title: Jay R. Kaufman
text: # Jay R. Kaufman
  
  Jay R. Kaufman, is the founding President of Beacon Leadership Collaborative. Between 1994 and 2019 he served as the State Representative in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, retiring after 24 years in January 2019.
  
  Massachusetts' 15th Middlesex District (Lexington, and Wards 1 and 7 of Woburn, all in Middlesex County).
  
  ## Education
  
  Kaufman attended Brandeis University where he received a BA. and a MA., and New York University, where he received an MA.
  
  ## Profession
  
  Founder and President, Beacon Leadership Collaborative
  
  ## Organizations
  
  Environmental Business Council; Smaller Business Association of New England; Mass. Water Supply Citizens Advisory Committee.
  
  ## Public office
  
  State Representative, Massachusetts House of Representatives (1995-2019); Lexington Town Meeting Member (1989–2019); Massachusetts Bays Program (Founder and CAC Chair); Mass. Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources; Mass. House (1995–2019).
  
  