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Natalie M. Blais was sworn into office as the first female State Representative for the 1st Franklin District in January 2019. She proudly represents one of the most rural districts in the Commonwealth that includes 19 communities and spans three counties.

Natalie is the Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee on Agriculture. She is also a member of the Joint Committee on Ways & Means, the Joint Committee on Transportation and the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development.

Prior to being elected, Natalie served as a Congressional Aide to US Representatives John Olver and Jim McGovern for a decade. She went on to become University of Massachusetts Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy’s first Chief of Staff. Natalie also served as the Executive Director of the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce.

Natalie earned a B.A. in Political Science from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and an M.A. in Organizational and Political Communication from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, after being awarded the Cecil and Helen Rose Ethics in Communication Scholarship.