I believe in working hard, working together, and being able to meet whatever comes in front of you describes some of my values. I love my community, I would love the opportunity to serve my community on a larger scale, to be the people’s constituent service. I would work to bring hope, prosperity, and a more equitable future to my community.
100 Ochre Point Avenue
Newport, Rhode Island 02840
Elementary Education
1200 S. Franklin Street
Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859
Public Health Education, B.A.A.
Eta Sigma Gamma, Health Sciences Honorary, Vice President of Research, awarded national award for research at Ball State University
1221 South Drive
Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48858
Health Education Department
Corporation for National and Community Service
250 E. Street, SW.
Washington, D.C. 20525
Rural LISC, Justin Birch
Site placement;
Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire
40 Railroad Street, Suite # 8
Great Barrington, MA 01230
Timothy Geller, Executive Director, Supervisor
Town of Great Barrington
Office of Town Manager
Town Hall, 334 Main Street
Great Barrington, MA 01230
Mr. M. Pruhenski, Town Manager
Recording secretary of Selectboard, Zoning Boards & Finance Committee
Town of Lenox
Lenox Public Schools
6 Walker Street
Lenox, MA 01240
Morris Elementary School
Hevreh of Southern Berkshire
Reform Judaism Synagogue
270 State Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230
Rabbi J. Gordon, Education Director
Austen Riggs Center
25 Main Street
Stockbridge, Massachusetts 01262
Austin Riggs Nursery School
Ilana Ackerman, Director (past)/ Ms. Sarah Muil, Director (current)
Berkshire Hills Regional School District
50 Main Street, Town Hall
Stockbridge, Massachusetts 01262
Dr. Peter Dillon, Superintendent
Muddy Brook Elementary School
Shakespeare & Company
70 Kemble Street
Lenox, Massachusetts 01240
Mr. Nick Puma, Esq. & CEO
Town of Stockbridge
Main Street
Stockbridge, Massachusetts 01262
Conservation Commission
Town of Stockbridge
Stockbridge Town Hall
Stockbridge, Massachusetts 01262
Mr. Ron Brouker, Chairman
Berkshire Regional Transportation Advisory Board (BRTA)
1 Columbus Avenue, Suite 201
Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201
Mr. Robert Malnati, BRTA Administrator
GB Regional Transportation Advisory Committee
Town Manager, Mr. Mark Pruhenski
Town Hall, 334 Main Street
Great Barrington, Massachusetts 01230
Mr. Tate Coleman, Chairman
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
358 George Carter Road
Becket, Massachusetts 01223
(U. S. National Register of Historic Places & U.S. National Historic Landmark District)
IS183 Art School of the Berkshires
Citizen’s Hall, 13 Willard Hill Road
Stockbridge, Massachusetts 01262
Ms. Lucie Cataldo, Executive Director
Elementary Art Teacher for low income schools, in Berkshire Country.
I am a local resident of the Berkshires; growing up in the Berkshires and attending Mt. Mountain Regional High School in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. My family were local, hardworking residents. They were teachers, nurses, small business owners and home builders.
My time as a young person, I was athletic, active and contributed to my community due to my family’s strong value of service. I volunteered as a candy striper, babysitter, ski instructor and swim instructor.
I attended university in Rhode Island, finishing my Public Health Education degree. I received a national award for my work in studying health insurance viability in collaboration with my graduate school mentor. I also completed an internship at the local health education department at the local Michigan hospital.
I returned home to care for my mother’s health needs, where I began raising my own family. I have the privilege of having three healthy and strong children. I believe we instilled the values of education, knowledge, hard work, compassion, and service in them. They are now grown, completed university and graduate school, and my son is currently working towards his officer training program in Georgia.
The more notable examples of my commitment to service and town governance include my involvement in committee volunteerism over the last ten years, my work as recording secretary for the town of Great Barrington, my 10-month training with a federal government AmeriCorps Vista program where I was placed at the local CDCSB to learn about Affordable Housing, my special education work in local Public Schools as a member of the advisory board of BRTA, and my work to secure a micro-transit program in our town of Stockbridge through my work with the RTAC committee. Additionally, I am chair of SBSC, a member of SBA, Conservation Commission, Stockbridge Land Trust, and a Stockbridge Selectman.
I believe in working hard, working together, and being able to meet whatever comes in front of you – these are some of my core values. I love my community, and I would love the opportunity to serve my community on a larger scale, to be the people’s constituent service. I would work to bring hope, prosperity, and a more equitable future to my community.
