Career
United States Congressman John Olver
After college,Hinds was Field Director for US Congressman John Olver’s 1998 re-election campaign in the 1st Congressional District of Massachusetts. Hinds spent time volunteering in India before returning as Campaign Director for Congressman Olver during 2000. [1]
John Kerry for President
After graduating school,Hinds joined John Kerry’s presidential campaign. During the democratic primary Hinds led a field office in New Hampshire. [2] [3] During the general election Hinds was part of the National Security and Foreign Policy team,working directly for Susan Rice. [4]
United Nations
United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)
Hinds joined the United Nations in 2005. He was a Political Officer based in Baghdad working for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). In 2007 he spent two years as part of the Iraq Team in the Department of Political Affairs at UN Headquarters in New York. Hinds returned to Iraq in 2009 as a Team Leader in UN-led negotiations between the Kurdistan region and the Government of Iraq. [5]
Syria Team &OPCW-UN Joint Mission in Syria
Hinds returned to New York in 2013 to join the Syria Team in the Department of Political Affairs where he worked on post-conflict preparedness and to remove Syria's chemical weapons program as part of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission in Syria. [8]
Hinds returned to western Massachusetts in 2014 and started a program in Pittsfield,Massachusetts to work with high-risk youth at risk of being involved in violence and gang participation. [9] He then became the Executive Director of the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition,an organization that works on community development,including addressing youth development,addiction,and rural health access. [10]
Massachusetts State Senate
Hinds was elected to the Massachusetts State Senate in November 2016 and was re-elected in 2018. Hinds is the Chair of the Joint Committee on Revenue and serves on the following committees within the Senate Chamber:the Senate Committee on Ways and Means,Education,Healthcare Financing,Rules,and Tourism,Arts &Cultural Development. Hinds is the Vice Chair of the Senate Committee on Redistricting. [11] [12] In 2022,Hinds ran for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. At that year's Democratic convention he fell short of the 15% threshold needed to make a primary ballot,securing 12.4%. [13]
Edward M. Kennedy Institute
Hinds resigned from the Senate on September 25,2022 to become the chief executive officer and executive director the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. [14]
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