Quentin Palfrey

Quentin Palfrey
Palfrey in 2018
Personal details
Born (1974-04-29) April 29, 1974 (age 50)
Political partyDemocratic
RelativesJudith Palfrey (Mother)
John Palfrey (Brother)
John Gorham Palfrey (Grandfather)
EducationHarvard University (BA, JD)
WebsiteCampaign website

Quentin Palfrey (born April 29, 1974) is an American lawyer, policymaker, and politician. He currently serves as Director of Federal Funds and Infrastructure in the Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance.[1] He previously served as the Executive Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) North America and is the Co-Director of the Global Access in Action project at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.[2][3]

During President Obama’s first term, Palfrey worked as Senior Advisor for Jobs & Competitiveness in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In that role, he served as lead policy staffer on reform efforts[4] and also coordinated White House input into a report to Congress on the national strategy for innovation and competitiveness.[5] He has written and spoken widely on innovation,[6] poverty,[7] and evidence-based policy.[8]

Palfrey was the Democratic candidate in the 2018 Massachusetts election for lieutenant governor, running with gubernatorial candidate Jay Gonzalez against the incumbents, Governor Charlie Baker and Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito of the Republican Party. The Baker/Polito ticket won the November general election by a margin of 1,781,341 votes to 885,770 cast for the Democrats.[9]

  1. ^ "Governor Healey and Lieutenant Governor Driscoll Name Quentin Palfrey as Director of Federal Funds and Infrastructure". Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll – Mass.gov. March 20, 2023.
  2. ^ "Global Access in Action Team".
  3. ^ Daniel Dennis Jones. "Berkman initiative spotlights lessons from the Ebola outbreak".
  4. ^ Quentin Palfrey (16 September 2011). "The America Invents Act: Turning Ideas into Jobs".
  5. ^ Quentin Palfrey; Brandon Belford (6 January 2012). "New Report: Investing in Innovation is Crucial to Economic Growth and Competitiveness".
  6. ^ Quentin Palfrey (24 February 2012). "Internet Privacy: Protecting Consumers, Building Trust, Creating Jobs".
  7. ^ "Quentin Palfrey on "Policies that Benefit the Poor" @ Data for Policy 2016". Data for Policy.
  8. ^ Quentin Palfrey (23 February 2017). "5 Strategies for Evidence-Based Policymaking".
  9. ^ Schoenberg, Shira (21 November 2018). "Final 2018 Massachusetts midterm voter turnout: 60.17 percent". MassLive. Retrieved 8 December 2018.