Framingham Mayor-Elect Sisitsky Announces Full Transition Team

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Framingham mayor-elect Charlie Sisitsky has rounded out his transition team, adding dozens of new members since announcing committees before Thanksgiving.

Sisitsky, who plans to take office on Jan. 1, announced on Nov. 24 that Framingham FORCE founder Cathy Miles would lead the transition team, which comprises nine committees focused on issues like education, seniors and the environment.

Sisitsky also announced that Laurie Jeanne Carroll will lead and plan the January inauguration ceremony.

Here's the full lineup of committees and members announced Saturday:

Intergovernmental Affairs

• State Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis, Co-chair
• State Rep. Maria Robinson, Co-chair
• At-Large Councilor Janet Leombruno
• Mary Wu McGuire
• District 6 Councilor Phil Ottaviani

Diversity Equity Inclusion

• District 2 School Committee member Ricky Finlay, Co-chair
• Framingham Disability Commission Chair Sheryl Goldstein, Co-chair
• District 5 Councilor Noval Alexander
• Liz Garrigan-Byerly
• Whitney Retallic
• District 5 School Committee member Priscila Sousa
• Former mayoral candidate Carlos Valadares

Environment

• Ron Chick, Co-chair
• Sustainable Framingham leader Aimee Powelka, Co-chair
• Former councilor Judy Grove
• Library Trustee Isabella Petroni
• Claudia Ruiz-Gustafson
• Luciana Soares
• Ken Weiss

Seniors

• Council on Aging Chair Clyde Dottin, Co-chair
• Jen Rich, Co-chair
• Former school committee member Pat Dunne
• Eastleigh Farm owner Doug Stephan

Recreation/Cultural Affairs

• Team Framingham member Mike Bower, Co-chair
• FPS fine arts director Donna Wresinski, Co-chair
• Rabbi Sam Blumberg
• David Hornfischer
• MetroWest YMCA CEO Rick MacPherson
• FPS teacher Mauricio Perea
• Mike Spring
• Glaucia de Souza

Health

• Framingham Coronavirus Community Outreach founder Nicole Doak, Co-chair
• MetroWest Pharmacy owner Shivang Patel, Co-chair
• MetroWest Health Foundation CEO Marty Cohen
• MetroWest Health Foundation board Vice Chair Anna Cross
• Brian Li
• Dr. Milagros Abreu
• Dave Miles
• Evelyne Philita

Operations/Personnel

• At-Large Councilor George King, Co-chair
• Nancy Novo O’Connor, Co-chair
• Former councilor Dennis Giombetti
• Susan Nicholl
• Adam Sisitsky

Education

• School Committee Chair Adam Freudberg, Co-chair
• FPS teacher Sarah Guernsey, Co-chair
• Framingham Families for Racial Equity member Meenakshi Agrawal
• District 6 School Committee member Geoff Epstein
• Former FPS multilingual director Gen Greci
• Donna Kilcoyne Orthoefer
• Former FPS principal Robin Welch

Economic Development

• Carpenters Local 336 business representative Rick Anketell, Co-chair
• Planning Board Chair Kristina Johnson, Co-chair
• Dennis Cardiff
• Rob Cohen
• Coburnville-Tripoli Neighborhood Association president Andrea Dunne Adrian
• Maureen Dunne
• Zoning Board of Appeals member Rick McKenna
• Babson University associate professor Angela Randolph
• 1854 Cycling owner Brandale Randolph
• Former councilor Cheryl Tully Stoll

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