About Carlton
Carlton Phelps is an Ashland resident who has lived in MetroWest since 2017. He was raised in Alexandria, Virginia by his late father, Dr. Carlton I. Phelps and his mother Toni, a public-school teacher for 30 years. His parents instilled in Carlton a sense of fairness and equity and inspired him to continue their lifelong work for Civil Rights.
Carlton works in the sales division of Yale Appliance in Framingham and is active in his adopted hometown. He serves as a Trustee of the Ashland Affordable Housing Trust, is a volunteer at the MetroWest YMCA, Clear Path for Veterans New England, and supports the work of Advocates Framingham, which is dedicated to addiction recovery and community justice. He is also a member of the Ashland Democratic Town Committee.
In 2017 Carlton moved to MetroWest region to work as a Residential Real Estate Analyst for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston. This work put him at the intersection of housing and public policy and as affordable housing continues to be one of our region’s greatest challenges, Carlton’s years of experience on this issue is needed now on Beacon Hill more than ever.
Carlton earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management at Marymount University in Northern Virginia and was first team all Capital Athletic Conference on the Marymount basketball team.
“I look forward to earning the Democratic Party nomination for State Representative because I want to bring progressive, common sense, metric driven solutions to the challenges we face. I ask the voters of Framingham and Ashland for their support and their vote”.
