Politics & Government
Matthew Sisk Announces Campaign Leadership Team for District 6 Braintree Town Council
Sisk is campaigning to succeed retiring Councilor Dan Clifford.

The following is a press release from Matthew Sisk's campaign:
Matthew Sisk, Braintree’s former representative on the Blue Hills Regional School Committee
and a former Town Meeting Member, is honored to announce the leadership team for his
campaign to succeed retiring Councilor Dan Clifford.
Marta Googins, a lifelong Braintree resident and longtime chair of the Braintree Housing
Authority and former town meeting member, will serve as Campaign Chair. She is active in
many local sports, charities and organizations including the Braintree Son’s of Italy Lodge, the
Marge Crispin Center and she sits on the Board of Directors for the Braintree Chamber of
Commerce.
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Kate Naughton, a member of the Braintree School Committee since 2013, will serve as
Campaign Manager. She serves as Chair of the School Committee’s Policy Subcommittee and is
the committee’s representative on the School Department’s Incremental Committee. She also
serves as the committee’s representative on Braintree’s Alliance for Safe and Healthy Youth and
is a past volunteer for the Braintree Fund for Education, Highlands School PTO and Boy Scout
Troop 138 of Saint Clare’s Parish.
Cheryl Edgar will serve as Campaign Treasurer. She is a longtime Braintree resident where she
raised both of her children who are graduates of Braintree High School. Cheryl is a former
educator with over 30 years of classroom teaching and school administration experience. She is
active in Sustainable Braintree and the Braintree Historical Society.
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“I am honored and humbled to have the support of such highly respected community leaders. As
I move forward in my candidacy for District 6 Town Council these leaders share my priorities of
addressing the space issues in our public schools, keeping our community safe and opposing the
Holbrook Transfer Station”
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