HUDSON Mary-Lee King, a longtime adviser to governors and state senators, and leader in of an important state agency whose quiet influence was far-reaching, was feted Friday afternoon for her 40 years of public service.
The Hudson resident, whose career began in 1977 as a legislative aide, retired on the last day of 2020 as deputy commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game.
There were many stops along the way.
“Mary-Lee King broke some glass ceilings. Now, if you asked Mary-Lee, she would say, I didn’t break glass ceilings, I was just doing my job, ” said state Rep. Kate Hogan, D-Stow, in her remarks to more than 30 people gathered to celebrate King’s work. “But indeed, she is a mentor and an inspiration to many of us.”