campaigning for Democrats as a teenager and later serving as Councilwoman in Bristol for eight years. As a Council member, she served on the Salary, Public Works, Water, Economic and Community Development, and Disability Commission. This cause hits home as her siblings are disabled. In her first term as councilwoman, she was a board member for the Bristol Community Organization (BCO), a local community action agency responsible for administering many Federal and State poverty-fighting programs that serve Bristol and surrounding communities. She is now the President of the Human Resources Agency (HRA) Board of Directors, which took over BCO and its service area in 2017. Rep. Fortier graduated from Boston College with a BA in…