About Paul

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  • Resident of Andover for 18 years; Deep Massachusetts historical ties
  • B.S. in International Relations/Economics, Suffolk University
  • Attended Andover Public Schools; AHS Class of 2000
  • Classical Pianist, Sunday School Teacher & Tennis Player
  • Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America

Professional

  • Public Policy background; Massachusetts-based independent advisor & political consultant
  • Associate in Latin American relations with Washington, DC-based Council on Hemispheric Affairs
  • Served a 2-year faith-based service mission in South Brazil with the LDS church

Prior to seeking the honor serving as a state representative, Paul spent three years as a public policy consultant and advisor on social, economic and fiscal issues to dozens of elected officials and candidates across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. His principled, bipartisan collaboration and issue advocacy involved work on tax policy, gambling, religious freedom, local aid funding solutions and property tax relief legislation. Paul’s experience uniquely enables him to continue to develop commonsense solutions most effective for all members of the Commonwealth, including families and seniors.

Prior to his advisory roles, Paul developed expertise in Latin American economic, social and political affairs while working in South America for two years as part of a faith-based volunteer program. He continued this focus throughout his undergraduate studies and also spent two summers working with the Washington, DC-based Council on Hemispheric Affairs, where he was a Latin American affairs expert responsible for publishing policy positions in the U.S. and South America. His work involved many issues, including: Colombia’s decades-old civil war; the joint drug control policy between the U.S. and Colombia; and the contentious post-Cold War Surface to Air Missile Crisis in Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Paul is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish.

Paul has been actively involved with dozens of local, state and national campaigns from a young age, and most recently with U.S. Senator Scott Brown in both professional and volunteer capacities. Paul has also served the residents of the Second Essex & Middlesex State Senatorial District on the Massachusetts Republican State Committee since 2008. The district includes the towns of Andover, Dracut, Tewksbury and the City of Lawrence in their entirety. Paul’s responsibilities on the Committee involve recruiting and advising candidates at all levels of public office as well as helping craft the state party’s overall policy platform.

Paul is an honors graduate of Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts where he earned a B.S. in International Relations and Economics. Paul attended Andover schools and graduated from Andover High School in 2000, where he played on the tennis team all four years. He trained with Mrs. Jeanne Porter in classical piano for a decade and studied at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music during high school. Paul received the Eagle Scout award from the Boy Scouts of America in 1999 and his final project involved rejuvenating the wildlife area and the trails surrounding Haggetts Pond, the town of Andover water supply. Paul is also an avid distance runner and hiker. He grew up in West Andover adjacent to the Nat Smith AVIS conservation property, where he helped build several of the original trails and continues to assist with their preservation. Paul is the third of five children of Steven and Lynette Adams, also of Andover.