RACHAEL ROLLINSwho resigned last year as U.S. attorney after federal watchdogs found he lied to investigators and tried to interfere in a local election, took a part-time job at Roxbury Community College.
Rollins started the job, which comes with an annual salary of $96,000, earlier this year.
When I reached her on her cell phone, Rollins said she did not want to be contacted and hung up.
Rollins is working on a new program targeting formerly incarcerated people, with a focus on women of color.
“The project will assist individuals returning from incarceration by providing them with sufficient tools to emerge as leaders, prepared to create systemic and sustainable change for their communities,” Joyce Taylor Gibson, the university’s executive vice president for academic and student affairs, said in a Jan. 26 memo to faculty and staff.
The part-time position is titled special projects manager and is located within the university’s academic and student support department. Rollins will “collaborate with faculty, staff and community leaders to create a robust and responsive program that meets the needs of our community,” Gibson’s memo said.
The university, which opened in 1973, has about 1,700 students enrolled on its campus, according to a spokesman.
The memo cited Rollins’ experience in criminal justice reform initiatives as “essential” to ensuring the success of the new program. As an example, Gibson pointed to Rollins’ creation of a conviction integrity unit, which reviewed past convictions for potential errors, when he was Suffolk County district attorney.
The Roxbury Community College memo added: “In the coming months, Rachael will work with colleagues at RCC to develop curriculum and support services, develop metrics for success, and identify additional funding opportunities for the program.”
Rollins, a Boston Democrat, was the first woman of color to serve as Suffolk District Attorney and the first Black woman to serve as U.S. attorney in Massachusetts. Rollins served as Suffolk District Attorney for three years, at an annual salary of $191,000, before becoming U.S. Attorney in December 2021. The federal job came with a pay cut to $172,500, the Boston Globe reported at the time.
Rollins resigned in May 2023, after 16 months on the job, after two separate federal watchdog agencies issued reports showing she repeatedly violated the Hatch Act, which limits the political activities of federal employees.
Watchdog agencies — the Justice Department’s inspector general and the Office of Special Counsel — found that Rollins leaked information to reporters during the 2022 race to succeed her as Suffolk County district attorney.
Rollins supported then-Boston City Councilman Ricardo Arroyo over Kevin Hayden, the interim prosecutor appointed by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, and tried to damage Hayden’s campaign through the leaks. He later lied about the leaks while under oath to investigators, according to watchdogs.
Rollins’ resume also includes stints as a top attorney for Massport, the quasi-public state agency that oversees Logan International Airport, and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
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