Senate Transportation Committee, vice chair; Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee; Senate Capital Budget Committee
Chair, New Hampshire Commission on Offshore Wind and Port Development
Years Served in the Senate: 2013-14, 2015-16, 2017-18, 2019-20, 2021-2022 (Current)
Years Served in the House: 2009-10, 2011-12
Profession: Professor of English at the University of New Hampshire, Emeritus
Education: B.A. from Dartmouth College and PhD from Brown University
Professional & Community Affiliations: Board of the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, Corporation of Canterbury Shaker Village, New Hampshire Legislative Commissioner on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, New Hampshire Sea Grant Policy Advisory Committee, Executive Committee of the New England Board of Higher Education
Family: Senator Watters lives in Dover with his wife, Jan Alberghene, and they have a son, Harper, who is a First Soloist at the Houston Ballet.