As Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion and Community Relations, Northeast Region, Linda is responsible for strengthening the company’s diversity and inclusion platform and developing long-term talent acquisition strategies and tactics that support the Suffolk’s vision.

For over two decades, prior to joining Suffolk, Linda Dorcena Forry dedicated her professional life to a career in public service, working in various capacities in both state and local government. As a first generation American of Haitian descent, Linda gained from her parents a strong work ethic and an understanding of the transformational power of education and recognized the value of civic engagement.

Linda was a member of the Massachusetts State Senate and the first woman and person of color to represent the Commonwealth’s First Suffolk District which includes Dorchester, Hyde Park, Mattapan and South Boston. She was recognized for her leadership in the Senate and appointed Assistant Majority Whip. She previously served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives after winning a special election in 2005, where she served as the House Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business. As an elected official in Massachusetts, Linda committed to rallying her colleagues, advocates and immigrant groups across the state relative to issues significant to ethnic communities.

Linda serves on numerous boards and civic organizations, including the Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester Board, Boston Public Library Trustee, John F. Kennedy Library Advisory Board, Rappaport Institute at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Eversource Trustee, Edward M. Kennedy Institute Board and the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti.

Linda holds a Bachelor of Science from Boston College Carroll School of Management and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Linda resides in Dorchester with husband Bill Forry, Publisher of the Reporter Newspapers, and their four children.