Education
After graduating from college,Spicer moved to Framingham,Massachusetts in 1985 for a job as a woodworking instructor. [6] She worked in the Framingham Public Schools for 16 years,also teaching drafting,architecture,graphic arts,and photography, [7] and eventually becoming Chair of Technology Education, [2] the first woman to fill that position. [5] During that period she also worked part-time as a realtor. [3] She spent two years as Statewide Technology and Engineering Coordinator at the Massachusetts Department of Education,then five years as Director of Career and Technical Education in the Newton Public Schools. [2] In 2006,Spicer was hired as associate director of the Museum of Science (Boston)'s National Center for Technological Literacy, [8] where she rose to vice president for Advocacy and Educational Partnerships, [2] a division she created and led. [9]
Politics
Spicer served on the Framingham Human Relations Commission and the Democratic Town Committee. [10] She was elected to Framingham's representative Town Meeting in 2016, [11] where she served as vice-chair for Precinct 6,and on the Standing Committee on Ways and Means. [4] Spicer was elected Framingham's first mayor in November 2017,following town's decision to change the format of the local government from a Board of Selectmen to a mayor and City Council. [12] Senator Elizabeth Warren held the bible for Spicer's swearing in on January 1,2018. [13] [12]
She was appointed by Governor Deval Patrick to the Massachusetts Governor's STEM Advisory Council in 2010,and reappointed to the council in 2017 by Governor Charlie Baker. [2]
On November 2,2021,Spicer lost her bid for re-election. Her term ended on January 1,2022,with the inauguration of new mayor Charlie Sisitsky. [14]
