Watertown state rep appointed as Registrar of Motor Vehicles

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A 2006 picture of Representative Kaprielian.

By Globe Staff

Watertown State Representative Rachel Kaprielian has been named the state's new Registrar of Motor Vehicles, the governor's office announced today.

Kaprielian is a "skilled and committed public servant who will bring new energy to the RMV," Governor Deval Patrick said in a statement.

Kaprielian is in her seventh term representing Watertown and part of Cambridge. A Watertown resident, she graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 1990, earned a law degree from Suffolk University in 2000, and a master's in public administration from Harvard University in 2003.

Patrick also moved to beef up the political expertise in his office with the appointment of Arthur R. Bernard, who was chief of staff to former Senate President Robert Travaglini and who has has a long resume of work in legislative and government agencies.

Bernard, a Duxbury resident, will take over as senior adviser to the governor early next month. In addition to serving under Travaglini, he has worked as a lawyer at the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and at the Senate Ways and Means Committee. He is currently a vice chancellor at the University of Massachusetts-Boston.

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