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Nassour campaigned to represent District 8 on the Boston City Council in 2019, advancing through a preliminary election to the runoff election in November. Prior to running for public office, Nassour served as the Chief Executive Officer of ReflectUS, a nonpartisan coalition of the nation's leading women's representation organizations. She is also the founder of the Pocketbook Project (formerly Conservative Women for a Better Future), a non-profit organization dedicated to electing more women in Massachusetts and the Northeast. Nassour has served as an attorney for nearly two decades, and was elected chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party in 2009 and 2011.

During Nassour’s tenure as Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party, Republicans won the U.S. Senate seat held by Scott Brown and doubled their ranks in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, the first gains in two decades. As chairman, Nassour also rebuilt the party’s activist infrastructure.  Under her leadership, the party added 100 additional city and town committees and launched an unprecedented series of training seminars covering all aspects of campaigning for activists, candidates, campaign managers, and elected officials.

Since her time at the state party, Nassour has refocused on bi-partisan efforts, engaging in constructive debates as an analyst on numerous national and Boston-area news programs. Nassour currently serves on the board at the non-partisan think tank MassINC, the board of the Esplanade Association, the advisory board of the University of Massachusetts Women into Leadership program, the National Board of Fair Vote, and as a vice president of The Union Club of Boston’s Board of Governors. Previously, Nassour served on the boards of MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Suffolk University, Bridgewater State University, the Dorchester YMCA, and the Massachusetts Public Health Council.

Nassour earned her juris doctor from St. John’s University School of Law in 2000. She also holds a master’s degree in political science from C.W. Post University and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Stony Brook University. She and her three daughters live in the Back Bay with their two dogs.

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